天美麻豆鈥檚 Summer Olympians

 

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Collage of 2024 Summer Olympians
天美麻豆 athletes attending the 2024 Summer Olympics are, clockwise from top left, Isalys Qui帽ones 鈥19, Thayer 鈥20, Ariana Ramsey 鈥22, Madison Hughes 鈥15, Molly Reckford 鈥15, Oliver Bub 鈥20, and Billy Bender 鈥24. (Photos courtesy of 天美麻豆 Athletics and US Rowing) 

 

Big Green athletes have participated in Summer Olympics going back to the 1908 London Games, competing primarily in track and field in the earlier era with a growing presence in rowing starting in the 1970s and in soccer, equestrian, kayaking, and rugby after 2000. 

天美麻豆 Summer Olympic athletes have brought home six gold, nine silver, and five bronze medals since 1908.

The opening ceremonies are on July 26, and the Paris Olympics end on Aug. 11.

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