More than 60 athletes competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics have ties to the state of Georgia. From two-time NBA All-Star Anthony Edwards, who is from Atlanta and played for the University of Georgia, to Atlanta Dream player Rhyne Howard to fencer Antonio Chen, who currently competes for Savannah College of Art & Design, there were plenty of opportunities for Georgians to have extra rooting interest.
Here’s a look at all the results for Olympic athletes with Georgia ties who competed in Paris.
Men’s Basketball:
- Anthony Edwards (USA)
- An Atlanta native, Edwards was the nation’s top-scoring freshman while playing for the University of Georgia in 2019-20. Team USA won a gold medal.
- Bogdan Bogdanovic (Serbia)
- Bogdanovic, a Hawks guard, is playing for Serbia. The prolific 3-point shooter was one of the top sixth men in the NBA this past season. Won a bronze medal.
- Jose Alvarado (Puerto Rico)
- Now playing for the New Orleans Pelicans, the former Georgia Tech star led Puerto Rico as it secured the final Olympic tournament berth in July. His team failed to advance to the knockout stage.
Men’s Diving:
- Carson Tyler (USA) - Men’s 3m springboard and 10m platform
- From Moultrie, Tyler is the first U.S. diver to qualify for the 3- and 10-meter individual events in one Olympics since 2000. He finished fourth in the 3-meter springboard and 19th in the 10-meter platform.
Men’s Fencing:
- Antonio Chen (Taiwan)
- Chen’s qualification represents the second time a student at Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) will compete at the Olympics. He lost in the round of 32.
Men’s Golf:
- Sepp Straka (Austria)
- Straka, a two-time PGA Tour winner who played at Georgia, is seeking to improve on his tie for 10th in the Tokyo Olympics. This year, he finished at 2 under and tied for 35th.
Men’s Gymnastics:
- Brody Malone (USA)
- After a disappointing finish at the Tokyo Games and a devastating knee injury in 2023, the Summerville product has qualified on all six apparatuses and will chase gold. He won a bronze medal for team all-around; didn’t advance for parallel bars, artistic individual all-around, horizontal bars, rings, pommel horse, floor.
Men’s Shooting:
- Henry Leverett (USA) - 25m Rapid Fire Air Pistol event
- Leverett, from Bainbridge, competed in the Tokyo Olympics and won a college national championship at Ohio State. He didn’t advance past the second stage.
- Vincent Hancock (USA) - Skeet Shooting
- With a gold in skeet shooting, Eatonton’s Hancock would become just the sixth athlete to win Olympic gold in the same individual event four times. He won a gold medal in skeet and a silver in mixed skeet team.
- Will Hinton (USA) - Trap Competition
- Dacula’s Hinton, who will make his Olympic debut in Paris, helped the U.S. win the team-trap event at the 2023 world championships. He didn’t advance past the second stage.
Men’s Soccer:
- Caleb Wiley (USA)
- The starting defender for Atlanta United is the club’s second player to compete in the Olympics after Ezequiel Barco. USA lost in the quarterfinals.
- Walker Zimmerman (USA)
- The national-team veteran from Lawrenceville who plays for Nashville will have a major role to help the U.S. earn results. USA lost in the quarterfinals.
Men’s Swimming:
- Berke Saka (Turkey)
- Saka was one of three members of Georgia Tech’s swimming and diving team from Turkey on last year’s team. This year, he finished fourth in 200-meter individual medley and seventh in the 100-meter backstroke.
- Brooks Curry (USA) - 4x200m Freestyle Relay
- Curry, who is from Dunwoody and swam for Dynamo in his youth. He won silver in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay.
- Chase Kalisz (USA) – 400m IM
- The former Georgia Bulldog national champion is in his third Olympics and has already won two medals, including silver in the 400 IM in 2016. This year, he finished fifth.
- Javier Acevedo (Canada) - 100m Backstroke, 4x100m Freestyle Relay
- A former Georgia swimmer, Acevedo will swim in his third Olympics for Canada, having made his first at the age of 18. This year, he finished seventh in the 100-meter backstroke and sixth in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay.
- Luca Urlando (USA) - 200m Butterfly
- A current UGA athlete, Urlando redshirted his 2023-24 collegiate season to prepare for the Olympic Games. His run in Paris ended in the quarterfinals.
- Nic Fink (USA) - 100m Breaststroke
- Fink swam for Georgia, later earned a master’s in electrical and computer engineering at Georgia Tech, holds an engineering job and is ranked third in the world in the 100-meter breaststroke, in which he won a silver medal this year in Paris.
- Steven Insixiengmay (Laos) - 100m Breaststroke
- A UGA swimmer from North Carolina, Insixiengmay was a high-school state champion and has set multiple Lao national records. His run in Paris ended in the quarterfinals.
- Alex Grand’Pierre (Haiti) - 100m Breaststroke
- A graduate of the Walker School and the son of Haitian immigrants, Grand’Pierre is the third in his family to compete in the Olympics. His run in Paris ended in the quarterfinals.
Men’s Tennis:
- Christopher Eubanks (USA) - Men’s Singles
- A graduate of Westlake High and a two-time ACC Player of the Year at Georgia Tech, Eubanks will play in his first Olympics. He lost in the first round.
Men’s Track & Field:
- Chris Bailey (USA) - Men’s 400m and 4x400m
- The Carver High grad earned his spot by finishing third in the 400 at the U.S. Olympic trials. The U.S. 4x400 relay has won gold in eight of the past 10 Olympics. His team won a gold meal in the 4x400-meter relay after he finished sixth in the 400 meters.
- Christian Coleman (USA) - Men’s 4x100M Relay
- Coleman, from Atlanta and Our Lady of Mercy, competed in his second Olympics on the 4x100 relay. His team was disqualified after an improper handoff.
- Christopher Morales Williams (Canada) - Men’s 400m
- Morales Williams stunned the track world in February when he ran the fastest indoor 400-meter dash ever at the SEC championship meet. He lost in the semifinals of the 400 meters.
- Daniel Roberts (USA) - Men’s 110m Hurdles
- A Hampton High graduate going to his second Olympics, Roberts has run the third-fastest 110 hurdles time in the world this year. In Paris, he won a silver medal.
- Graham Blanks (USA) - Men’s 5,000m
- In two years, the Athens Academy graduate has gone from finishing seventh in the 5,000 at the 2022 Ivy League championships (running for Harvard) to the Olympics. He finished ninth.
- Cejhae Greene (Antigua and Barbuda) - Men’s 100m
- The former Georgia Bulldogs All-American went to his third Olympics. He was one of two flag bearers for his nation’s flag in the Opening Ceremony in Tokyo. He was eliminated in the eighth heat.
- Jehlani Gordon (Jamaica) - Men’s 4x100m
- Gordon, who just completed his freshman year at Georgia, has run the 100 in 10.05 seconds. In Paris, his team was eliminated in the second heat.
- Daniel Haugh (USA) - Hammer throw
- Marietta’s Haugh, who competed for St. Pius and Kennesaw State and now coaches at KSU, is ranked sixth in the world in the event, in which the U.S. has medaled once since 1956. He was eliminated while attempting to qualify for the final.
- Denzel Comenentia (Netherlands) - Hammer throw
- A two-time NCAA champion at Georgia in 2018, Comenentia competed in his first Olympics. He finished ninth in Group B.
- Janek Oiglane (Estonia) -Decathlon
- An assistant coach at Georgia, Oiglane has three top-10 finishes at the world championships in the decathlon. He finished fifth.
- Johannes Erm (Estonia) - Decathlon
- A former Georgia athlete who won the 2019 NCAA decathlon championship, Erm competed in his second Olympics. He finished sixth.
- Karel Tilga (Estonia) - Decathlon
- Another former Georgia decathlete who won an NCAA title and is on the Estonian team, Tilga is ranked fourth in the world in the event. He finished 11th.
Men’s Weightlifting:
- Hampton Morris (USA) - Men’s 61kg event
- From Marietta, the 20-year-old Morris set a world record in the clean and jerk earlier this year, becoming the first American man to break a senior weightlifting world record since 1969. He won a bronze medal in the 61kg event.
Women’s Basketball:
- Rhyne Howard (USA)
- The Atlanta Dream star guard played for the 3x3 team in the second Olympics that this version has been a medal sport. USA won a bronze medal.
- Laeticia Amihere (Canada)
- The Atlanta Dream forward is the first Dream player to participate in the 5x5 Olympic tournament since 2016. It was her second Olympics. Canada placed fourth in Group B.
- Dearica Hamby (USA)
- From Marietta and Norcross High, Hamby was a late addition to the U.S. 3x3 team after an injury scratch to Cameron Brink. Hamby plays for the Los Angeles Sparks. USA won a bronze medal.
Women’s Gymnastics:
- Csenge Bácskay (Hungary)
- Bácskay has transferred to Georgia from Nebraska, where she completed for two years. She won two national titles in Hungary, in vault and floor. She placed 12th in the women’s vault qualification round.
Women’s Rugby 7:
- Alex “Spiff” Sedrick (Life University)
- Sedrick scored the tying try and then kicked the winning conversion with no time left to deliver the Bronze medal to the USA women’s Rugby 7 team.
Women’s Shooting:
- Katelyn Abeln (USA)
- From Douglasville and South Paulding High, Abeln set school records and won national championships at Ohio State. She was an Olympic alternate for Tokyo. She placed eighth in women’s sport pistol
Women’s Speed Climbing:
- Emma Hunt (USA)
- From Woodstock and Kennesaw State, Hunt holds the U.S. record for speed climbing and ended 2023 ranked fourth in the world. This is the second Olympics for sport climbing. She lost in the quarterfinal round.
Women’s Soccer:
- Emily Sonnett (USA)
- Sonnett, who is from Marietta and attended Fellowship Christian School in Roswell, is a veteran defender for the U.S. women’s national team and has a World Cup title and Olympic bronze medal to her credit. Team USA won a gold medal.
- Croix Bethune (USA alternate)
- A former Georgia All-American and a graduate of Alpharetta High, Bethune was named an alternate to the U.S. team. She is a rookie with the Washington Spirit. Team USA won a gold medal.
- Hal Hershfelt (USA alternate)
- A Lassiter High graduate, Hershfelt was selected as a U.S. team alternate after a standout career at Clemson and then being the fifth player taken in the NWSL draft in January. Team USA won a gold medal.
- Jane Campbell (USA alternate)
- Kennesaw’s Jane Campbell went to her second Olympics, this time as an alternate. The goalkeeper plays for Houston in the NWSL. Team USA won a gold medal.
Women’s Swimming:
- Ariana Dirkzwager (Laos) - 200m Freestyle
- Currently swims for Georgia Tech, will be coached in Paris by Tech swimming and diving coach Courtney Hart. She finished 25th.
- Ela Naz Ozdemir (Turkey) - 4x200m Freestyle Relay
- An incoming freshman at Georgia Tech, Ozdemir is one of a number of Turkish swimmers to make her way to Tech. In Paris, her team finished 16th.
- Giovana Reis Medeiros (Brazil) - 4x100m Freestyle Relay
- Medeiros is an incoming freshman at Georgia Tech. She swam a leg on the Brazil 4x100 free relay team at the 2022 world championships. Her team finished 12th.
- Ieva Maluka (Latvia) Women’s 200m IM
- Maluka, who has transferred to Georgia from Arizona State, swam for Latvia in the 2021 Olympics and the 2022 world championships. She finished 26th.
- Imane El Barodi (Morocco) - 100m Breaststroke
- The former Georgia Tech swimmer has set several Moroccan national records. She finished 34th.
Women’s Tennis:
- Ellen Perez (Australia) - Women’s Doubles
- The former Georgia All-American is a doubles specialist on the WTA Tour and is ranked 10th in the world. This was her second Olympics. She lost in the quarterfinals round in mixed doubles.
- Maria Lourdes Carlé (Argentina) - Women’s Singles
- The former Georgia All-American played singles and doubles for Argentina. She has been ranked as high as No. 71 on the WTA Tour. She lost in the second round in singles and in doubles.
Women’s Track & Field:
- Aaliyah Butler (USA) - Women’s 400m
- Just 20, Butler completed her sophomore season at Georgia by finishing second in the 400m dash at the U.S. Olympic Trials to make the team, lowering her 2023 best by more than 1.5 seconds. She finished sixth in the semifinals round.
- Adaejah Hodge (British Virgin Islands) - Women’s 200m
- Hodge, from Douglasville and an incoming freshman at Georgia, won the 100 and 200 at the British Virgin Islands national championship in June. She finished 17th in the semifinals round.
- Gabby Thomas (USA) - Women’s 200m
- The Atlanta-born and Harvard-educated Thomas won the 200 at the U.S. Olympic Trials and added to the two medals she won at the Tokyo Olympics. She won three gold medals in Paris: in the 200 meters, the 4x100-meter relay and the 4x400-meter relay.
- Anna Hall (USA) - Women’s Heptathlon
- Hall, who competed for Georgia before transferring to Florida, is ranked first in the world in the heptathlon. This was her first Olympics. She finished fifth.
- Jasmine Jones (USA) - Women’s 400m Hurdles
- From Atlanta and Greater Atlanta Christian School, Jones went to her first Olympics. She is the youngest of the top 25 400m hurdlers in the world. She finished fourth.
- Sanaa Frederick (Trinidad and Tobago)
- Incoming freshman at UGA, Frederick, one of two twin sisters who just graduated from Druid Hills High, was part of the Trinidad and Tobago 4x100m relay team before enrolling at Georgia. In Paris, her team finished eighth in the second heat in the 4x100-meter relay.
- Sole Frederick (Trinidad and Tobago)
- The other twin, Sole, won the country’s 200m national championship in June. The two of them are known as the Turbo Twins. In Paris, her team finished eighth in the second heat in the 4x100-meter relay.
- Shaunae Miller-Uibo (Bahamas)
- A former NCAA champion for Georgia, Miller-Uibo was the back-to-back Olympic gold medalist in the 400m. The 30-year-old Miller-Uibo attempted the first woman to win three consecutive Olympic 400′s as a mom, having given birth to a son in 2023. She finished 26th in the repechage round in the 400 meters.
- Katie Moon (USA)
° A resident of Powder Springs who has plans to move to Oklahoma soon, she was hampered by injuries early in the year. She won a gold medal in Tokyo in 2021 in pole vault and took first place at the World Championships in 2022 and 2023. In Paris, she won a silver medal.
- Keturah Orji (USA) - Triple jump
- Attended UGA from 2014-18. Became the first freshman to win the national triple jump crown at the NCAA Championships with a school. In Paris, she finished ninth.
- Stephanie Ratcliffe (Australia) - Hammer throw
- The Georgia athlete competed in the hammer throw for Australia. Ratcliffe won an NCAA championship in the event for Harvard. She finished 15th in the qualification round.
- Elena Kulichenko (Cyprus) - High jump
- Kulichenko, a Georgia All-American and an NCAA champion in the high jump, has twice won the Cyprus national championship in the event. She finished seventh.
- Tatiana Gusin (Greece) - High jump
- A former All-American at Georgia, Gusin has won 10 Greek national championships and finished seventh at the world indoor championships in March. She finished ninth.
- Marie-Therese Obst (Norway) - Javelin
- A former All-American javelin thrower at Georgia, Obst is ranked 18th in the world in the event. She finished 11th.
- Chanice Porter (Jamaica) - Long jump
- Former NCAA long-jump champion for UGA is ranked 32nd in world in her event. In Paris, she finished 17th in the qualification round.
- Ana da Silva (Brazil) - Shot put
- Past SEC champion for Georgia won the Brazilian national championship in shot put in June. In Paris, she did not advance to the final.
Women’s Volleyball:
- Julia Bergmann (Brazil)
- Georgia Tech’s first-ever Olympic volleyball player. Her team won a bronze medal.
Women’s Weightlifting
- Jourdan Delacruz (USA) - Women’s 49kg
- Former cheerleader trained for her second Olympics berth while pursuing a master’s in nutritional science at Georgia. She finished fifth in the 49kg category.
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