List of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Olympians
The following student-athletes, coaching staff, or alumni of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have represented their country in the Olympic Games as athletes, coaching staff, press officers, or administrators.[1]
An asterisk (*) denotes a coach or trainer.
Berlin 1936
Summer Games of the XI Olympiad, Berlin, Germany
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Track and Field | Men | Harry Williamson | |
London 1948
Summer Games of the XIV Olympiad, London, United Kingdom
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Track and Field | Men | Bill Albans | |
Chunk Simmons | |||
Helsinki 1952
Summer Games of the XV Olympiad, Helsinki, Finland
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Track and Field | Men | Chunk Simmons | |
Melbourne 1956
Summer Games of the XVI Olympiad, Melbourne, Australia
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Swimming | Women | Stan Tinkham * | |
Wrestling | – | Perrin Henderson | |
Rome 1960
Summer Games of the XVII Olympiad, Rome, Italy
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Track and Field | Men | Jim Beatty | |
Tokyo 1964
Summer Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo, Japan
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Basketball | – | Larry Brown | |
John Lacey * | |||
Swimming | Men | Thompson Mann | |
Philip Riker | |||
Mexico City 1968
Summer Games of the XIX Olympiad, Mexico City, Mexico
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Basketball | – | Charlie Scott | |
Munich 1972
Summer Games of the XX Olympiad, Munich, West Germany
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Basketball | – | Bobby Jones | |
John Lacey * | |||
Swimming | Women | Ann Marshall | |
Montreal 1976
Summer Games of the XXI Olympiad, Montreal, Canada
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Basketball | Men | Walter Davis | |
Phil Ford | |||
Mitch Kupchak | |||
Tom LaGarde | |||
Dean Smith * | |||
Bill Guthridge * | |||
Women | Trish Roberts | ||
Swimming | Women | Janis Hape | |
Wendy Weinberg | |||
Track and Field | Men | Charles Foster | |
Los Angeles and Sarajevo 1984
Summer Games of the XXIII Olympiad, Los Angeles, California, United States and Winter Games of the XXIII Olympiad, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Baseball | – | B.J. Surhoff | |
Scott Bankhead | |||
Basketball | Men | Michael Jordan | |
Sam Perkins | |||
Field Hockey | Women | Karen Shelton | |
Swimming | Men | Chris Stevenson | |
- Rick Brewer was a press officer.
Seoul and Calgary 1988
Summer Games of the XXIV Olympiad, Seoul, South Korea and Winter Games of the XXIV Olympiad, Calgary, Canada
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Basketball | Men | J.R. Reid | |
Women | Sylvia Hatchell * | ||
Cycling | Women | Danute Bankaitis-Davis | |
Field Hockey | Women | Marcia Pankratz | |
- Press Officer: Dave Lohse.
Barcelona and Albertville 1992
Summer Games of the XXV Olympiad, Barcelona, Spain and Winter Games of the XXV Olympiad, Albertville, France
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Basketball | Men | Michael Jordan | |
Henrik Rödl | |||
Fencing | Men | John Friedberg | |
Swimming | Men | Yann DeFabrique | |
David Monasterio | |||
Track and Field | Women | Sharon Couch | |
Wrestling | – | Kendall Cross | |
- Press Officer: Frank Zang
Lillehammer 1994
Winter Games of the XXVI Olympiad, Lillehammer, Norway
- Press Officer: Frank Zang
Atlanta 1996
Summer Games of the XXVI Olympiad, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Fencing | Women | Nhi Lan Le | |
Field Hockey | Women | Marcia Pankratz | |
Leslie Lyness | |||
Cindy Werley | |||
Laurel Hershey | |||
Kelli James | |||
Liz Tchou | |||
Handball | Men | John Keller | |
Steve Penn | |||
Women | Chryss Watts | ||
Soccer | Men | Eddie Pope | |
Women | Laurie Gregg * | ||
Mia Hamm | |||
April Heinrichs * | |||
Kristine Lilly | |||
Tracy Noonan | |||
Cindy Parlow | |||
Tiffany Roberts | |||
Tisha Venturini | |||
Carla Werden | |||
Staci Wilson | |||
Swimming | Men | Yann DeFabrique | |
David Fox | |||
Track and Field | Men | Ken Harnden | |
Allen Johnson | |||
Eddie Neufville | |||
Women | Joan Nesbit | ||
Lynda Lipson | |||
Tisha Waller | |||
Wrestling | – | Kendall Cross | |
- Full-Time Employees: Dave Lohse, Chris Schleter; Olympic Broadcasting Organization: Kevin Best; Organizing Committee: Donald Lockerbie; Press Officer: Frank Zang; Team Physician: Tim Taft.
Sydney 2000
Summer Games of the XXVII Olympiad, Sydney, Australia
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Basketball | Men | Vince Carter | |
Soccer | Women | Lorrie Fair | |
Laurie Gregg * | |||
Mia Hamm | |||
April Heinrichs * | |||
Kristine Lilly | |||
Siri Mullinix | |||
Cindy Parlow | |||
Carla Werden | |||
Track and Field | Men | Dominic Demeritte | |
Ken Harnden | |||
Allen Johnson | |||
Curtis Johnson | |||
Eddie Neufville | |||
Women | LaTasha Colander-Richardson | ||
Sharon Couch | |||
Nadine Faustin | |||
Nicole Gamble | |||
Monique Hennagan | |||
Lynda Lipson | |||
- Full-Time Employee: Chris Schleter; Olympic Broadcasting Organization: Kevin Best; Organizing Committee: Donald Lockerbie.
Salt Lake City 2002
Winter Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, Salt Lake City, United States
- Full-Time Employee: Chris Schleter. Olympic Broadcasting Organization: Kevin Best.
Athens 2004
Summer Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, Athens, Greece
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Baseball | – | Andrew Miller | |
Basketball | Men | Larry Brown * | |
Roy Williams * | |||
Soccer | Women | Tracy Bates-Leon * | |
Mia Hamm | |||
April Heinrichs * | |||
Kristine Lilly | |||
Heather O'Reilly | |||
Cindy Parlow | |||
Catherine Reddick | |||
Lindsay Tarpley | |||
Softball | – | Natalie Anter | |
Track and Field | Men | Dominic Demeritte | |
Vikas Gowda | |||
Allen Johnson | |||
Women | LaTasha Colander-Richardson | ||
Crystal Cox | |||
Nadine Faustin | |||
Shalane Flanagan | |||
Laura Gerraughty | |||
Monique Hennagan | |||
Tisha Waller | |||
- Full-Time Employee: Chris Schleter; Organizing Committee: Donald Lockerbie.
Turin 2006
Winter Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Turin, Italy
Full-Time Employee: Chris Schleter.
Beijing 2008
Summer Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing, China[2]
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Field Hockey | Women | Kate Barber | |
Rachel Dawson | |||
Katelyn Falgowski | |||
Jesse Gey | |||
Carrie Lingo | |||
Amy Tran | |||
Soccer | Men | Dax McCarty | |
Women | Lori Chalupny | ||
Robyn Gale | |||
Tobin Heath | |||
Heather O'Reilly | |||
Lindsay Tarpley | |||
Kacey White | |||
Track and Field | Men | Dominic Demeritte | |
Vikas Gowda | |||
Blake Russel | |||
Women | Erin Donohue | ||
Shalane Flanagan | |||
Nadine Faustin-Parker | |||
Alice Schmidt | |||
London 2012
Summer Games of the XXX Olympiad, London, England[3]
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Field Hockey | Women | Rachel Dawson | |
Katelyn Falgowski | |||
Amy Swensen | |||
Illse Davids | |||
Soccer | Women | Robyn Gayle | |
Tobin Heath | |||
Heather O'Reilly | |||
Track and Field | Men | Vikas Gowda | |
Women | Shalane Flanagan | ||
Alice Schmidt | |||
Ola Sesay | |||
Rio 2016
Summer Games of the XXXI Olympiad, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[4]
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Basketball | Men | Harrison Barnes | |
Women | LaToya Pringle Sanders | ||
Field Hockey | Women | Jackie Briggs | |
Rachel Dawson | |||
Katelyn Falgowski | |||
Kelsey Kolojejchick | |||
Caitlin Van Sickle | |||
Soccer | Women | Katie Bowen | |
Crystal Dunn | |||
Whitney Engen | |||
Tobin Heath | |||
Meghan Klingenberg | |||
Allie Long | |||
Ashlyn Harris | |||
Heather O'Reilly | |||
Track and Field | Men | Vikas Gowda | |
Women | Shalane Flanagan | ||
References
- ↑ "All-Time Tar Heel Olympians". UNC Athletics. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
- ↑ "2008 Tar Heel Olympians". UNC Athletics. Retrieved 2008-08-09.
- ↑ "Tar Heels in London". The Daily Tar Heel. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
- ↑ "Tar Heels in Rio". GoHeels.com. Retrieved 2016-08-21.