U-M Rio Olympics Roster
With the opening ceremonies taking place tonight, here's a rundown on the Olympic athletes and coaches with U-M ties. Look at all the countries represented!
Men's Cycling |
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Mike Woods |
Canada |
Road race/time trial |
U-M track (2005-06)/XC (2004-07) letterwinner |
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Men's Gymnastics |
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Sam Mikulak |
USA |
All-around |
U-M letterwinner 2011-14 |
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Women's Rowing |
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Amanda Elmore |
USA |
Women's eight |
U-M letterwinner 2014 |
Felice Mueller |
USA |
Women's pair |
U-M letterwinner 2009-12 |
Ellen Tomek |
USA |
Double sculls |
U-M letterwinner 2004-06 |
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Sailing |
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Bora Gulari |
USA |
Nacra 17 (mixed multihull) |
U-M sailing team alumnus ('04) |
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Women's Soccer |
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Shelina Zadorsky |
Canada |
Defender |
U-M letterwinner 2010-13 |
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Men's Open-Water Swimming |
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Sean Ryan |
USA |
10K |
U-M letterwinner 2011-14 |
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Men's Swimming |
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Felix Auböck |
Austria |
200m/400m/1,500m freestyle |
U-M incoming freshman |
Dylan Bosch |
South Africa |
4x200m freestyle relay |
U-M letterwinner 2013-16 |
Connor Jaeger |
USA |
400m/1,500m freestyle |
U-M letterwinner 2011-14 |
Anders Lie Nielsen |
Denmark |
4x200m freestyle relay |
U-M letterwinner 2013-16 |
Bruno Ortiz |
Spain |
4x100m freestyle relay |
U-M letterwinner 2012-15 |
Miguel Ortiz |
Spain |
4x100m freestyle relay |
U-M letterwinner 2010-13 |
Michael Phelps |
USA |
100m/200m butterfly, 200m IM |
U-M volunteer coach 2005-08 |
Mike Bottom |
USA |
Men's assistant coach |
U-M coach 2009-present |
Bob Bowman |
USA |
Men's head coach |
U-M coach 2004-08 |
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Women's Swimming |
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Siobhán Haughey |
Hong Kong |
200m freestyle, 200m IM |
U-M letterwinner 2016 (current) |
Claudia Lau |
Hong Kong |
100m/200m backstroke |
U-M letterwinner 2012-15 |
Bruce Gemmell |
USA |
Women's assistant coach |
U-M letterwinner 1980-83 |
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Men's Track & Field |
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Nate Brannen |
Canada |
1,500m run |
U-M letterwinner 2002-05 |
Jeff Porter |
USA |
110m hurdles |
U-M letterwinner 2004-07 |
Nick Willis |
New Zealand |
1,500m run |
U-M letterwinner 2003-05 |
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Women's Track & Field |
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Cindy Ofili |
Great Britain |
100m hurdles |
U-M letterwinner 2013-16 |
Uhunoma Osazuwa |
Nigeria |
Heptathlon |
U-M Doctor of Pharmacy degree 2014 |
Tiffany (Ofili) Porter |
Great Britain |
100m hurdles |
U-M letterwinner 2006-09 |
Nicole (Edwards) Sifuentes |
Canada |
1,500m run |
U-M letterwinner 2005-08 |
What about Charlie White and Meryl Davis?
Ooops nevermind...
Here's a few photos Bora Gulari sent back:
Arguably the greatest athlete of all time (greatest olympic athlete anyway) is a Michigan alum. Who's got it better than us?
That is a damn impressive amount of athletes!
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August 7th, 2016 at 11:25 AM ^
A hearty chuckle had here - thank you LOL
Impressive list. I had no idea there were this many.
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