U-M Rio Olympics Roster

Submitted by BursleyHall82 on

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

Mike Woods

Canada

Road race/time trial

U-M track (2005-06)/XC (2004-07) letterwinner

 

Men's Gymnastics

Sam Mikulak

USA

All-around

U-M letterwinner 2011-14

 

Women's Rowing

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

 

Sailing

Bora Gulari

USA

Nacra 17 (mixed multihull)

U-M sailing team alumnus ('04)

 

Women's Soccer

Shelina Zadorsky

Canada

Defender

U-M letterwinner 2010-13

 

Men's Open-Water Swimming

Sean Ryan

USA

10K

U-M letterwinner 2011-14

 

Men's Swimming

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

 

Women's Swimming

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

 

Men's Track & Field

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

 

Women's Track & Field

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

 

SBo

August 5th, 2016 at 5:03 PM ^

Arguably the greatest athlete of all time (greatest olympic athlete anyway) is a Michigan alum. Who's got it better than us?

Cmknepfl

August 5th, 2016 at 6:19 PM ^

There was a list on US News taking about colleges with the most athletes and Michigan wasn't listed. Judging by this list they should have been. Anybody know why not?

reshp1

August 5th, 2016 at 8:58 PM ^

It was a club sport. There were a lot of good sailers though, some went on to compete at various levels after college. I knew Bora (sort of) through my roommates and he was obviously head amd shoulders above everyone else. The kind of sailing he does is closer to trapeze circus act than the traditional dinghy sailing most people are familiar with.

https://youtu.be/M1rZUMkisjA