The List of Pennsylvania State University Olympians is a list of former or current Penn State student-athletes (93) or coaches (10) that have made an appearance as athletes or medaled at the Olympic Games. The University had its most representatives participating in the 2012 London Olympic Games with 19 participants and the most medals since the 1924 Olympic Games with 5 medals.[1]
Appearances and medal winners by sport
| Sport |
Appearances† |
 |
 |
 |
Total♦ |
| Track and field |
44 |
5 |
7 |
5 |
17 |
| Gymnastics |
24 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Fencing |
12 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Wrestling |
9 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
| Basketball |
7 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
| Soccer |
7 |
0 |
0 |
2‡ |
2 |
| Volleyball |
6 |
0 |
2# |
0 |
2 |
| Swimming & Diving |
5 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
| Rifle |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Field Hockey |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3§ |
3 |
| Short Track Speedskating |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Cycling |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Figure skating |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Rowing |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Bobsled |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Beach Volleyball |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Boxing |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Tug-of-war |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total |
135 |
10 |
12 |
19 |
41 |
† an athlete is considered to have appeared once in each sport entered each time the Games of an Olympiad or Winter Games were held, including appearances as alternates
♦ number of times that a person received an Olympic medal or honor for finishing among the top three in an event
# both on the 2012 silver medal-winning USA women's team
‡ both on the 2012 bronze medal-winning Canada women's team
§ all on the 1984 bronze medal-winning USA women's team
Olympians
1904
St. Louis
| Name |
Sport |
Medal (if app.) and event |
| Nate Cartmell [2] |
Track and field |
 (100m)
(200m) |
1908
London
| Name |
Sport |
Medal (if app.) and event |
| Nate Cartmell [2] |
Track and field |
 (1600m medley relay)
 (200m) |
| Lee Talbott |
Track and field
Wrestling
Tug-of-war |
|
1920
Antwerp
| Name |
Sport |
Medal (if app.) and event |
| Harold Barron |
Track and field |
(110 m hurdles) |
| Marion Shields |
Track and field |
(3000 m team)
(1500 hurdles) |
1924
Paris
1928
Amsterdam
1932
Los Angeles
1948
London
1952
Helsinki
1952 Winter Olympic Games
Oslo
1956
Melbourne
1956 Winter Olympic Games
Cortina d'Ampezzo
1960
Rome
1964
Tokyo
1968
Mexico City
1972
Munich
1976
Montreal
1980
Moscow
Jana Angelakis, Gregory Fredericks, Charlene Morett, Christine Larson-Mason,[12] Knut Hjeltnes (Norway) and Romel Raffin (Canada) were all named to their respective Olympic teams but did not participate due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott.
1984
Los Angeles
1988
Seoul
1992
Barcelona
1996
Atlanta
2000
Sydney
2002
Salt Lake City
2004
Athens[14]
2006
Torino
2008
Beijing[16]
2010
Vancouver
| Name |
Sport |
Medal (if app.) and event |
| Allison Baver |
Short Track Speedskating |
(3000m Relay) |
2012
London [17]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nate Cartmell attended the University of Pennsylvania and later served as head coach of track and field at Penn State from 1922–33. After his Olympic years, he embarked on a coaching career in 1910 that led to coaching stints at seven other institutions, both before and after Penn State.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 Alternate on team; traveled to Olympic Games but did not compete.
- ↑ Ray Conger ran track for Iowa State in college, later obtained a Masters Degree in physiology, and then did further graduate work at Columbia. From 1931–36 he taught zoology at Carleton College in Northfield, MN, where he also coached track. He then joined the faculty at Penn State and was a professor of physical education preceding his retirement in 1970.
- ↑ Walter Bahr was the captain of the U.S. national team in the 1950 FIFA World Cup when, in what is considered one of the greatest upsets in sports history, it defeated England, 1-0, with Bahr assisting on the lone goal. Later he became the men's soccer coach at Penn State from 1974–1988.
- ↑ Bill Koll attended Iowa State Teachers College (now the University of Northern Iowa) and later became professor of Health and Physical Education, as well as head coach of the Penn State wrestling team from 1965–1979, which included unbeaten dual meet campaigns in 1967, 1970 thru 1972, and 1974.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 After 1956, Kurt Oppelt skated in ice shows with his partner, Sissy Schwarz, and was the coach of the Royal Dutch Figure Skating Team from 1957–1960. He later settled in the United States. In 1967, Oppelt became an instructor at Penn State in its College of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. In 1996 he received the Golden Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 At the time of the 1968 Olympics, Jane Barkman was age 16; later she became Penn State assistant swim coach and went on to become head coach at Princeton.
- ↑ After her 1975 college graduation at Southern Connecticut, Sue Rojcewicz became a physical education instructor and assistant basketball coach at Penn State.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Sammie Henson was undefeated and two-time NCAA champion at Clemson University. From 2000–2002 he was assistant wrestling coach at Penn State. During his time there, Henson assisted head coach Troy Sunderland in taking the Nittany Lions from 35th in the country to sixth with a pair of top-five recruiting classes in just two years.
- ↑ 2004 PSU Olympians
- ↑ Cael Sanderson attended and coached at Iowa State University before becoming Penn State's head wrestling coach in 2009.
- ↑ 2008 PSU Olympians
- ↑ http://btn.com/2012/08/13/big-ten-totals-35-medals-including-15-gold-at-olympics/
- ↑ Ryan Whiting, a native of Harrisburg, Pa., and 2010 alumnus of Arizona State University, was a volunteer coach on the Penn State track and field staff. He was the defending World Indoor Champion in the shot put and represented the U.S. at the 2011 IAAF World Outdoor Championships and 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships. He was also a six-time NCAA Champion while competing at Arizona State.
(100m)
(1600m medley relay)
(200m)
Kurt Oppelt [7][8][9]
Jean Cronstedt
Mike Sands
Eugene Botes
Ramon Hernandez
Toyin Augustus
Aleesha Barber
Kirsten Nieuwendam
Nonpatat Panchan
Adam Wiercioch
Felix Aronovich
Dominique Blake
