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’Hoos in Tokyo

Swimmers Alex Walsh (Col ’24) and Kate Douglass (Col ’23) won silver and bronze in the women’s 200-meter Individual Medley. Giorgio Scala/BSR Agency/Getty Images

Here’s a look at our most recent Olympians: current and former UVA athletes and coaches who competed in the delayed 2020 Olympic Games.

Basketball

U.S.A.:

Dawn Staley (Col ’92) (coach) 
Gold medal, team

Slovenia:

Mike Tobey (Col ’16)
Fourth place, team

Argentina:

Francisco Caffaro (Col ’22)
Seventh place, team

Nigeria:

Aisha Mohammed (Col ’09)
11th place, team

Rowing

U.S.A.:

Meghan O’Leary (Col ’07)
10th in women’s quadruple sculls

Kristine O’Brien (Col ’13)
Fourth in women’s eight

Canada:

Susanne Grainger (Col ’13)
Gold medal in women’s eight

Christine Roper (Col ’11)
Gold medal in women’s eight

Morgan Rosts (Educ ’18)
(alternate; did not compete)

Netherlands:

Inge Janssen (Col ’11)
Sixth in women’s quadruple sculls

New Zealand:

Hannah Osborne (Col ’17)
Silver medal in women’s double sculls

Soccer

U.S.A.:

Becky Sauerbrunn (Col ’08) 
Bronze medal, team

Emily Sonnett (Col ’15) 
Bronze medal, team

New Zealand:

Joe Bell (Col ’21) 
Sixth place, team

Swimming

U.S.A.:

Kate Douglass (Col ’23) 
Bronze medal, 200-meter Individual Medley

Paige Madden (Educ ’21)  
Silver medal, 4x200 Freestyle Relay; seventh, 400 Freestyle

Alex Walsh (Col ’24) 
Silver medal, 200 Individual Medley

Emma Weyant (Col ’24) 
Silver medal, 400 Individual Medley

Todd DeSorbo (assistant coach) 

Track and Field

U.S.A.:

Michaela Meyer (Nurs ’22) 
(alternate; did not compete)

Croatia:

Filip Mihaljević (Col ’17) 
15th place