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In the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, the university with the most Olympic medals in the U.S. was Stanford University (26 medals), followed by the University of Southern California (21 medals), the University of Florida (17 medals), UCLA (16 medals) and UC Berkeley (16 medals). [9] [10] [11] [12]
He coached Track and Field for the Irish-American Athletic Club in Queens, New York from 1909–16, and then for the University of Pennsylvania from 1916-47. He was U.S. Olympic Assistant Track coach in 1912 and 1920 and was head coach for the American Track and Field Team in four Olympics from 1924-36. [1]
The list of Pennsylvania State University Olympians is a list of former or current Penn State University students (129) and coaches and faculty members (12) who have appeared as athletes at the Olympic Games, plus one athlete for the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics. The university had its most representatives participating in the 2024 Summer ...
Thomas began swimming on the men's team at the University of Pennsylvania in 2017. During her freshman year, Thomas recorded a time of eight minutes and 57.55 seconds in the 1,000-yard freestyle that ranked as the sixth-fastest national men's time, and also recorded 500-yard freestyle and 1,650-yard freestyle times that ranked within the national top 100. [4]
Matthew Fallon is an American competitive swimmer and 2024 Summer Olympics team member for the United States. [4] Fallon qualified for Paris at the 2024 US Olympic Swimming Team Trials where he placed first and set a new American record in the 200 meter (m) breaststroke.
Zsuzsanna "Susan" Francia [1] (Hungarian: Francia Zsuzsanna; born November 8, 1982 [2]) is a Hungarian-American two-time Olympic gold medalist rower.Growing up in Abington, Pennsylvania as the daughter of Nobel laureate, Hungarian biochemist and mRNA researcher Katalin Karikó, she attended Abington Senior High School, followed by the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 2004 with a ...
Paul Makler Sr., Penn Med Class of 1964 and Penn undergraduate Class of 1944: fenced for the University of Pennsylvania Quakers, [58] competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, [58] won a silver medal in the team foil event at the 1955 Pan American Games, [58] won an Amateur Fencers League of ...
Born in Ashley, Pennsylvania, [1] Tewksbury studied for a dental degree at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1899. Running for the university team, he won the IC4A titles in the 110 and 220 y in 1898 and 1899. After graduating in 1899, he headed for Paris to compete in the Olympic Games.