Record-Setting 59 Golden Bears Head To Paris

7/24/2024 2:56 PM | Athletics News, Olympics

56 Athletes, 3 Coaches Descend Upon 2024 Summer Olympics

By: Cal Athletics

BERKELEY – A record-setting 58 Golden Bears will be on hand for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

The Summer Games begin Thursday for Cal's contingent, with women's soccer alumna Ifeoma Onumonu competing for Nigeria in group play. The Opening Ceremony is on Friday, and the Olympics run through Aug. 11.

The 58 Golden Bears in Paris are comprised of 55 athletes and three coaches. Swimming leads the way with 22 representatives – 20 total men's and women's swimmers, along with Cal director of swimming & diving David Durden serving as an assistant coach for Team USA – while rowing is well represented with 15 athletes across men's and women's competition.

Cal has Olympic representatives in field hockey, men's golf, men's and women's track & field and men's and women's water polo, as well as non-varsity sports badminton and table tennis. Seven of Cal's returning Olympians are medalists, highlighted by Team USA swimming captains Ryan Murphy, a six-time medalist, and Abbey Weitzeil, a four-time medalist.

CalBears.com will have daily coverage of the Olympics, and Golden Bear fans can also follow on Cal's social media accounts. All Olympic content can be found at CalBears.com/Olympics.

The following is a complete list of Golden Bears who will be in Paris for the Summer Olympics:

Name	Sport	Country	Years At Cal
Mykolas Alekna	Men's Track & Field	Lithuania	2022-Present
Jack Alexy	Men's Swimming	United States	2021-Present
Byeong Hun An	Men's Golf	South Korea	2010-11
Nikolas Antoniou	Men's Swimming	Cyprus	2023-Present
Hunter Armstrong	Men's Swimming	United States	Postgraduate Training
Gavin Arroyo ^	Men's Water Polo	United States	1990-93
Stephanie Au	Women's Swimming	Hong Kong, China	2010-14
Jeremy Bagshaw	Men's Swimming	Canada	2010-14
Georgia Bell	Women's Track & Field	Great Britain	2016-17
Frederik Breuer	Men's Rowing	Germany	2021-Present
Camille Cheng	Women's Swimming	Hong Kong, China	2011-15
Luca Cupido	Men's Water Polo	United States	2014-17
Brooks Curry	Men's Swimming	United States	Postgraduate Training
Angus Dawson	Men's Rowing	Australia	2020-Present
Gennaro di Mauro	Men's Rowing	Italy	2022-Present
David Durden ^	Men's Swimming	United States	2007-Present
Caileigh Filmer	Women's Rowing	Canada	2015-17
Hugo González	Men's Swimming	Spain	2018-23
Rowan Hamilton	Men's Track & Field	Canada	2024
Robin Hanson	Men's Swimming	Sweden	2021-Present
Jarod Hatch	Men's Swimming	The Philippines	2017-21
Lucas Henveaux	Men's Swimming	Belgium	2023
Johnny Hooper	Men's Water Polo	United States	2015-18
Keaton Jones	Men's Swimming	United States	2023-Present
Kitty Lynn Joustra	Women's Water Polo	The Netherlands	2018-21
Inger Kavlie	Women's Rowing	Norway	2014-17
Kara Kohler	Women's Rowing	United States	2010-14
Caisa-Marie Lindfors	Women's Track & Field	Sweden	2024-Present
Martin Mackovic	Men's Rowing	Serbia	2016-18
Ollie Maclean	Men's Rowing	New Zealand	2021-23
Rowan McKellar	Women's Rowing	Great Britain	2014-17
Olav Molenaar	Men's Rowing	The Netherlands	2019-22
Mary-Ambre Moluh	Women's Swimming	France	Incoming Freshman
Collin Morikawa	Men's Golf	United States	2015-19
Andi Murez	Women's Swimming	Israel	Postgraduate Training
Ryan Murphy	Men's Swimming	United States	2013-17
Chris Oeding ^	Women's Water Polo	United States	1990-93
Ifeoma Onumonu	Women's Soccer	Nigeria	2012-16
Nikolaos Papanikolaou	Men's Water Polo	Greece	2019-23
Kindred Paul	Women's Water Polo	Canada	2015-18
Sydney Payne	Women's Rowing	Canada	2016-19
Leah Polonsky	Women's Swimming	Israel	2021-Present
Lilou Ressencourt	Women's Swimming	France	Incoming Freshman
Jack Robertson	Men's Rowing	Australia	2018-21
Megan Rodgers Valzonis	Field Hockey	United States	2017-19
Gus Rodriguez *	Men's Rowing	United States	2023
Camryn Rogers	Women's Track & Field	Canada	2018-23
Tim Roth	Men's Rowing	Switzerland	2022-Present
Ziyad Saleem	Men's Swimming	Sudan	2021-Present
Björn Seeliger	Men's Swimming	Sweden	2020-Present
Ayla Spitz	Women's Swimming	Israel	2019-23
Christian Tabash	Men's Rowing	United States	2023
Adrian Weinberg	Men's Water Polo	United States	2019-23
Abbey Weitzeil	Women's Swimming	United States	2016-20
Emma Wright	Women's Water Polo	Canada	2017-19
Annie Xu	Women's Badminton	United States	2017-20
Kerry Xu	Women's Badminton	United States	2017-20
Joshua Yuan	Men's Badminton	United States
Lily Zhang	Women's Table Tennis	United States	2014-18

* – alternate
^ – coach

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