List of University of Nebraska–Lincoln Olympians

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This list of University of Nebraska–Lincoln Olympians is a list of the athletes and coaches associated with the University of Nebraska–Lincoln who have competed in the modern Olympic Games, plus five who participated in either the 1976 or 1980 Summer Olympics boycotts. A total of 120 Nebraska athletes have combined to make in 176 appearances in the Olympic Games. Nebraska athletes and coaches have won sixty-two medals, including nineteen gold medals, while representing thirty-one countries. Merlene Ottey is Nebraska's most decorated Olympian in terms of medals won, winning three silver and six bronze across seven Olympic Games, a record for track and field competitors.[1] South African swimmer Penelope Heyns – the only Cornhusker with multiple gold medals – is the only woman to ever win the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke events at the same Olympic Games.[2]

Olympians

File:Gold medal.svg Gold medalist File:Silver medal.svg Silver medalist File:Bronze medal.svg Bronze medalist Boycotted

Summer Games

Athletes

Olympiad Sport Athlete Country Medal(s)
1912 (V)
Sweden Stockholm 		File:Athletics pictogram.svg Sprinting Lewis Anderson United States United States
1936 (XI)
Nazi Germany Berlin 		File:Athletics pictogram.svg Shot put Sam Francis United States United States
1956 (XVI)
Australia Melbourne 		File:Athletics pictogram.svg Sprinting Keith Gardner Jamaica Jamaica
1960 (XVII)
Italy Rome 		File:Athletics pictogram.svg Sprinting Keith Gardner British West Indies British West Indies File:Bronze medal.svg 4 × 400 m relay
Joe Mullins Canada Canada
File:Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Dan Brand United States United States File:Bronze medal.svg Freestyle middleweight
1964 (XVIII)
Japan Tokyo 		File:Athletics pictogram.svg Sprinting Lynn Headley Jamaica Jamaica
File:Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Dan Brand United States United States
1968 (XIX)
Mexico Mexico City 		File:Athletics pictogram.svg Discus Carol Moseke United States United States
File:Athletics pictogram.svg Sprinting Clifton Forbes Jamaica Jamaica
Lynn Headley
Charlie Greene United States United States File:Gold medal.svg 4 x 100 m relay File:Bronze medal.svg 100 m
1972 (XX)
West Germany Munich 		File:Athletics pictogram.svg Sprinting Garth Case Jamaica Jamaica
Horace Levy
Leighton Priestley
Don Quarrie
1976 (XXI)
Canada Montreal 		File:Athletics pictogram.svg Sprinting Leighton Priestley Jamaica Jamaica
Don Quarrie File:Gold medal.svg 200 m File:Silver medal.svg 100 m
File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming John Ebito Nigeria Nigeria
Bengt Jönsson Sweden Sweden
1980 (XXII)
Soviet Union Moscow 		File:Diving pictogram.svg Diving Reynaldo Castro Dominican Republic Dominican Republic
File:Gymnastics pictogram.svg Gymnastics Phil Cahoy United States United States
Larry Gerard
Jim Hartung
File:Athletics pictogram.svg Sprinting Merlene Ottey Jamaica Jamaica File:Bronze medal.svg 200 m
Don Quarrie File:Bronze medal.svg 200 m
File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming John Ebito Nigeria Nigeria
1984 (XXIII)
United States Los Angeles 		File:Diving pictogram.svg Diving Reynaldo Castro Dominican Republic Dominican Republic
File:Gymnastics pictogram.svg Gymnastics Jim Hartung United States United States File:Gold medal.svg All-around (team)
Scott Johnson
Jim Mikus
File:Athletics pictogram.svg Long jump Angela Thacker
File:Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing Lisa Rohde
File:Athletics pictogram.svg Sprinting Janet Burke Jamaica Jamaica
Merlene Ottey File:Bronze medal.svg 100 m File:Bronze medal.svg 200 m
Don Quarrie File:Silver medal.svg 4 x 100 relay
Marcia Tate
Dennis Wallace
Bill Trott Bermuda Bermuda
1988 (XXIV)
South Korea Seoul 		File:Diving pictogram.svg Diving Wendy Lucero United States United States
File:Gymnastics pictogram.svg Gymnastics Kevin Davis
Scott Johnson
Tom Schlesinger
Wes Suter
File:Athletics pictogram.svg Javelin Denise Thiémard Switzerland Switzerland
File:Athletics pictogram.svg Sprinting Merlene Ottey Jamaica Jamaica
Sharon Powell
Marcia Tate
Bill Trott Bermuda Bermuda
File:Volleyball pictogram.svg Volleyball Cathy Noth United States United States
File:Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Bill Scherr File:Bronze medal.svg Freestyle 100 kg
Jim Scherr
1992 (XXV)
Spain Barcelona 		File:Gymnastics pictogram.svg Gymnastics Trent Dimas United States United States File:Gold medal.svg Horizontal bar
File:Athletics pictogram.svg Sprinting Mark Jackson Canada Canada
Karen Kruger South Africa South Africa
Tamás Molnár Hungary Hungary
Merlene Ottey Jamaica Jamaica File:Bronze medal.svg 200 m
Ximena Restrepo Colombia Colombia File:Bronze medal.svg 400 m
File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Jan Bidrman Sweden Sweden
Roberto Bonilla Guatemala Guatemala
Penelope Heyns South Africa South Africa
Peter Williams
Anja Margetić Independent
File:Volleyball pictogram.svg Volleyball Lori Endicott United States United States File:Bronze medal.svg Indoor volleyball (team)
1996 (XXVI)
United States Atlanta 		File:Athletics pictogram.svg Distance running Dieudonné Kwizera Burundi Burundi
Balázs Tölgyesi Hungary Hungary
File:Modern pentathlon pictogram (pre-2025).svg Heptathlon Patricia Nadler Switzerland Switzerland
File:Softball pictogram.svg Softball Lori Sippel Canada Canada
File:Athletics pictogram.svg Sprinting Frank Mensah Ghana Ghana
Merlene Ottey Jamaica Jamaica File:Silver medal.svg 100 m File:Silver medal.svg 200 m File:Bronze medal.svg 4 x 100 m relay
Linetta Wilson United States United States File:Gold medal.svg 4 x 400 m relay
File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Therese Alshammar Sweden Sweden
Juan Benavides Spain Spain
Roberto Bonilla Guatemala Guatemala
Penelope Heyns South Africa South Africa File:Gold medal.svg 100 m breaststroke File:Gold medal.svg 200 m breaststroke
Helene Muller
Julia Russell
José Isaza Panama Panama
Emma Johnson Australia Australia File:Bronze medal.svg 4 x 200 m freestyle relay
Anna Windsor
Valērijs Kalmikovs Latvia Latvia
Lenka Maňhalová Czech Republic Czech Republic
Terrie Miller Norway Norway
File:Athletics pictogram.svg Triple jump Nicola Martial Guyana Guyana
File:Volleyball pictogram.svg Volleyball Lori Endicott United States United States
2000 (XXVII)
Australia Sydney 		File:Athletics pictogram.svg Sprinting Merlene Ottey Jamaica Jamaica File:Silver medal.svg 4 x 100 m relay File:Bronze medal.svg 100 m
Jimmy Pino Colombia Colombia
Ximena Ristrepo
Jelena Stanisavljević Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Therese Alshammar Sweden Sweden File:Silver medal.svg 50 m freestyle File:Silver medal.svg 100 m freestyle
File:Bronze medal.svg 4 x 100 m freestyle relay
Juan Benavides Spain Spain
Javier Botello
Elvira Fischer Austria Austria
Michael Windisch
Penelope Heyns South Africa South Africa File:Bronze medal.svg 100 m breaststroke
Helene Muller
Valērijs Kalmikovs Latvia Latvia
Adam Pine Australia Australia File:Gold medal.svg 4 x 100 m freestyle relay
File:Silver medal.svg 4 x 100 m medley relay
File:Volleyball pictogram.svg Volleyball Allison Weston United States United States
File:Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Rulon Gardner File:Gold medal.svg Greco-Roman 130 kg
Matt Lindland File:Silver medal.svg Greco-Roman 76 kg
2004 (XXVIII)
Greece Athens 		File:Baseball pictogram.svg Baseball Adam Stern Canada Canada
File:Athletics pictogram.svg Discus Dace Ruskule Latvia Latvia
File:Athletics pictogram.svg Hurdles Nenad Lončar Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro
Priscilla Lopes Canada Canada
File:Athletics pictogram.svg Long jump Ineta Radēviča Latvia Latvia
File:Softball pictogram.svg Softball Sheena Lawrick Canada Canada
Stephanie Skegas-Maxwell Greece Greece
File:Athletics pictogram.svg Sprinting Dmitrijs Miļkevičs Latvia Latvia
Merlene Ottey Slovenia Slovenia
File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Therese Alshammar Sweden Sweden
Adam Pine Australia Australia
File:Volleyball pictogram.svg Volleyball Nancy Metcalf United States United States
File:Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Rulon Gardner File:Bronze medal.svg Greco-Roman 120 kg
Brad Vering
2008 (XXIX)
China Beijing 		File:Baseball pictogram.svg Baseball Brian Duensing United States United States File:Bronze medal.svg Baseball (team)
Adam Stern Canada Canada
File:Cycling pictogram.svg Cycling Amber Neben United States United States
File:Modern pentathlon pictogram (pre-2025).svg Heptathlon Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas Hungary Hungary
File:Athletics pictogram.svg High jump Dusty Jonas United States United States
File:Athletics pictogram.svg Hurdles Priscilla Lopes Canada Canada File:Bronze medal.svg 100 m hurdles
File:Athletics pictogram.svg Long jump Ineta Radēviča Latvia Latvia
File:Football pictogram.svg Soccer Karina LeBlanc Canada Canada
Brittany Timko
Amy Walsh
File:Softball pictogram.svg Softball Sheena Lawrick
Robin Mackin
File:Athletics pictogram.svg Sprinting Dmitrijs Miļkevičs Latvia Latvia
File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Therese Alshammar Sweden Sweden
Adam Pine Australia Australia File:Silver medal.svg 4 x 100 m medley relay
File:Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Brad Vering United States United States
2012 (XXX)
United Kingdom London 		File:Basketball pictogram.svg Basketball Chelsea Aubry Canada Canada
Ade Dagunduro Nigeria Nigeria
Aleks Marić Australia Australia
File:Cycling pictogram.svg Cycling Amber Neben United States United States
File:Modern pentathlon pictogram (pre-2025).svg Heptathlon Chantae McMillan
Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas Hungary Hungary
File:Athletics pictogram.svg Hurdles Lehann Fourie South Africa South Africa
File:Athletics pictogram.svg Long jump Ineta Radēviča Latvia Latvia
File:Athletics pictogram.svg Shot put Carl Myerscough United Kingdom Great Britain
File:Football pictogram.svg Soccer Karina LeBlanc Canada Canada File:Bronze medal.svg Soccer (team)
Brittany Timko
File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Therese Alshammar Sweden Sweden
File:Volleyball pictogram.svg Volleyball Jordan Larson United States United States File:Silver medal.svg Indoor volleyball (team)
File:Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Jordan Burroughs File:Gold medal.svg Freestyle 74 kg
2016 (XXXI)
Brazil Rio de Janeiro 		File:Basketball pictogram.svg Basketball Danielle Page Serbia Serbia File:Bronze medal.svg Basketball (team)
File:Modern pentathlon pictogram (pre-2025).svg Heptathlon Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas Hungary Hungary
File:Athletics pictogram.svg High jump Maruša Černjul Slovenia Slovenia
File:Athletics pictogram.svg Hurdles Miles Ukaoma Nigeria Nigeria
File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Therese Alshammar Sweden Sweden
File:Volleyball pictogram.svg Volleyball Kayla Banwarth United States United States File:Bronze medal.svg Indoor volleyball (team)
Jordan Larson
Kelsey Robinson
Sarah Pavan Canada Canada
File:Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Jordan Burroughs United States United States
2020 (XXXII)
Japan Tokyo 		File:Basketball pictogram.svg Basketball Keisei Tominaga Japan Japan
File:Cycling pictogram.svg Cycling Amber Neben United States United States
File:Athletics pictogram.svg Hurdles Máté Koroknai Hungary Hungary
File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Beatriz Padron Costa Rica Costa Rica
File:Volleyball pictogram.svg Volleyball Jordan Larson United States United States File:Gold medal.svg Indoor volleyball (team)
Kelsey Robinson
Justine Wong-Orantes
Sarah Pavan Canada Canada
2024 (XXXIII)
France Paris 		File:Basketball pictogram.svg Basketball Jack McVeigh Australia Australia
Keisei Tominaga Japan Japan
File:Athletics pictogram.svg Decathlon Till Steinforth Germany Germany
File:Athletics pictogram.svg Discus Nicholas Percy United Kingdom Great Britain
File:Gymnastics pictogram.svg Gymnastics Yanni Chronopoulos Canada Canada
Emma Spence
File:Athletics pictogram.svg Javelin Maggie Malone-Hardin United States United States
Rhema Otabor The Bahamas Bahamas
File:Athletics pictogram.svg Shot put Miné de Klerk South Africa South Africa
Axelina Johansson Sweden Sweden
File:Volleyball pictogram.svg Volleyball Jordan Larson United States United States File:Silver medal.svg Indoor volleyball (team)
Kelsey Robinson
Justine Wong-Orantes

Coaches

Olympiad Sport Athlete Country Medal(s)
1980 (XXII)
Soviet Union Moscow 		File:Gymnastics pictogram.svg Gymnastics Francis Allen United States United States
1984 (XXIII)
United States Los Angeles 		File:Gymnastics pictogram.svg Gymnastics Francis Allen United States United States File:Gold medal.svg All-around
1992 (XXV)
Spain Barcelona 		File:Volleyball pictogram.svg Volleyball John Cook (asst.) United States United States File:Bronze medal.svg Indoor volleyball
1996 (XXVI)
United States Atlanta 		File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Jan Bidrman South Africa South Africa
2000 (XXVII)
Australia Sydney 		File:Gymnastics pictogram.svg Gymnastics Peggy Liddick Australia Australia
File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Jan Bidrman (asst.) Canada Canada
2004 (XXVIII)
Greece Athens 		File:Gymnastics pictogram.svg Gymnastics Peggy Liddick Australia Australia
File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Jan Bidrman (asst.) Canada Canada
2008 (XXIX)
China Beijing 		File:Gymnastics pictogram.svg Gymnastics Peggy Liddick Australia Australia
File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Jan Bidrman (asst.) Canada Canada
File:Softball pictogram.svg Softball Lori Sippel
2012 (XXX)
United Kingdom London 		File:Gymnastics pictogram.svg Gymnastics Peggy Liddick Australia Australia
File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Jan Bidrman (asst.) Canada Canada
File:Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Mark Manning (asst.) United States United States
2016 (XXXI)
Brazil Rio de Janeiro 		File:Shooting pictogram.svg Rifle Ashley MacAllister Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
File:Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Mark Manning (asst.) United States United States
2020 (XXXII)
Japan Tokyo 		File:Volleyball (beach) pictogram.svg Volleyball Tyler Hildebrand United States United States File:Gold medal.svg Beach volleyball
2024 (XXXIII)
France Paris 		File:Basketball pictogram.svg Basketball Tyronn Lue (asst.) United States United States File:Gold medal.svg Basketball

Winter Games

Athletes

Olympiad Sport Athlete Country Medal(s)
2006 (XX)
Italy Turin 		File:Bobsleigh pictogram.svg Bobsleigh Curtis Tomasevicz United States United States
2010 (XXI)
Canada Vancouver 		File:Bobsleigh pictogram.svg Bobsleigh Shelley-Ann Brown Canada Canada File:Silver medal.svg Two-woman
Curtis Tomasevicz United States United States File:Gold medal.svg Four-man
2014 (XXII)
Russia Sochi 		File:Bobsleigh pictogram.svg Bobsleigh Curtis Tomasevicz United States United States File:Silver medal.svg Four-man

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Medals

By athlete or coach

Medals by athlete or coach
Athlete File:Gold medal.svg File:Silver medal.svg File:Bronze medal.svg Total
South Africa Penelope Heyns File:Swimming pictogram.svg 2 0 1 3
Jamaica Don Quarrie File:Athletics pictogram.svg 1 2 1 4
United States Jordan Larson File:Volleyball pictogram.svg 1 2 1 4
Australia Adam Pine File:Swimming pictogram.svg
United States Kelsey Robinson File:Volleyball pictogram.svg 1 1 1 3
United States Curtis Tomasevicz File:Bobsleigh pictogram.svg 1 1 0 2
United States Justine Wong-Orantes File:Volleyball pictogram.svg
United States Rulon Gardner File:Wrestling pictogram.svg 1 0 1 2
United States Charlie Greene File:Athletics pictogram.svg
United States Francis Allen File:Gymnastics pictogram.svg 1 0 0 1
United States Jordan Burroughs File:Wrestling pictogram.svg
United States Trent Dimas File:Gymnastics pictogram.svg
United States Tyronn Lue File:Basketball pictogram.svg
United States Jim Hartung File:Gymnastics pictogram.svg
United States Tyler Hildebrand File:Volleyball pictogram.svg
United States Scott Johnson File:Gymnastics pictogram.svg
United States Jim Mikus File:Gymnastics pictogram.svg
United States Linetta Wilson File:Athletics pictogram.svg
Jamaica Slovenia Merlene Ottey File:Athletics pictogram.svg 0 3 6 9
Sweden Therese Alshammar File:Swimming pictogram.svg 0 2 1 3
Canada Shelley-Ann Brown File:Bobsleigh pictogram.svg 0 1 0 1
United States Matt Lindland File:Wrestling pictogram.svg
United States Kayla Banwarth File:Volleyball pictogram.svg 0 0 1 1
United States Dan Brand File:Wrestling pictogram.svg
United States John Cook File:Volleyball pictogram.svg
United States Brian Duensing File:Baseball pictogram.svg
United States Lori Endicott File:Volleyball pictogram.svg
Jamaica British West Indies Keith Gardner File:Athletics pictogram.svg
Australia Emma Johnson File:Swimming pictogram.svg
Canada Karina LeBlanc File:Football pictogram.svg
Canada Priscilla Lopes File:Athletics pictogram.svg
Serbia Danielle Page File:Basketball pictogram.svg
Colombia Ximena Restrepo File:Athletics pictogram.svg
United States Bill Scherr File:Wrestling pictogram.svg
Canada Brittany Timko File:Football pictogram.svg
Total 19 16 27 62

By country

Medals by country
Country File:Gold medal.svg File:Silver medal.svg File:Bronze medal.svg Total
United States United States 15 6 10 31
South Africa South Africa 2 0 1 3
Jamaica Jamaica 1 5 7 13
Australia Australia 1 2 2 5
Sweden Sweden 0 2 1 3
Canada Canada 0 1 3 4
British West Indies British West Indies 0 0 1 1
Colombia Colombia
Serbia Serbia
Total 19 16 27 62

References

  1. ↑ "Husker Olympians: By the Numbers". news.unl.edu. University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 2018-02-19. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  2. ↑ "Husker Olympians: By the Numbers". Brittanica. Britannica Kids. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  3. ↑ "2018-19 Nebraska All-Sports Record Book" (PDF). Nebraska Communications Office. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
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