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 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro with 22 participants earning eight medals, the most ever by Penn State athletes in a single Olympic Games. [1]
Totals are through the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
Sport | Appearances† | Total♦ | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Track and field | 55 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 20 |
Gymnastics | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Fencing | 22 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Volleyball | 18 | 2‡ | 2# | 5¶ | 9 |
Wrestling | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Soccer | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Swimming & Diving | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Basketball | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Cycling | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rifle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Field Hockey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3§ | 3 |
Short Track Speedskating | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Archery | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Rowing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Figure skating | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Kayaking | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bobsled | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Beach Volleyball | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Boxing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ice hockey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rugby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tug-of-war | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 192 | 17 | 15 | 28 | 60 |
† 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 attendance in the host city 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 2020 gold medal-winning USA women's team
# both on the 2012 silver medal-winning USA women's team
¶ all on the 2016 bronze medal-winning USA men's and women's teams
§ all on the 1984 bronze medal-winning USA women's team
Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
---|---|---|
Nate Cartmell [2] | Track and field | (100m) (200m) |
Fred Englehardt [3] | Track and field | (triple jump) |
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 | |
Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
---|---|---|
Harold Barron | Track and field | (110m hurdles) |
Alan Helffrich [4] [5] | Track and field | |
Larry Shields | Track and field | (3000m team) (1500m) |
Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
---|---|---|
William Cox | Track and field | (3000m team) |
Schuyler Enck | Track and field | (800m) |
Alan Helffrich | Track and field | (4 × 400m relay) |
Carl Madera [4] | Boxing | |
Charles Moore, Sr. [4] | Track and field | |
Katsutoshi Naito | Wrestling | (freestyle featherweight) |
John Romig | Track and field | |
Arthur Studenroth | Track and field | (cross country team) |
Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
---|---|---|
Ray Conger [6] | Track and field | |
John Romig | Track and field | |
Al Bates | Track and field | (long jump) |
Name | Sport |
---|---|
Paul Rekers | Track and field |
Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
---|---|---|
Walter Bahr [7] | Soccer | |
William Bonsall | Gymnastics | |
Louis Bordo | Gymnastics | |
Barney Ewell | Track and field | (4 × 100m relay) (100m) (200m) |
Herman Goffberg | Track and field | |
Bill Koll [8] | Wrestling (freestyle) | |
Ray Sorensen | Gymnastics | |
Curt Stone | Track and field | |
Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
---|---|---|
Horace Ashenfelter | Track and field | (3000m steeplechase) |
William Ashenfelter | Track and field | |
Curt Stone | Track and field | |
Name | Sport |
---|---|
Kurt Oppelt [9] [10] [11] | Figure skating |
Name | Sport |
---|---|
Horace Ashenfelter | Track and field |
Ronald Coder [4] | Soccer |
Dick Dyer [3] [12] [13] | Fencing |
Richard Packer [4] | Soccer |
Karl Schwenzfeier (Schier) [4] | Gymnastics |
Curt Stone | Track and field |
Armando Vega | Gymnastics |
Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
---|---|---|
Kurt Oppelt [9] [10] [11] | Figure skating | (pair skating) |
Edgar Seymour | Bobsled | |
Name | Sport |
---|---|
Jean Cronstedt | Gymnastics |
Dick Dyer [3] [12] [13] | Fencing |
Garland O'Quinn Jr. [14] | Gymnastics |
Ed Moran [4] [5] | Track and field |
Name | Sport |
---|---|
Kathy Corrigan | Gymnastics |
Greg Weiss | Gymnastics |
Name | Sport | Medal (if app. and event) |
---|---|---|
Jane Barkman-Brown [15] | Swimming | (4 × 100m freestyle relay) (200m freestyle) |
James Culhane [4] | Gymnastics | |
Steve Cohen | Gymnastics | |
Lennart Hedmark | Track and field | |
William Reilly | Track and field | |
Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
---|---|---|
Marshall Avener | Gymnastics | |
Jane Barkman-Brown [15] | Swimming | (4 × 100m freestyle relay) |
James Culhane | Gymnastics | |
Steven Hayden | Track and field | |
Lennart Hedmark | Track and field | |
Mike Sands | Track and field | |
Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
---|---|---|
Marshall Avener | Gymnastics | |
Diane Braceland (-Vreugdenhil) | Rowing | |
Lennart Hedmark | Track and field | |
Knut Hjeltnes | Track and field | |
Al Jackson [4] [5] | Track and field | |
Steven Kaplan | Fencing | |
Romel Raffin | Basketball | |
Susan Rojcewicz [16] | Basketball | (team) |
Mike Sands | Track and field | |
Michael Shine | Track and field | (400m hurdles) |
Gene Whelan [4] | Gymnastics | |
Wayne Young | Gymnastics |
Jana Angelakis, Greg Fredericks, Charlene Morett, Christine Larson-Mason, [17] 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.
Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
---|---|---|
Jana Angelakis | Fencing | |
Terry Bartlett | Gymnastics | |
Lou Banach [18] | Wrestling (freestyle) | (light heavyweight) |
Glenn Dubis | Rifle | |
Knut Hjeltnes | Track and field | |
Christine Larson-Mason | Field Hockey | (team) |
Charlene Morett | Field Hockey | (team) |
Romel Raffin | Basketball | |
Brenda Stauffer | Field Hockey | (team) |
Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
---|---|---|
Terry Bartlett | Gymnastics | |
Ken Chertow | Wrestling | |
Glenn Dubis | Rifle | |
Knut Hjeltnes | Track and field | |
Suzie McConnell | Basketball | (team) |
Romel Raffin | Basketball |
Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
---|---|---|
Terry Bartlett | Gymnastics | |
J-Me Carney [3] [19] | Cycling | |
Mary Ellen Clark | Diving | (10m platform) |
Greg Elinsky [4] | Wrestling | |
Suzie McConnell | Basketball | (team) |
Ian Shelley | Gymnastics | |
Barry Walsh | Track and Field | |
Rich Weiss [20] | Kayaking |
Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
---|---|---|
Sanshiro Abe | Wrestling | |
Dominic Brindle [21] | Gymnastics | |
Mary Ellen Clark | Diving | (10m platform) |
Peter Cox | Fencing | |
Salima Davidson [4] | Volleyball | |
Glenn Dubis | Rifle | |
C.J. Hunter | Track and field | |
Suzanne Paxton | Fencing | |
Tom Strzalkowski | Fencing | |
Rich Weiss [20] | Kayaking | |
Rod White [3] | Archery | (men's team) |
Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
---|---|---|
J-Me Carney [3] | Cycling | |
Glenn Dubis | Rifle | |
Sammie Henson [22] | Wrestling | (Bantamweight, Freestyle) |
Cary Kolat [23] | Wrestling | |
Kerry McCoy | Wrestling | |
Alexander Weber | Fencing | (team sabre) |
Christie Welsh [4] | Soccer | |
Rod White [3] | Archery | (men's team) |
Name | Sport |
---|---|
Allison Baver | Short Track Speedskating |
Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
---|---|---|
Eugene Botes | Swimming | |
Ramon Hernandez | Beach volleyball | |
Kerry McCoy | Wrestling | |
Connie Moore [4] | Track and field | |
Cael Sanderson [25] | Wrestling | (Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle) |
Luis Vargas | Gymnastics | |
Name | Sport |
---|---|
Allison Baver | Short Track Speedskating |
Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
---|---|---|
Toyin Augustus | Track and field | |
Aleesha Barber | Track and field | |
Michael Friedman | Cycling | |
Jan Jagla | Basketball | |
Bobby Lea | Cycling | |
Erin McLeod | Soccer | |
Kirsten Nieuwendam | Track and field | |
Nontapat Panchan | Fencing | |
Kevin Tan | Gymnastics | (team) |
Adam Wiercioch | Fencing | (team épée) |
Doris Willette [4] | Fencing | |
Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
---|---|---|
Allison Baver | Short Track Speedskating | (3000m Relay) |
Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
---|---|---|
Matt Anderson | Volleyball | |
Felix Aronovich | Gymnastics | |
Dominique Blake [4] | Track and field | (4 × 400m relay) [28] [29] |
Miles Chamley-Watson | Fencing | |
Shana Cox | Track and field | |
Natalie Dell | Rowing | (quadruple sculls) |
Nicole Fawcett [4] | Volleyball | |
Bridget Franek | Track and field | |
Alisha Glass [4] | Volleyball | |
Daniel Gómez Tanamachi | Fencing | |
Christa Harmotto | Volleyball | (team) |
Megan Hodge | Volleyball | (team) |
Bobby Lea | Cycling | |
Erin McLeod | Soccer | (team) |
Carmelina Moscato | Soccer | (team) |
Kirsten Nieuwendam | Track and field | |
Tommy Ramos | Gymnastics | |
Jake Varner [30] [31] | Wrestling | (96 kg, Freestyle) |
Ryan Whiting [32] | Track and field | |
Doris Willette | Fencing | |
Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
---|---|---|
Monica Aksamit | Fencing | (team saber) |
Matt Anderson | Volleyball | (team) |
Matt Baranoski | Cycling | |
Bia Bulcão [34] | Fencing | |
Miles Chamley-Watson | Fencing | (team foil) |
Nicole Fawcett [4] | Volleyball | |
Alisha Glass | Volleyball | (team) |
Daniel Gómez Tanamachi | Fencing | |
Carlos Guerra | Volleyball | |
Christa (Harmotto) Dietzen | Volleyball | (team) |
Darrell Hill | Track and field | |
Megan (Hodge) Easy [4] | Volleyball | |
Max Holt | Volleyball | (team) |
Joe Kovacs | Track and field | (shot put) |
Ali Krieger | Soccer | |
Bobby Lea | Cycling | |
Eddie Lovett [35] | Track and field | |
Frank Molinaro | Wrestling | |
Alyssa Naeher [36] | Soccer | |
Aaron Russell | Volleyball | (team) |
Shane Ryan | Swimming | |
Katarzyna Trzopek | Fencing | |
Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
---|---|---|
Matt Anderson | Volleyball | |
Kayla Cannett-Oca | Rugby | |
Gabe Castaño | Swimming | |
Micha Hancock | Volleyball | (team) |
Mohamed Hassan | Fencing | |
Maxwell Holt | Volleyball | |
Joe Kovacs | Track and Field | (shot put) |
Eddie Lovett [35] | Track and Field | |
Andrew Mackiewicz | Fencing | |
Erin McLeod | Soccer | (team) |
Alyssa Naeher | Soccer | (team) |
Melissa Rodríguez | Swimming | |
Shane Ryan | Swimming | |
Michael Shuey | Track and Field | |
Kaito Streets | Fencing | |
David Taylor | Wrestling | (Men's freestyle 86 kg wrestling) |
Haleigh Washington | Volleyball | (team) |
Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
---|---|---|
Jessica Adolfsson | Ice hockey | |
Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
---|---|---|
Jeffrey Hantz [38] | Track and field | Men's Discus F56, Javelin F55-56 [39] |
Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
---|---|---|
Maggie Redden [38] | Track and field | Women's 100m T53, 200m T53 [40] |
Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
---|---|---|
Shawn Morelli [41] | Track cycling Road cycling . | Women's 3000m individual pursuit C4 Women's time trial C4 Road race C4-5 [42] |
Emily Frederick [43] | Track and field | Women's shot put F40 [44] |
Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
---|---|---|
Shawn Morelli [41] | Track cycling Road cycling . | Women's 3000m individual pursuit C4 Women's time trial C4 Road race C4-5 |
Jacob Schrom [45] | Powerlifting | Men's -107 kg |
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