List of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Olympians
The following student-athletes, coaching staff, or alumni of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have represented their country in the Olympic Games as athletes, coaching staff, press officers, or administrators.[1]
An asterisk (*) denotes a coach or trainer.
Berlin 1936
Summer Games of the XI Olympiad, Berlin, Germany
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Track and Field | Men | Harry Williamson | ![]() |
London 1948
Summer Games of the XIV Olympiad, London, United Kingdom
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Track and Field | Men | Bill Albans | ![]() |
Chunk Simmons | ![]() |
Helsinki 1952
Summer Games of the XV Olympiad, Helsinki, Finland
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Track and Field | Men | Chunk Simmons | ![]() |
Melbourne 1956
Summer Games of the XVI Olympiad, Melbourne, Australia
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Swimming | Women | Stan Tinkham * | ![]() |
Wrestling | – | Perrin Henderson | ![]() |
Rome 1960
Summer Games of the XVII Olympiad, Rome, Italy
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Track and Field | Men | Jim Beatty | ![]() |
Tokyo 1964
Summer Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo, Japan
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Basketball | – | Larry Brown | ![]() |
John Lacey * | ![]() | ||
Swimming | Men | Thompson Mann | ![]() |
Philip Riker | ![]() |
Mexico City 1968
Summer Games of the XIX Olympiad, Mexico City, Mexico
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Basketball | – | Charlie Scott | ![]() |
Munich 1972
Summer Games of the XX Olympiad, Munich, West Germany
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Basketball | – | Bobby Jones | ![]() |
John Lacey * | ![]() | ||
Swimming | Women | Ann Marshall | ![]() |
Montreal 1976
Summer Games of the XXI Olympiad, Montreal, Canada
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Basketball | Men | Walter Davis | ![]() |
Phil Ford | ![]() | ||
Mitch Kupchak | ![]() | ||
Tom LaGarde | ![]() | ||
Dean Smith * | ![]() | ||
Bill Guthridge * | ![]() | ||
Women | Trish Roberts | ![]() | |
Swimming | Women | Janis Hape | ![]() |
Wendy Weinberg | ![]() | ||
Track and Field | Men | Charles Foster | ![]() |
Los Angeles and Sarajevo 1984
Summer Games of the XXIII Olympiad, Los Angeles, California, United States and Winter Games of the XXIII Olympiad, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Baseball | – | B.J. Surhoff | ![]() |
Scott Bankhead | ![]() | ||
Basketball | Men | Michael Jordan | ![]() |
Sam Perkins | ![]() | ||
Field Hockey | Women | Karen Shelton | ![]() |
Swimming | Men | Chris Stevenson | ![]() |
- Rick Brewer was a press officer.
Seoul and Calgary 1988
Summer Games of the XXIV Olympiad, Seoul, South Korea and Winter Games of the XXIV Olympiad, Calgary, Canada
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Basketball | Men | J.R. Reid | ![]() |
Women | Sylvia Hatchell * | ![]() | |
Cycling | Women | Danute Bankaitis-Davis | ![]() |
Field Hockey | Women | Marcia Pankratz | ![]() |
- Press Officer: Dave Lohse.
Barcelona and Albertville 1992
Summer Games of the XXV Olympiad, Barcelona, Spain and Winter Games of the XXV Olympiad, Albertville, France
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Basketball | Men | Michael Jordan | ![]() |
Henrik Rödl | ![]() | ||
Fencing | Men | John Friedberg | ![]() |
Swimming | Men | Yann DeFabrique | ![]() |
David Monasterio | ![]() | ||
Track and Field | Women | Sharon Couch | ![]() |
Wrestling | – | Kendall Cross | ![]() |
- Press Officer: Frank Zang
Lillehammer 1994
Winter Games of the XXVI Olympiad, Lillehammer, Norway
- Press Officer: Frank Zang
Atlanta 1996
Summer Games of the XXVI Olympiad, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Fencing | Women | Nhi Lan Le | ![]() |
Field Hockey | Women | Marcia Pankratz | ![]() |
Leslie Lyness | ![]() | ||
Cindy Werley | ![]() | ||
Laurel Hershey | ![]() | ||
Kelli James | ![]() | ||
Liz Tchou | ![]() | ||
Handball | Men | John Keller | ![]() |
Steve Penn | ![]() | ||
Women | Chryss Watts | ![]() | |
Soccer | Men | Eddie Pope | ![]() |
Women | Laurie Gregg * | ![]() | |
Mia Hamm | ![]() | ||
April Heinrichs * | ![]() | ||
Kristine Lilly | ![]() | ||
Tracy Noonan | ![]() | ||
Cindy Parlow | ![]() | ||
Tiffany Roberts | ![]() | ||
Tisha Venturini | ![]() | ||
Carla Werden | ![]() | ||
Staci Wilson | ![]() | ||
Swimming | Men | Yann DeFabrique | ![]() |
David Fox | ![]() | ||
Track and Field | Men | Ken Harnden | ![]() |
Allen Johnson | ![]() | ||
Eddie Neufville | ![]() | ||
Women | Joan Nesbit | ![]() | |
Lynda Lipson | ![]() | ||
Tisha Waller | ![]() | ||
Wrestling | – | Kendall Cross | ![]() |
- Full-Time Employees: Dave Lohse, Chris Schleter; Olympic Broadcasting Organization: Kevin Best; Organizing Committee: Donald Lockerbie; Press Officer: Frank Zang; Team Physician: Tim Taft.
Sydney 2000
Summer Games of the XXVII Olympiad, Sydney, Australia
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Basketball | Men | Vince Carter | ![]() |
Soccer | Women | Lorrie Fair | ![]() |
Laurie Gregg * | ![]() | ||
Mia Hamm | ![]() | ||
April Heinrichs * | ![]() | ||
Kristine Lilly | ![]() | ||
Siri Mullinix | ![]() | ||
Cindy Parlow | ![]() | ||
Carla Werden | ![]() | ||
Track and Field | Men | Dominic Demeritte | ![]() |
Ken Harnden | ![]() | ||
Allen Johnson | ![]() | ||
Curtis Johnson | ![]() | ||
Eddie Neufville | ![]() | ||
Women | LaTasha Colander-Richardson | ![]() | |
Sharon Couch | ![]() | ||
Nadine Faustin | ![]() | ||
Nicole Gamble | ![]() | ||
Monique Hennagan | ![]() | ||
Lynda Lipson | ![]() |
- Full-Time Employee: Chris Schleter; Olympic Broadcasting Organization: Kevin Best; Organizing Committee: Donald Lockerbie.
Salt Lake City 2002
Winter Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, Salt Lake City, United States
- Full-Time Employee: Chris Schleter. Olympic Broadcasting Organization: Kevin Best.
Athens 2004
Summer Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, Athens, Greece
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Baseball | – | Andrew Miller | ![]() |
Basketball | Men | Larry Brown * | ![]() |
Roy Williams * | ![]() | ||
Soccer | Women | Tracy Bates-Leon * | ![]() |
Mia Hamm | ![]() | ||
April Heinrichs * | ![]() | ||
Kristine Lilly | ![]() | ||
Heather O'Reilly | ![]() | ||
Cindy Parlow | ![]() | ||
Catherine Reddick | ![]() | ||
Lindsay Tarpley | ![]() | ||
Softball | – | Natalie Anter | ![]() |
Track and Field | Men | Dominic Demeritte | ![]() |
Vikas Gowda | ![]() | ||
Allen Johnson | ![]() | ||
Women | LaTasha Colander-Richardson | ![]() | |
Crystal Cox | ![]() | ||
Nadine Faustin | ![]() | ||
Shalane Flanagan | ![]() | ||
Laura Gerraughty | ![]() | ||
Monique Hennagan | ![]() | ||
Tisha Waller | ![]() |
- Full-Time Employee: Chris Schleter; Organizing Committee: Donald Lockerbie.
Turin 2006
Winter Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Turin, Italy
Full-Time Employee: Chris Schleter.
Beijing 2008
Summer Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing, China[2]
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Field Hockey | Women | Kate Barber | ![]() |
Rachel Dawson | ![]() | ||
Katelyn Falgowski | ![]() | ||
Jesse Gey | ![]() | ||
Carrie Lingo | ![]() | ||
Amy Tran | ![]() | ||
Soccer | Men | Dax McCarty | ![]() |
Women | Lori Chalupny | ![]() | |
Robyn Gale | ![]() | ||
Tobin Heath | ![]() | ||
Heather O'Reilly | ![]() | ||
Lindsay Tarpley | ![]() | ||
Kacey White | ![]() | ||
Track and Field | Men | Dominic Demeritte | ![]() |
Vikas Gowda | ![]() | ||
Blake Russel | ![]() | ||
Women | Erin Donohue | ![]() | |
Shalane Flanagan | ![]() | ||
Nadine Faustin-Parker | ![]() | ||
Alice Schmidt | ![]() |
London 2012
Summer Games of the XXX Olympiad, London, England[3]
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Field Hockey | Women | Rachel Dawson | ![]() |
Katelyn Falgowski | ![]() | ||
Amy Swensen | ![]() | ||
Illse Davids | ![]() | ||
Soccer | Women | Robyn Gayle | ![]() |
Tobin Heath | ![]() | ||
Heather O'Reilly | ![]() | ||
Track and Field | Men | Vikas Gowda | ![]() |
Women | Shalane Flanagan | ![]() | |
Alice Schmidt | ![]() | ||
Ola Sesay | ![]() |
Rio 2016
Summer Games of the XXXI Olympiad, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[4]
Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
---|---|---|---|
Basketball | Men | Harrison Barnes | ![]() |
Women | LaToya Pringle Sanders | ![]() | |
Field Hockey | Women | Jackie Briggs | ![]() |
Rachel Dawson | ![]() | ||
Katelyn Falgowski | ![]() | ||
Kelsey Kolojejchick | ![]() | ||
Caitlin Van Sickle | ![]() | ||
Soccer | Women | Katie Bowen | ![]() |
Crystal Dunn | ![]() | ||
Whitney Engen | ![]() | ||
Tobin Heath | ![]() | ||
Meghan Klingenberg | ![]() | ||
Allie Long | ![]() | ||
Ashlyn Harris | ![]() | ||
Heather O'Reilly | ![]() | ||
Track and Field | Men | Vikas Gowda | ![]() |
Women | Shalane Flanagan | ![]() |
References
- ^ "All-Time Tar Heel Olympians". UNC Athletics. Retrieved March 24, 2008.
- ^ "2008 Tar Heel Olympians". UNC Athletics. Retrieved August 9, 2008.
- ^ "Tar Heels in London". The Daily Tar Heel. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
- ^ "Tar Heels in Rio". GoHeels.com. Retrieved August 21, 2016.