List of Texas Tech University Olympians

This list of Texas Tech University Olympians includes athletes, coaches, and faculty associated with Texas Tech University who have competed in the Olympic Games. Athletes from the Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games are included in the list.

Olympic Appearances and Medals by Sport

Sport  | Appearances  |  |  |  | Total
Athletics | 56 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10
Basketball | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4
Figure Skating | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
Football | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2
Golf | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Handball | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Rowing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Short Track Speed Skating | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
Total  | 81  | 8  | 8  | 3  | 19

## Olympians

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### Athletes

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Games | Athlete | Country | Sport | Event | Medal | Ref.

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1992 Barcelona | Sharon Cain |  United States | Handball | Women's tournament |  | [1][2]
1996 Atlanta | Sharon Cain |  United States | Handball | Women's tournament |  | [1][2]
Sheryl Swoopes | Basketball | Women's tournament |  | [3][4]
2000 Sydney | Julieon Raeburn |  Trinidad and Tobago | Athletics | Men's 200 m |  | [5][6]
Men's 4 x 100 m relay |
Sheryl Swoopes |  United States | Basketball | Women's tournament |  | [3][4]
2004 Athens | Andrae Williams |  Bahamas | Athletics | Men's 4 x 400 m relay |  | [7][8]
Jonathan Johnson |  United States | Men's 800 m |  | [9][10]
Sheryl Swoopes | Basketball | Women's tournament |  | [3][4]
2008 Beijing | Michael Mathieu |  Bahamas | Athletics | Men's 400 m |  | [11][12]
Men's 4 x 400 m relay |
Andrae Williams | Men's 4 x 400 m relay |  | [7][8]
Shereefa Lloyd |  Jamaica | Women's 4 x 400 m relay |  | [13][14]
Blessing Okagbare |  Nigeria | Women's long jump |  | [15][16]
2010 Vancouver | Jordan Malone |  United States | Short Track Speed Skating | Men's 1,500 m |  | [17][18]
Men's 5,000 m relay |
Men's 500 m |
2012 London | Julian Wruck |  Australia | Athletics | Men's discus throw |  | [19][20]
Trevorvano Mackey |  Bahamas | Men's 200 m |  | [21][22]
Michael Mathieu | Men's 200 m |  | [11][12]
Men's 4 x 400 m relay |
Shane Brathwaite |  Barbados | Men's 110 m hurdles |  | [23][24]
Shereefa Lloyd |  Jamaica | Women's 4 x 400 m relay |  | [13][14]
Sally Kipyego |  Kenya | Women's 10,000 m |  | [25][26]
Women's 5,000 m |
Blessing Okagbare |  Nigeria | Women's 100 m |  | [15][16]
Women's 4 x 100 m relay |
Women's long jump |
Jamele Mason |  Puerto Rico | Men's 400 m hurdles |  | [27][28]
Jason Young |  United States | Men's discus throw |  | [29][30]
2014 Sochi | Jordan Malone |  United States | Short Track Speed Skating | Men's 5,000 m relay |  | [17][18]
Men's 500 m |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | Michael Mathieu |  Bahamas | Athletics | Men's 4 x 400 m relay |  | [11][12]
Blessing Okagbare |  Nigeria | Women's 100 m |  | [15][16]
Women's 200 m |
Women's 4 x 100 m relay |
Bradley Adkins |  United States | Men's high jump |  | [31][32]
Gil Roberts | Men's 4 x 400 m relay |  | [33][34]
Men's 400 m |
Janine Beckie |  Canada | Football | Women's tournament |  | [35][36]
Victoria Esson |  New Zealand | Women's tournament |  | [37][38]
2020 Tokyo | Shane Brathwaite |  Barbados | Athletics | Men's 110 m hurdles |  | [23][24]
Karayme Bartley |  Jamaica | Mixed 4 x 400 m relay |  | [39][40]
Men's 4 x 400 m relay |
Rosemary Chukwuma |  Nigeria | Women's 100 m |  | [41][42]
Women's 4 x 100 m relay |
Divine Oduduru | Men's 100 m |  | [43][44]
Men's 200 m |
Blessing Okagbare | Women's 100 m |  | [15][16]
Women's 200 m |
Women's 4 x 100 m relay |
Ruth Usoro | Women's long jump |  | [45][46]
Women's triple jump |
Benard Keter |  United States | Men's 3000 m steeplechase |  | [47][48]
Sally Kipyego | Women's marathon |  | [25][26]
Janine Beckie |  Canada | Football | Women's tournament |  | [35][36]
Victoria Esson |  New Zealand | Women's tournament |  | [37][38]
Mito Pereira |  Chile | Golf | Men's individual |  | [49][50]
Hurly Long |  Germany | Men's individual |  | [51][52]
2022 Beijing | Ashley Cain |  United States | Figure Skating | Pair skating |  | [53][54]
Team event |
2024 Paris | Antoine Andrews |  Bahamas | Athletics | Men's 110 m hurdles |  | [55][56]
Terrence Jones | Men's 100 m |  | [57][58]
Andrew Hudson |  Jamaica | Men's 200 m |  | [59][60]
Rūta Kate Lasmane |  Latvia | Women's triple jump |  | [61][62]
Temitope Adeshina |  Nigeria | Women's high jump |  | [63][64]
Rosemary Chukwuma | Women's 100 m |  | [41][42]
Ruth Usoro | Women's long jump |  | [45][46]
Oskar Edlund |  Sweden | Men's 400 m hurdles |  | [65][66]
Alaysha Johnson |  United States | Women's 100 m hurdles |  | [67][68]
Courtney Lindsey | Men's 4 × 100 m relay |  | [69][70]
Monae' Nichols | Women's long jump |  | [71][72]
Janine Beckie |  Canada | Football | Women's tournament |  | [35][36]
Victoria Esson |  New Zealand | Women's tournament |  | [37][38]
Mito Pereira |  Chile | Golf | Men's individual |  | [49][50]
Shannon Tan |  Singapore | Women's individual |  | [73][74]
Ludvig Åberg |  Sweden | Men's individual |  | [75][76]

### Coaches

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1968 Mexico City | Jarvis Scott |  United States | Athletics | Women's 400 m |  | [77][78]
1984 Los Angeles | Louise Ritter |  United States | Athletics | Women's high jump |  | [79][80]
Bob Knight | Basketball | Men's tournament (Coach) |  | [81][82]
1988 Seoul | Louise Ritter |  United States | Athletics | Women's high jump |  | [79][80]

### Faculty

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1968 Mexico City | Arthur Evans |  United States | Rowing | Men's eight |  | [83][84]

## Paralympians

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Games | Athlete | Country | Sport | Event | Medal | Ref.

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1992 Barcelona | Ross Davis |  United States | Athletics | Men's 100 m C3–4 |  | [85][86][87]
Men's 200 m C3–4 |
Men's 400 m C3–4 |
Men's 800 m C3–4 |
David Newkirk | Volleyball | Men's standing |  | [88][89][90]
1996 Atlanta | Ross Davis |  United States | Athletics | Men's 100 m T34 |  | [85][86][87]
Men's 400 m T32–33 |
David Newkirk | Volleyball | Men's standing |  | [88][89][90]
2000 Sydney | Ross Davis |  United States | Athletics | Men's 100 m T34 |  | [85][86][87]
Men's 200 m T34 |
Men's 400 m T34 |
David Newkirk | Volleyball | Men's standing |  | [88][89][90]

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