List of University of Nebraska–Lincoln Olympians

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

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Gold medalist |  Silver medalist |  Bronze medalist | Boycotted

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### Summer Games

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#### Athletes

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Olympiad | Sport | Athlete | Country | Medal(s)

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

#### Coaches

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1980 (XXII)
Moscow |  Gymnastics | Francis Allen |  United States |
1984 (XXIII)
Los Angeles |  Gymnastics | Francis Allen |  United States |  All-around
1992 (XXV)
Barcelona |  Volleyball | John Cook (asst.) |  United States |  Indoor volleyball
1996 (XXVI)
Atlanta |  Swimming | Jan Bidrman |  South Africa |
2000 (XXVII)
Sydney |  Gymnastics | Peggy Liddick |  Australia |
Swimming | Jan Bidrman (asst.) |  Canada |
2004 (XXVIII)
Athens |  Gymnastics | Peggy Liddick |  Australia |
Swimming | Jan Bidrman (asst.) |  Canada |
2008 (XXIX)
Beijing |  Gymnastics | Peggy Liddick |  Australia |
Swimming | Jan Bidrman (asst.) |  Canada |
Softball | Lori Sippel |
2012 (XXX)
London |  Gymnastics | Peggy Liddick |  Australia |
Swimming | Jan Bidrman (asst.) |  Canada |
Wrestling | Mark Manning (asst.) |  United States |
2016 (XXXI)
Rio de Janeiro |  Rifle | Ashley MacAllister |  Puerto Rico |
Wrestling | Mark Manning (asst.) |  United States |
2020 (XXXII)
Tokyo |  Volleyball | Tyler Hildebrand |  United States |  Beach volleyball
2024 (XXXIII)
Paris |  Basketball | Tyronn Lue (asst.) |  United States |  Basketball

### Winter Games

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Olympiad | Sport | Athlete | Country | Medal(s)

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2006 (XX)
Turin |  Bobsleigh | Curtis Tomasevicz |  United States |
2010 (XXI)
Vancouver |  Bobsleigh | Shelley-Ann Brown |  Canada |  Two-woman
Curtis Tomasevicz |  United States |  Four-man
2014 (XXII)
Sochi |  Bobsleigh | Curtis Tomasevicz |  United States |  Four-man

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## Medals

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### By athlete or coach

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Medals by athlete or coach

Athlete  |  |  |  | Total
Penelope Heyns | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3
Don Quarrie | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4
Jordan Larson | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4
Adam Pine
Kelsey Robinson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3
Curtis Tomasevicz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2
Justine Wong-Orantes
Rulon Gardner | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2
Charlie Greene
Francis Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1
Jordan Burroughs
Trent Dimas
Tyronn Lue
Jim Hartung
Tyler Hildebrand
Scott Johnson
Jim Mikus
Linetta Wilson
Merlene Ottey | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9
Therese Alshammar | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3
Shelley-Ann Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
Matt Lindland
Kayla Banwarth | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
Dan Brand
John Cook
Brian Duensing
Lori Endicott
Keith Gardner
Emma Johnson
Karina LeBlanc
Priscilla Lopes
Danielle Page
Ximena Restrepo
Bill Scherr
Brittany Timko
Total  | 19  | 16  | 27  | 62

### By country

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Medals by country

Country  |  |  |  | Total
United States | 15 | 6 | 10 | 31
South Africa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3
Jamaica | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13
Australia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5
Sweden | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3
Canada | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4
British West Indies | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
Colombia
Serbia
Total  | 19  | 16  | 27  | 62

## References

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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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