All-time Illini Olympians

Athletes

Name	Country	Olympics (Medals)	Sport	At Illinois
Wilber G. Burroughs	USA	1908	M Track & Field	1905-1907
William W. May	USA	1908	M Track & Field	1907-1909
Avery Brundage	USA	1912	M Track & Field	1908-1909
John R. Case	USA	1912	M Track & Field	1912-1913
Edward F. Lindberg	USA	1912	M Track & Field	1906-1909
Frank D. Murphy	USA	1912	M Track & Field	1910-1912
Milton S. Angier	USA	1920	M Track & Field	1922-1924
Basil Bennett	USA	1920	M Track & Field	1914-1920
Bob Emery	USA	1920	M Track & Field	1916-1920
Kenneth "Tug" Wilson	USA	1920	M Track & Field	1918-1920
Horatio M. Fitch	USA	1924	M Track & Field	1922-1923
Franklin P. Johnson	USA	1924	M Track & Field	1922-1924
Daniel C. Kinsey	USA	1924	M Track & Field	1924-1925
Harold M Osborn	USA	1924  , 1928	M Track & Field	1920-1922
David Abbot	USA	1928	M Track & Field	1928-1929
Jane Fauntz	USA	1928, 1932	W Swimming & Diving	1930-1934
Allie Roy Morrison	USA	1928	Wrestling	1928-1930
Thomas D. "Dike" Eddleman	USA	1948 (tied for second/no medal)	M Track & Field	1946-1949
Herb McKenley	Jamaica	1948, 1952	M Track & Field	1946-1947
Robert E. Richards	USA	1948 , 1952 , 1956	M Track & Field	1946-1947
William A. Conterio	USA	1952, 1956	M Soccer	1952-1957
Don Laz	USA	1952	M Track & Field	1949-1951
Harlan Johnson	USA	1952	M Pentathlon	1946-1947
Abraham Grossfeld	USA	1956, 1960	M Gymnastics	1958-1960
Muriel Grossfeld	USA	1956, 1960, 1964	W Gymnastics	1959-1962
George Kerr	Jamaica / British West Indies	1956, 1960 , 1964	M Track & Field	1958-1960
Paul Foreman	Jamaica	1960	M Track & Field	1959-1961
Don Tonry	USA	1960	M Gymnastics	1956-1959
Trenton Jackson	USA	1964	M Track & Field	1963-1965
Linda Metheny	USA	1964, 1968, 1972	W Gymnastics	1966-1971
Diane Bolin-Kelly	USA	1968	W Gymnastics	1971-1975
Joaquim Feneberg	Brazil	1968	Sailing	1968-1969
Werner Holzer	USA	1968	Wrestling	1957-1959
Colleen Mulvihill	USA	1968	W Gymnastics	1970-1974
Nancy Thies	USA	1972	W Gymnastics	1975-1977
Mike Durkin	USA	1976	M Track & Field	1972-1975
Bob Espeseth	USA	1976, 1980, 1984 , 2000	Rowing	1980-1983
Jim Millns	USA	1976	Ice Dancing	1967-1972
Craig Virgin	USA	1976	M Track & Field	1974-1976
Charles Lakes	USA	1988	M Gymnastics	1982-1985
Dominick Minicucci	USA	1988, 1992	M Gymnastics	1987-1989
Tonja Buford-Bailey	USA	1992, 1996 , 2000	W Track & Field	1989-1993
Kirsten Gleis	Holland	1992	W Volleyball	1992-1993
Marko Koers	Netherlands	1992, 1996, 2000	M Track & Field	1992-1996
Jens Kujawa	Germany	1992	M Basketball	1986-1988
Ilkay Dikman	Turkey	2000, 2004	W Swimming	2001-2004
Perdita Felicien	Canada	2000, 2004	W Track & Field	2000-2003
Karen Brems Kurreck	USA	2000	Cycling	1981-1984
Bobby True	Liberia	2000	M Track & Field	1996-1999
Yvonne Harrison	Puerto Rico	2004	W Track & Field	1996-1998
Jenny Kallur	Sweden	2004	W Track & Field	2001-2002
Susanna Kallur	Sweden	2004, 2008, 2016	W Track & Field	2001-2002
Kevin Anderson	South Africa	2008	M Tennis	2005-2007
Chris Robinson	Canada	2008	Baseball	2003-2005
Gakologelwang Masheto	Botswana	2008	M Track & Field	2007-2009
Justin Spring	USA	2008	M Gymnastics	2003-2005
Deron Williams	USA	2008 , 2012	M Basketball	2003-2005
Emily Zurrer	Canada	2008, 2012	W Soccer	2005-2008
Jonathan Kuck	USA	2010 , 2014	M Speed Skating	2009-2012
Robert Archibald	Great Britain	2012	M Basketball	1999-2002
Nikkita Holder	Canada	2012, 2016	W Track & Field	2006-2009
Gia Lewis-Smallwood	USA	2012	W Track & Field	1998-2001
Andrew Riley	Jamaica	2012, 2016	M Track & Field	2009-2012
Aja Evans	USA	2014	W Bobsled	2006-2010
Ashley Kelly	British Virgin Islands	2016	W Track & Field	2009-2012
Thomas Pieters	Belgium	2016, 2020	M Golf	2011-2013
Rajeev Ram	USA	2016 , 2020, 2024	M Tennis	2003
Pedrya Seymour	Bahamas	2016, 2020	W Track & Field	2014-17
Michelle Bartsch-Hackley	USA	2020	W Volleyball	2008-11
Tyson Bull	Australia	2020	M Gymnastics	2015-18
Thomas Detry	Belgium	2020, 2024	M Golf	2012-16
David Kendziera	USA	2020	M Track & Field	2014-18
Jordyn Poulter	USA	2020 , 2024	W Volleyball	2015-18
Rose Yeboah	Ghana	2024	W Track & Field	2023-24
Adrien Dumont de Chassart	Belgium	2024	M Golf	2018-23

Coaches/Staff

Name (Olympic Position)	Sport	Olympics (Medals)
Nell Jackson (head coach)	USA W Track & Field	1956-72
Maxwell Garret (asst. coach)	USA Fencing	1960
Gary Wieneke (middle distance chair)	USA M Track & Field	1980
Kevin Hambly (asst. coach)	USA W Volleyball	2004
Butch Zunich (head judge)	M Gymnastics	2004, 2008
Randy Ballard (asst. athletics trainer)	USA Track & Field	2008
Jerry Colangelo (managing director)	USA M Basketball	2008 , 2012 , 2016 , 2020
Tonja Buford-Bailey (sprint coach)	USA W Track & Field	2012
Gary Winkler (assistant coach)	Canada W Track & Field	2012
Erin Virtue (asst. coach)	USA W Volleyball	2020 , 2024

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