Buckeyes In The 2008 Olympics

[ORD_Buckeye]

I thought I'd start a separate thread to track and acknowledge the Ohio State students and alumni who will be competing in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Ohio State has produced well over a hundred Olympic athletes who have won over 70 medals. Were Ohio State University a country, it would rank among the all time top 30 for both overall medals and Gold medals.

To start the thread, Ohio State alumnus Hanna Thompson earned a spot as one of the three women fencers to represent the US in Beijing.

Rochester fencer makes Olympic team | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle

[ScriptOhio]

Jesse Owens' Medal ceremony for the long jump at the 1936 Olympics with Tajima, Owens and Lutz.

Oh, sorry, my mistake, you said the 2008 Olympics didn't you?

[ORD_Buckeye]

Ohio State fencer Siobahn Byrne has qualified for the 2008 Olympics and will be competing for the Ireland.

IOL: Irish fencer qualifies for Beijing Olympics

[Claretwasframed]

Originally Posted by ORD_Buckeye

I thought I'd start a separate thread to track and acknowledge the Ohio State students and alumni who will be competing in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Ohio State has produced well over a hundred Olympic athletes who have won over 70 medals. Were Ohio State University a country, it would rank among the all time top 30 for both overall medals and Gold medals.

To start the thread, Ohio State alumnus Hanna Thompson earned a spot as one of the three women fencers to represent the US in Beijing.

Rochester fencer makes Olympic team | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle

I think the U.S. will have nine women fencers in Beijing. She is one of three on the foil squad, there are three also in Epee and Saber. The article wasn't written very well.

OSU fencing will probably have a half dozen current / former buckeyes at the olympics fencing for different countries.