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

[Blackburn]

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.

[leroyjenkins]

17 more Buckeyes representing 7 different countries.

BuckeyeXtra - The Columbus Dispatch : Buckeyes in Beijing

[ORD_Buckeye]

Ohio State In The 2008 Beijing Olympics - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

Here's a link to all the Ohio State students and alums in Beijing. The breakdown is 15 athletes (not counting the Hamm brothers who withdrew) and one coach representing 7 countries in 11 sports.

Michigan, by the way, only has 9 athletes in Beijing; although Michael Phelps will definitely skew the medal count their way.

[ORD_Buckeye]

Originally Posted by leroyjenkins

17 more Buckeyes representing 7 different countries.

BuckeyeXtra - The Columbus Dispatch : Buckeyes in Beijing

That's what I get for not reading down the thread before posting.

[bkochmc]

I caught the men's gymnastics qualifications at just the right time to see Raj Bhavsar on the rings... I'm by no means a follower of gymnastics but he seemed to have done well. The commentators kept mentioning how the US started their qualifications off on a bad foot and that Raj's routine was a very good one to turn things around. Good to see him make the most of his chances.

BTW, the men's team did qualify for the finals. They most likely won't catch China or Japan but they do have an outside shot at a bronze medal if they perform well.

[tibor75]

Originally Posted by ORD_Buckeye

Ohio State In The 2008 Beijing Olympics - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

Here's a link to all the Ohio State students and alums in Beijing. The breakdown is 15 athletes (not counting the Hamm brothers who withdrew) and one coach representing 7 countries in 11 sports.

Michigan, by the way, only has 9 athletes in Beijing; although Michael Phelps will definitely skew the medal count their way.

I don't consider Phelps a true Wolverine.

[MililaniBuckeye]

Originally Posted by tibor75

I don't consider Phelps a true Wolverine.

He attended scUM (studied sports marketing and management for four years) while swimming for a USA Swimming club team affiliated with scUM...the only reason why he didnt swim on the university team was because he had already shot his amatuer status by accepting endorsement money from his sponsors (Speedo, Visa, Omega and PowerBar). So, although he didn't swim on the university team, he attended the school, swam for club affiliated with the university, and trained nearly exclusively at their facilities. He's a scummer in my mind.

[HailToMichigan]

Originally Posted by ORD_Buckeye

Michigan, by the way, only has 9 athletes in Beijing; although Michael Phelps will definitely skew the medal count their way.

If by 9 you mean 24, then yes. Because you care, here's the list.

24 is athletes only. The website list includes coaches.

[ORD_Buckeye]

Originally Posted by HailToMichigan

If by 9 you mean 24, then yes. Because you care, here's the list.

24 is athletes only. The website list includes coaches.

Who says I care? If I cared, I would have gotten the number right.

[ORD_Buckeye]

Final count was 2 golds; 1 silver and 1 bronze.

While not among our best Olympic games, a nice haul nonetheless.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...mpic_Medalists

Wonder how Fredo did?

[bkochmc]

Originally Posted by ORD_Buckeye

Final count was 2 golds; 1 silver and 1 bronze.

While not among our best Olympic games, a nice haul nonetheless.

List of Ohio State University people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wonder how Fredo did?

I think you missed a couple... I counted 6 total: 2 golds (Michael Redd and Katie Smith), 2 silver (Jason Rodgers and Hanna Thompson, both in fencing), and 2 bronze (Raj Bhavsar in team gymnastics and Bryan Volpenhein in rowing).