Georgia Bulldog athletes who will compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics

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The 2024 Olympic Games in Paris begin at the end of this week.

The opening ceremony, on the Sienna River (the first not in an Olympic stadium), is scheduled for Friday, July 26 at 1:30 p.m. ET (7:30 p.m. Paris time). This summer’s competition runs through Sunday, August 11.

For Bulldog fans in the Peach State, there is a strong group of UGA athletes, both former and current, looking to gain fame.

The red and black will officially send 33 athletes to Paris, including eight individuals who will work in coaching, operations, media relations and broadcasting. The 2024 Bulldogs delegation will represent 20 different countries in 10 different sports as the second-largest group in UGA track and field history — 36 went to Rio (2016) and 30 went to Tokyo (2021).

The group of athletes heading to this year’s Games is among the best yet.

Anthony Edwardsa two-time NBA All-Star and the No. 1 overall pick of the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2020, will be part of Team USA’s basketball roster. He participated in the 2023 FIBA ​​World Cup, where he was the leading scorer with an average of 18.9 points per game.

Luca Urlando found redemption this year after finishing sixth in the semifinals of the 2020 Olympic Trials in the 200m butterfly. The sophomore holds the American, NCAA and US Open records in the 100m backstroke, as well as the school records for the 100-yard backstroke, 100m and 200m butterfly.

Cross of Bethune is living a year of dreams after being drafted third overall by the Washington Spirit in January. Now she’s headed to France as a reserve for the beloved USWNT. Aaliyah Butler can say the same after setting a personal and school record when she finished third at the Trials (by just milliseconds) to secure her personal ticket.

Here is the full list of 2024 Georgia Bulldog Olympians (years at the University of Georgia):

Basketball

Anthony Edwards – USA (2019-20)

golf

Sepp Straka — Austria (2011-16)

Gymnastics

Csenge Bácskay — Hungary (incoming transfer)

Football

Croix Bethune — US (2023) *alternative

Swimming

United States

Nic Fink — Men’s 100m Breaststroke (2011-15)

Chase Kalisz – Men’s 400m IM (2012-17)

Luca Urlando – Men’s 200m Butterfly (2020-present)

Other countries

Javier Acevedo — Men’s 100m backstroke, 4x100m freestyle relay — Canada (2016-21)

Steven Insixiengmay — Men’s 100m Backstroke — Laos (2022-present)

Ieva Maluka — Women’s 200m Medley — Latvia (Incoming transfer)

Tennis

Maria Lourdes Carlé — women’s singles — Argentina (2018-19)

Ellen Perez — women’s doubles — Australia (2014-17)

Jan Zielinski — men’s doubles — Poland (2015-19)

Athletics

United States

Aaliyah Butler — Women’s 400m sprint (2022-present)

Keturah Orji — women’s triple jump (2014-18)

Other countries

Denzel Comenentia — men’s hammer throw — Netherlands (2015-19)

Ana da Silva — women’s shot put — Brazil (2021-present)

Johannes Erm — Men’s Decathlon — Estonia (2017-23)

Sanaa Frederick — Women’s 4x100m Relay — Trinidad & Tobago (incoming freshmen)

Sole Frederick — Women’s 4x100m Relay — Trinidad & Tobago (incoming freshmen)

Jehlani Gordon — Men’s 4x100m Relay — Jamaica (2023-present)

Cejhae Greene — men’s sprint — Antigua & Barbuda (2015-18)

Tatiana Gusin — women’s high jump — Greece (2013-18)

Adaejah Hodge — Women’s 200m Sprint — British Virgin Islands (incoming freshmen)

Elena Kulichenko — women’s high jump — Cyprus (2022-present)

Shaunae Miller-Uibo — women’s sprint — Bahamas (2012-13)

Christopher Morales Williams — Men’s 400m sprint — Canada (2022-24)

Marie-Therese Obst — women’s javelin — Norway (2017-21)

Janek Oiglane – men’s decathlon – Estonia (2020-present)

Chanice Porter — women’s long jump — Jamaica (2012-16)

Stephanie Ratcliffe — women’s hammer throw — Australia (2023-present)

Karel Tilga – men’s decathlon – Estonia (2018-21)

Weightlifting

Jourdan Delacruz — Women 49kg (Graduate Student)

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