Summary
The following student-athletes, coaching staff, or alumni of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have represented their country in the Olympic Games as athletes, coaching staff, press officers, or administrators.[1]
An asterisk (*) denotes a coach or trainer.
Berlin 1936 edit
Summer Games of the XI Olympiad, Berlin, Germany
| Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Track and field | Men | Harry Williamson | 
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London 1948 edit
Summer Games of the XIV Olympiad, London, United Kingdom
| Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Track and field | Men | Bill Albans |
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| Chunk Simmons |
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Helsinki 1952 edit
Summer Games of the XV Olympiad, Helsinki, Finland
| Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Track and field | Men | Chunk Simmons |
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Melbourne 1956 edit
Summer Games of the XVI Olympiad, Melbourne, Australia
| Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swimming | Women | Stan Tinkham * |
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| Wrestling | – | Perrin Henderson |
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Rome 1960 edit
Summer Games of the XVII Olympiad, Rome, Italy
| Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Track and field | Men | Jim Beatty |
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Tokyo 1964 edit
Summer Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo, Japan
| Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basketball | – | Larry Brown |
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| John Lacey * |
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| Swimming | Men | Thompson Mann |
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| Philip Riker |
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Mexico City 1968 edit
Summer Games of the XIX Olympiad, Mexico City, Mexico
| Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basketball | – | Charlie Scott |
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Munich 1972 edit
Summer Games of the XX Olympiad, Munich, West Germany
| Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basketball | – | Bobby Jones |
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| John Lacey * |
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| Swimming | Women | Ann Marshall |
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Montreal 1976 edit
Summer Games of the XXI Olympiad, Montreal, Canada
| Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basketball | Men | Walter Davis |
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| Phil Ford |
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| Mitch Kupchak |
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| Tom LaGarde |
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| Dean Smith * |
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| Bill Guthridge * |
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| Women | Trish Roberts |
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| Swimming | Women | Janis Hape |
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| Wendy Weinberg |
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| Track and field | Men | Charles Foster |
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Los Angeles and Sarajevo 1984 edit
Summer Games of the XXIII Olympiad, Los Angeles, California, United States and Winter Games of the XXIII Olympiad, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
| Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baseball | – | B.J. Surhoff |
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| Scott Bankhead |
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| Basketball | Men | Michael Jordan |
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| Sam Perkins |
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| Field hockey | Women | Karen Shelton |
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| Swimming | Men | Chris Stevenson |
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- Rick Brewer was a press officer.
Seoul and Calgary 1988 edit
Summer Games of the XXIV Olympiad, Seoul, South Korea and Winter Games of the XXIV Olympiad, Calgary, Canada
| Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basketball | Men | J.R. Reid |
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| Women | Sylvia Hatchell * |
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| Cycling | Women | Danute Bankaitis-Davis |
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| Field hockey | Women | Marcia Pankratz |
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- Press officer: Dave Lohse.
Barcelona and Albertville 1992 edit
Summer Games of the XXV Olympiad, Barcelona, Spain and Winter Games of the XXV Olympiad, Albertville, France
| Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basketball | Men | Michael Jordan |
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| Henrik Rödl | 
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| Fencing | Men | John Friedberg |
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| Swimming | Men | Yann DeFabrique | 
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| David Monasterio | 
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| Track and field | Women | Sharon Couch |
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| Wrestling | – | Kendall Cross |
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- Press officer: Frank Zang
Lillehammer 1994 edit
Winter Games of the XXVI Olympiad, Lillehammer, Norway
- Press officer: Frank Zang
Atlanta 1996 edit
Summer Games of the XXVI Olympiad, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
| Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fencing | Women | Nhi Lan Le |
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| Field hockey | Women | Marcia Pankratz |
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| Leslie Lyness |
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| Cindy Werley |
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| Laurel Hershey |
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| Kelli James |
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| Liz Tchou |
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| Handball | Men | John Keller |
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| Steve Penn |
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| Women | Chryss Watts |
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| Soccer | Men | Eddie Pope |
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| Women | Laurie Gregg * |
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| Mia Hamm |
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| April Heinrichs * |
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| Kristine Lilly |
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| Tracy Noonan |
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| Cindy Parlow |
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| Tiffany Roberts |
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| Tisha Venturini |
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| Carla Werden |
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| Staci Wilson |
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| Swimming | Men | Yann DeFabrique |
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| David Fox |
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| Track and field | Men | Ken Harnden |
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| Allen Johnson |
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| Eddie Neufville |
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| Women | Joan Nesbit |
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| Lynda Lipson |
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| Tisha Waller |
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| Wrestling | – | Kendall Cross |
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- Full-time employees: Dave Lohse, Chris Schleter; Olympic Broadcasting Organization: Kevin Best; Organizing Committee: Donald Lockerbie; Press officer: Frank Zang; Team physician: Tim Taft.
Sydney 2000 edit
Summer Games of the XXVII Olympiad, Sydney, Australia
| Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basketball | Men | Vince Carter |
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| Soccer | Women | Lorrie Fair |
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| Laurie Gregg * |
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| Mia Hamm |
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| April Heinrichs * |
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| Kristine Lilly |
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| Siri Mullinix |
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| Cindy Parlow |
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| Carla Werden |
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| Track and field | Men | Dominic Demeritte |
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| Ken Harnden |
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| Allen Johnson |
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| Curtis Johnson |
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| Eddie Neufville |
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| Women | LaTasha Colander-Richardson |
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| Sharon Couch |
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| Nadine Faustin |
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| Nicole Gamble |
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| Monique Hennagan |
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| Lynda Lipson |
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- Full-time employee: Chris Schleter; Olympic Broadcasting Organization: Kevin Best; Organizing Committee: Donald Lockerbie.
Salt Lake City 2002 edit
Winter Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, Salt Lake City, United States
- Full-time employee: Chris Schleter. Olympic Broadcasting Organization: Kevin Best.
Athens 2004 edit
Summer Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, Athens, Greece
| Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baseball | – | Andrew Miller |
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| Basketball | Men | Larry Brown * |
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| Roy Williams * |
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| Soccer | Women | Tracy Bates-Leon * |
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| Mia Hamm |
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| April Heinrichs * |
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| Kristine Lilly |
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| Heather O'Reilly |
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| Cindy Parlow |
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| Catherine Reddick |
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| Lindsay Tarpley |
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| Softball | – | Natalie Anter | 
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| Track and field | Men | Dominic Demeritte |
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| Vikas Gowda | 
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| Allen Johnson |
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| Women | LaTasha Colander-Richardson |
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| Crystal Cox |
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| Nadine Faustin |
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| Shalane Flanagan |
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| Laura Gerraughty |
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| Monique Hennagan |
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| Tisha Waller |
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- Full-time employee: Chris Schleter; Organizing Committee: Donald Lockerbie.
Turin 2006 edit
Winter Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Turin, Italy
Full-time employee: Chris Schleter.
Beijing 2008 edit
Summer Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing, China[2]
| Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Field hockey | Women | Kate Barber |
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| Rachel Dawson |
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| Katelyn Falgowski |
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| Jesse Gey |
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| Carrie Lingo |
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| Amy Tran |
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| Soccer | Men | Dax McCarty |
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| Women | Lori Chalupny |
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| Robyn Gale | 
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| Tobin Heath |
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| Heather O'Reilly |
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| Lindsay Tarpley |
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| Kacey White |
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| Track and field | Men | Dominic Demeritte | 
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| Vikas Gowda |
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| Women | Blake Russell |
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| Erin Donohue |
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| Shalane Flanagan |
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| Nadine Faustin-Parker | 
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| Alice Schmidt |
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London 2012 edit
Summer Games of the XXX Olympiad, London, England[3]
| Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Field hockey | Women | Rachel Dawson |
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| Katelyn Falgowski |
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| Amy Swensen |
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| Illse Davids | 
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| Soccer | Women | Robyn Gayle |
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| Tobin Heath |
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| Heather O'Reilly |
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| Track and field | Men | Vikas Gowda |
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| Women | Shalane Flanagan |
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| Alice Schmidt |
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| Ola Sesay | 
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Rio 2016 edit
Summer Games of the XXXI Olympiad, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[4]
| Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basketball | Men | Harrison Barnes |
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| Women | LaToya Pringle Sanders | 
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| Field hockey | Women | Jackie Briggs |
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| Rachel Dawson |
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| Katelyn Falgowski |
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| Kelsey Kolojejchick |
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| Caitlin Van Sickle |
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| Soccer | Women | Katie Bowen | 
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| Crystal Dunn |
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| Whitney Engen |
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| Tobin Heath |
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| Meghan Klingenberg |
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| Allie Long |
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| Ashlyn Harris |
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| Heather O'Reilly |
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| Track and field | Men | Vikas Gowda |
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| Women | Shalane Flanagan |
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Tokyo 2020 edit
Summer Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, Tokyo, Japan
| Sport | Gender | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baseball | Men | Tim Federowicz |
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| Ryder Ryan |
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| Diving | Men | Anton Down-Jenkins |
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| Women | Aranza Vázquez | 
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| Rugby | Women | Naya Tapper |
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| Soccer | Women | Katie Bowen |
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| Lucy Bronze | 
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| Crystal Dunn |
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| Tobin Heath |
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| Lotte Wubben-Moy |
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| Track and field | Men | Kenny Selmon |
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| Rhythmic Gymnastics | Women | Camilla Feeley |
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References edit
- ^ "All-Time Tar Heel Olympians". UNC Athletics. Archived from the original on March 18, 2010. Retrieved March 24, 2008.
- ^ "2008 Tar Heel Olympians". UNC Athletics. Retrieved August 9, 2008.
- ^ "Tar Heels in London". The Daily Tar Heel. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
- ^ "Tar Heels in Rio". GoHeels.com. Retrieved August 21, 2016.