Twelve Current and Former Buckeyes to Compete in 2004 Olympic Games – Ohio State Buckeyes
8/6/2004 12:00:00 AM | General
Aug. 6, 2004
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A total of 12 current or former Ohio State student-athletes or coaches will take part in the 2004 Olympic Summer Games, set to begin August 13 in Athens, Greece. This grows the number of Buckeyes who have competed all-time in the Olympics to 107.
Three of the 12 will serve as coaches, including Miles Avery (assistant coach, men’s gymnastics), Doug Beal (head coach, men’s volleyball) and Linda Witter (assistant coach, synchronized swimming).
The nine athletes include Raj Bhavsar (men’s gymnastics, alternate, USA), Louise Bond-Williams (fencing, sabre, England), Robert Gary (3,000 meter steeplechase, USA), Gulsah Gunenc (swimming, 100 and 200 meter butterfly, Turkey), Becky Jasontek (synchronized swimming, USA), Nick Rees (swimming, 100 meter butterfly, Bahamas), Jason Rogers (fencing, sabre, USA), Katie Smith (women’s basketball, USA) and Blaine Wilson (men’s gymnastics, USA).
Former Buckeye track and field standout Stephanie Hightower, who competed in the 1980 Olympics, will serve as the head manager of the USA women’s track and field squad.
In addition, Ohio State wrestling head coach Russ Hellickson and women’s soccer head coach Lori Walker will assist in NBC’s television coverage of the games. Hellickson will serve as the play-by-play talent for wrestling, while Walker will provide color commentary for women’s soccer.
OHIO STATE
| Name (Country) | Years at Institution |
Olympic Sport | Years in Olympics (Medals Won) |
| Carl Cooke (USA) | 1912 | Men’s Track and Field | 1912 |
| Garnett Wikoff (USA) | 1912 | Men’s Track and Field | 1912 |
| James Snook (Belgium) | 1920 | Pistol | 1920 |
| George Guthrie (USA) | 1924-1926 | Men’s Track and Field | 1924 |
| C. Russell Payne (USA) | 1924 | Men’s Track and Field | 1924 |
| Harry Dwight Steel (USA) | 1923-1924 | Wrestling | 1924 (gold) |
| Jack Keller (USA) | 1931-1933 | Men’s Track and Field | 1932 |
| George Simpson (USA) | 1928-1930 | Men’s Track and Field | 1932 (silver) |
| David Albritton (USA) | 1936-1938 | Men’s Track and Field | 1936 (silver) |
| Ralph Gilman (USA) | 1936 | Men’s Swimming | 1936 |
| John Herbert Higgins (USA) | 1936 | Men’s Swimming | 1936 |
| Jesse Owens (USA) | 1933-1936 | Men’s Track and Field | 1936 (gold-4) |
| Miller Anderson (USA) | Men’s Diving | 1948 (silver)-52 (silver) | |
| Peter T. George (USA) | 1952-1956 | Weightlifting | 1948 (silver)-52 (gold)-56 (silver) |
| Bruce Ira Harlan (USA) | 1947-1950 | Men’s Diving | 1948 (gold, silver) |
| Bill Smith (USA) | 1943, 1947-1949 | Men’s Swimming | 1948 (gold-2) |
| Malvin Whitfield (USA) | 1946-1949 | Men’s Track and Field | 1948 (gold-2, bronze)-1952 (gold, silver) |
| Lucien Beaumont (Canada) | 1952 | Men’s Diving | 1952 |
| Nathan Brooks (USA) | Boxing | 1952 (gold) | |
| Jack Calhoun (USA) | 1947-1950 | Men’s Diving | 1952 |
| Dick Cleveland (USA) | 1951-1954 | Men’s Swimming | 1952 |
| Bob Clotworthy (USA) | 1950-1953 | Men’s Diving | 1952 (bronze)-56 (gold) |
| Gerald Cole (USA) | 1950-1953 | Men’s Track and Field | 1952 (silver) |
| Frank Martin Dooley (USA) | 1950-1951 | Men’s Swimming | 1952 |
| Jerry Holan (USA) | 1951-1953 | Men’s Swimming | 1952 |
| Ford Hiroshi Konno (USA) | 1952-1955 | Men’s Swimming | 1952 (gold-2, silver)-56 (silver) |
| Gerry McNamee (Canada) | 1953-1957 | Men’s Swimming | 1952 |
| Yoshinobu Oyakawa (USA) | 1952-1955 | Men’s Swimming | 1952 (gold)-56 |
| Leo Portelance (Canada) | 1952 | Men’s Swimming | 1952 |
| Nick Silverio (Cuba) | Men’s Swimming | 1952-56 | |
| Jack George Neil Taylor (USA) | 1950-1952 | Men’s Swimming | 1952 (bronze) |
| Paul Ebert | 1952-1954 | Baseball | Unknown |
| Glenn Davis (USA) | 1956-1959 | Men’s Track and Field | 1956 (gold)-60 (gold-2) |
| James D. George (USA) | Weightlifting | 1956 (bronze)-60 (silver) | |
| Donald Harper (USA) | 1955-1958 | Men’s Diving | 1956 (silver) |
| George Onekea, Jr. (USA) | 1956-1959 | Men’s Swimming | 1956 |
| Glen Allen Whitten (USA) | 1955-1958 | Men’s Diving | 1956 |
| Albert Wiggins, Jr. (USA) | 1956-1957 | Men’s Swimming | 1956 |
| Juan Botella (Mexico) | 1960-1963 | Men’s Diving | 1960 (bronze) |
| Sam Wesley Hall (USA) | 1957-1960 | Men’s Diving | 1960 (silver) |
| Jerry Lucas (USA) | 1959-1962 | Men’s Basketball | 1960 (gold) |
| John Robert Pulskamp (USA) | Weightlifting | 1960 | |
| Thomas Eugene Gompf (USA) | 1958-1961 | Men’s Diving | 1964 (bronze) |
| Louis Vincent Vitucci (USA) | 1960-1963 | Men’s Diving | 1964 |
| Bill Hosket (USA) | 1965-1968 | Men’s Basketball | 1968 (gold) |
| Chuck Knorr (USA) | 1965-1968 | Men’s Diving | 1968 |
| Tom Lough (USA) | 1968-1971 | Pentathlon | 1968 |
| Richard Bruggeman (USA) | 1967-1970 | Men’s Track and Field | 1972 |
| Michael H. Finneran (USA) | 1968-1971 | Men’s Diving | 1972 |
| Richard Redwine Gates (USA) | 1972 | Sailing | 1972 |
| Daniel Carlson | 1967-1969 | Baseball | Unknown |
| Joseph Sadelfeld | 1967-1969 | Baseball | Unknown |
| Jennifer Kay Chandler (USA) | 1975-1978 | Women’s Diving | 1976 (gold) |
| Tim Moore (USA) | 1972-1975 | Men’s Diving | 1976 |
| Kent Douglas Vosler (USA) | 1974-1977 | Men’s Diving | 1976 |
| Debbie Wilson (USA) | Women’s Diving | 1976 (bronze) | |
| Stephanie Hightower (USA)* | 1977-1980 | Women’s Track and Field | 1980 |
| Susan Marcellus (USA)* | 1976-1979 | Field Hockey | 1980 |
| Ana Amicarella | 1985-1987 | Synchronized Swimming | 1984 |
| Aldis Imants Berzins (USA) | 1975-1978 | Men’s Volleyball | 1984 (gold) |
| Diane Dixon (USA) | 1983 | Women’s Track and Field | 1984-88 (silver) |
| Richard Duwelius (USA) | 1975-1976 | Men’s Volleyball | 1984 (gold) |
| Sarah Josephson (USA) | 1982-1985 | Synchronized Swimming | 1984-88 (silver)-92 (gold) |
| Kelly Anne McCormick (USA) | 1982, 1983 | Women’s Diving | 1984 (silver)-88 (bronze) |
| Jerry Page (USA) | Boxing | 1984 (gold) | |
| Marc Robert Waldie (USA) | 1974-1977 | Men’s Volleyball | 1984 (gold) |
| Greg Baker (USA) | Taekwondo | 1988 (bronze) | |
| Mark Bradshaw (USA) | 1982-1985 | Men’s Diving | 1988 |
| Maria Giusti (Venezuela) | 1989-1991 | Synchronized Swimming | 1988-92 |
| Sue Ha (Korea) | 1988-1991 | Synchronized Swimming | 1988 |
| Patrick S. Jeffrey (USA) | 1985-1989 | Men’s Diving | 1988-96 |
| Bryant O. Johnson (USA) | 1985 | Team Handball | 1988 |
| Karen Josephson (USA) | 1982-1985 | Synchronized Swimming | 1988 (silver)-92 (gold) |
| Gil Pinto (Brazil) | 1987-1989 | Men’s Gymnastics | 1988 |
| Butch Reynolds (USA) | 1986-1987 | Men’s Track and Field | 1988 (gold, silver)-92-96 |
| Darius Robert Young (USA) | 1968 | Pistol | 1988-92 |
| Mary Ellen Clark (USA) | 1996 | Women’s Diving | 1992 (bronze)-96 (bronze) |
| Mark Daniel Coleman (USA) | 1987-1988 | Wrestling | 1992 |
| Mark Croghan (USA) | 1988-1991 | Men’s Track and Field | 1992-96-2000 |
| Joe Greene (USA) | 1987-1990 | Men’s Track and Field | 1992 (bronze)-96 (bronze) |
| Karen LaFace (USA) | 1985-1988 | Women’s Diving | 1992 |
| Gordon M. Sheer (USA) | Men’s Luge | 1992-94-98 (silver) | |
| Roger Smith (Bahamas) | 1983-1986 | Men’s Tennis | 1992-96 |
| Timothy Wiley (USA) | Men’s Luge | 1992 | |
| Eswort Coombs (Virgin Islands) | 1996-1997 | Men’s Track and Field | 1996 |
| Robert Gary (USA) | 1992-1995 | Men’s Track and Field | 1996 |
| Richard Jones (Guyana) | 1992-1994 | Men’s Track and Field | 1996 |
| Gabor Koves (Hungary) | 1989-1992 | Men’s Tennis | 1996 |
| David J. Pichler (USA) | 1989-1992 | Men’s Diving | 1996-2000 |
| Kip Simons (USA) | 1991-1994 | Men’s Gymnastics | 1996 |
| Marko Strahija (Croatia) | 1995-1998 | Men’s Swimming | 1996-2000 |
| Blaine Wilson (USA) | 1994-1997 | Men’s Gymnastics | 1996-2000 |
| Carolina Moraes (Brazil) | 1999-2002 | Synchronized Swimming | 2000 |
| Isabella Moraes (Brazil) | 1999-2002 | Synchronized Swimming | 2000 |
| Nick Rees (Bahamas) | 2000-2003 | Men’s Swimming | 2000 |
| Katie Smith (USA) | 1993-1996 | Women’s Basketball | 2000 (gold) |
| Bryan Volpenhein (USA) | Men’s Rowing | 2000 | |
| Emma Laaksonen (Finland) | 2001-2004 | Women’s Ice Hockey | 2002 |
| Lea Ann Parsley (USA) | Skeleton | 2002 (silver) |
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