Buckeyes Win Five Medals at Paris Olympics
8/12/2024 9:15:00 AM | General
COLUMBUS, Ohio – After 16 days of competition, the 2024 Paris Olympics concluded Sunday. The contingent of Ohio State Buckeyes, comprised of 24 incoming, current and former student-athletes, that competed in Paris were responsible for a number of milestones and medal performances for their respective countries.
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Buckeye Olympic Medalists – One Gold | Two Silver | Two Bronze
Twenty-four current, former and incoming Ohio State student-athletes competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Buckeyes represented 10 countries and nine sports at the XXXIII Olympiad. This year's games marked the second consecutive summer Olympics Ohio State had more than 20 student-athlete representatives.
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Buckeye Olympic Medalists – One Gold | Two Silver | Two Bronze
- Hunter Armstrong finished his second Olympic Games with two medals. In his first race of the games, he won gold with Team USA's men's 4x100 freestyle relay. He swam the fastest split of the team, touching the wall in 46.75, to help bring home the United States' first gold of the Olympics. He also won silver in the men's 4x100 medley relay. He swam the freestyle anchor leg, turning in a split of 47.19 to help the team to a 3:28.01 finish. Â
- Buckeye artistic swimmers Keana Hunter and Ruby Remati helped the United States take home silver in the team event. The medal is the team's first in the category since 2004 and the team's best result since 1996.
- Canadian foil fencer Eleanor Harvey became the first individual Olympic medalist in both Ohio State and Canadian fencing history. Competing in her third Games, she worked her way through the table to the semifinals before falling to eventual gold medalist Lauren Scruggs, 15-9. In the bronze medal match, Harvey defeated Italy's Alice Volpi, 15-12, for the medal.
- Maximilien Chastanet helped France's men's foil team win bronze. He is the third Buckeye fencer to win a team Olympic medal and first since 2008. Chastanet started as an alternate for France but was inserted into the lineup during the quarterfinal match against China. In the bronze medal match, Chastanet was 2-0-1 to help clinch the medal.
- In her Olympic debut, Katelyn Abeln became the first American woman to make an Olympic final, which were introduced in shooting in the 1988 Olympics, in the 25m sport pistol. She finished eighth in the event. Three of the five pistol athletes that represented the United States in Paris are Buckeyes. Ada Korkhin, who made her Olympic debut, and Henrey Leverett also competed.
- Fares Arfa finished eighth in the men's individual sabre competition for Canada, the highest finish in Canadian men's fencing history. He upset the three-time defending Olympic champion Aron Szilagi of Hungary in the Table of 32 along the way to the quarterfinals. Â
Twenty-four current, former and incoming Ohio State student-athletes competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Buckeyes represented 10 countries and nine sports at the XXXIII Olympiad. This year's games marked the second consecutive summer Olympics Ohio State had more than 20 student-athlete representatives.
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- United States - Katelyn Abeln* - Pistol; Hunter Armstrong* – Swimming; Keana Hunter# – Artistic Swimming; Ada Korkhin – Pistol; Henry Leverett* – Pistol; Ruby Remati – Artistic Swimming; Kyle Snyder* - Wrestling
- Canada - Fares Arfa* - Fencing; Duan Asemota* – Track & Field; Alex Axon – Swimming; Emma Finlin# – Swimming; Scarlett Finn# - Artistic Swimming; Eleanor Harvey* - Fencing; Tristan Jankovics – Swimming; Nichelle Prince* – Soccer
- France - Maximilien Chastanet* – Fencing; Elodie Ravera-Scarramozzino* – Rowing
- Germany - Lena Hentschel – Diving
- Ireland - Ciara McGing* – Diving
- Lithuania - Tomas Navikonis – Swimming
- Nigeria - Sade Olatoye* – Track & Field
- Puerto Rico - Kristen Romano* – Swimming
- Spain - Aina Cid I Centelles* – Rowing
- Trinidad & Tobago - Leah Bertrand – Track & Field
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