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’Hoos in Tokyo

August 17, 2021

Swimmers Alex Walsh (Col class of ’24) and Kate Douglass (Col class of ’23) won silver and bronze in the women’s 200-meter Individual Medley.
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Here’s a look at our most recent Olympians: current and former UVA athletes and coaches who competed in the delayed 2020 Olympic Games.

Basketball

U.S.A.:

Dawn Staley (Col class of ’92) (coach) 
Gold medal, team

Slovenia:

Mike Tobey (Col class of ’16)
Fourth place, team

Argentina:

Francisco Caffaro (Col class of ’22)
Seventh place, team

Nigeria:

Aisha Mohammed (Col class of ’09)
11th place, team

Rowing

U.S.A.:

Meghan O’Leary (Col class of ’07)
10th in women’s quadruple sculls

Kristine O’Brien (Col class of ’13)
Fourth in women’s eight

Canada:

Susanne Grainger (Col class of ’13)
Gold medal in women’s eight

Christine Roper (Col class of ’11)
Gold medal in women’s eight

Morgan Rosts (Educ class of ’18)
(alternate; did not compete)

Netherlands:

Inge Janssen (Col class of ’11)
Sixth in women’s quadruple sculls

New Zealand:

Hannah Osborne (Col class of ’17)
Silver medal in women’s double sculls

Soccer

U.S.A.:

Becky Sauerbrunn (Col class of ’08) 
Bronze medal, team

Emily Sonnett (Col class of ’15) 
Bronze medal, team

New Zealand:

Joe Bell (Col class of ’21) 
Sixth place, team

Swimming

U.S.A.:

Kate Douglass (Col class of ’23) 
Bronze medal, 200-meter Individual Medley

Paige Madden (Educ class of ’21)  
Silver medal, 4x200 Freestyle Relay; seventh, 400 Freestyle

Alex Walsh (Col class of ’24) 
Silver medal, 200 Individual Medley

Emma Weyant (Col class of ’24) 
Silver medal, 400 Individual Medley

Todd DeSorbo (assistant coach) 

Track and Field

U.S.A.:

Michaela Meyer (Nurs class of ’22) 
(alternate; did not compete)

Croatia:

Filip Mihaljević (Col class of ’17) 
15th place