# List of Pennsylvania State University Olympians

The list of Pennsylvania State University Olympians is a list of former or current Penn State University students (129) and coaches and faculty members (12) who have appeared as athletes at the Olympic Games, plus one athlete for the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics. The university had its most representatives participating in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris with 36 participants earning fourteen medals, the most ever by Penn State athletes in a single Olympic Games.

## Appearances and medal winners by sport

Totals are through the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
| Sport | Appearances$^†$ | | | | Total$^♦$ |
| Track and field | 55 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 20 |
| Gymnastics | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Fencing | 22 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Volleyball | 18 | 2$^‡$ | 2$^#$ | 5$^¶$ | 9 |
| Wrestling | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Soccer | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Swimming & Diving | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Basketball | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Cycling | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rifle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field Hockey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3$^§$ | 3 |
| Short Track Speedskating | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Archery | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rowing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Figure skating | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kayaking | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobsled | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beach Volleyball | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boxing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ice hockey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rugby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tug-of-war | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 192 | 17 | 15 | 28 | 60 |
$^†$ an athlete is considered to have appeared once in each sport entered each time the Games of an Olympiad or Winter Games were held, including athletes who were alternates $^♦$ number of times that a person received an Olympic medal or honor for finishing among the top three in an event $^‡$ both on the 2020 gold medal-winning USA women's team $^#$ both on the 2012 silver medal-winning USA women's team $^¶$ all on the 2016 bronze medal-winning USA men's and women's teams $^§$ all on the 1984 bronze medal-winning USA women's team

## Olympians
### 1904

St. Louis
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
| Nate Cartmell | Track and field | (100m) (200m) |
| Fred Englehardt | Track and field | (triple jump) |

### 1908

London
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
| Nate Cartmell | Track and field | (1600m medley relay) (200m) |
| Lee Talbott | Track and field Wrestling Tug-of-war | |

### 1920

Antwerp
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
| Harold Barron | Track and field | (110m hurdles) |
| Alan Helffrich | Track and field | |
| Larry Shields | Track and field | (3000m team) (1500m) |

### 1924

Paris
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
| William Cox | Track and field | (3000m team) |
| Schuyler Enck | Track and field | (800m) |
| Alan Helffrich | Track and field | (4 × 400m relay) |
| Carl Madera | Boxing | |
| Charles Moore, Sr. | Track and field | |
| Katsutoshi Naito | Wrestling | (freestyle featherweight) |
| John Romig | Track and field | |
| Arthur Studenroth | Track and field | (cross country team) |

### 1928

Amsterdam
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
| Ray Conger | Track and field | |
| John Romig | Track and field | |
| Al Bates | Track and field | (long jump) |

### 1932

Los Angeles
| Name | Sport |
| Paul Rekers | Track and field |

### 1948

London
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
| Walter Bahr | Soccer | |
| William Bonsall | Gymnastics | |
| Louis Bordo | Gymnastics | |
| Barney Ewell | Track and field | (4 × 100m relay) (100m) (200m) |
| Herman Goffberg | Track and field | |
| Bill Koll | Wrestling (freestyle) | |
| Ray Sorensen | Gymnastics | |
| Curt Stone | Track and field | |

### 1952

Helsinki
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
| Horace Ashenfelter | Track and field | (3000m steeplechase) |
| William Ashenfelter | Track and field | |
| Curt Stone | Track and field | |
1952 Winter Olympic Games
Oslo
| Name | Sport |
| Kurt Oppelt | Figure skating |

### 1956

Melbourne
| Name | Sport |
| Horace Ashenfelter | Track and field |
| Ronald Coder | Soccer |
| Dick Dyer | Fencing |
| Richard Packer | Soccer |
| Karl Schwenzfeier (Schier) | Gymnastics |
| Curt Stone | Track and field |
| Armando Vega | Gymnastics |
1956 Winter Olympic Games
Cortina d'Ampezzo
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
| Kurt Oppelt | Figure skating | (pair skating) |
| Edgar Seymour | Bobsled | |

### 1960

Rome
| Name | Sport |
| Jean Cronstedt | Gymnastics |
| Dick Dyer | Fencing |
| Garland O'Quinn Jr. | Gymnastics |
| Ed Moran | Track and field |

### 1964

Tokyo
| Name | Sport |
| Kathy Corrigan | Gymnastics |
| Lennart Hedmark | Track and field |
| Armando Vega | Gymnastics |
| Greg Weiss | Gymnastics |

### 1968

Mexico City
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app. and event) |
| Jane Barkman-Brown | Swimming | (4 × 100m freestyle relay) (200m freestyle) |
| James Culhane | Gymnastics | |
| Steve Cohen | Gymnastics | |
| Lennart Hedmark | Track and field | |
| William Reilly | Track and field | |

### 1972

Munich
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
| Marshall Avener | Gymnastics | |
| Jane Barkman-Brown | Swimming | (4 × 100m freestyle relay) |
| James Culhane | Gymnastics | |
| Steven Hayden | Track and field | |
| Lennart Hedmark | Track and field | |
| Hachiro Oishi | Wrestling | |
| Mike Sands | Track and field | |

### 1976

Montreal
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
| Marshall Avener | Gymnastics | |
| Diane Braceland (-Vreugdenhil) | Rowing | |
| Lennart Hedmark | Track and field | |
| Knut Hjeltnes | Track and field | |
| Al Jackson | Track and field | |
| Steven Kaplan | Fencing | |
| Romel Raffin | Basketball | |
| Susan Rojcewicz | Basketball | (team) |
| Mike Sands | Track and field | |
| Michael Shine | Track and field | (400m hurdles) |
| Gene Whelan | Gymnastics | |
| Wayne Young | Gymnastics | |

### 1980

Moscow
Jana Angelakis, Greg Fredericks, Charlene Morett, Christine Larson-Mason, Knut Hjeltnes (Norway) and Romel Raffin (Canada) were all named to their respective Olympic teams but did not participate due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott.

### 1984

Los Angeles
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
| Jana Angelakis | Fencing | |
| Terry Bartlett | Gymnastics | |
| Lou Banach | Wrestling (freestyle) | (light heavyweight) |
| Francis Dodoo | Track and field | |
| Glenn Dubis | Rifle | |
| Knut Hjeltnes | Track and field | |
| Christine Larson-Mason | Field Hockey | (team) |
| Charlene Morett | Field Hockey | (team) |
| Romel Raffin | Basketball | |
| Brenda Stauffer | Field Hockey | (team) |

### 1988

Seoul
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
| Terry Bartlett | Gymnastics | |
| Ken Chertow | Wrestling | |
| Francis Dodoo | Track and field | |
| Glenn Dubis | Rifle | |
| Knut Hjeltnes | Track and field | |
| Suzie McConnell | Basketball | (team) |
| Romel Raffin | Basketball | |

### 1992

Barcelona
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
| Terry Bartlett | Gymnastics | |
| J-Me Carney | Cycling | |
| Ken Chertow | Wrestling | |
| Francis Dodoo | Track and field | |
| Mary Ellen Clark | Diving | (10m platform) |
| Greg Elinsky | Wrestling | |
| Suzie McConnell | Basketball | (team) |
| Ian Shelley | Gymnastics | |
| Barry Walsh | Track and Field | |
| Rich Weiss | Kayaking | |

### 1996

Atlanta
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
| Sanshiro Abe | Wrestling | |
| Dominic Brindle | Gymnastics | |
| Olga Chernyak | Fencing | |
| Francis Dodoo | Track and field | |
| Mary Ellen Clark | Diving | (10m platform) |
| Peter Cox | Fencing | |
| Salima Davidson | Volleyball | |
| Glenn Dubis | Rifle | |
| John Hargis | Swimming | (men's 4x100 m medley relay) |
| C.J. Hunter | Track and field | |
| Suzanne Paxton | Fencing | |
| Tom Strzalkowski | Fencing | |
| Rich Weiss | Kayaking | |
| Rod White | Archery | (men's team) |

### 2000

Sydney
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
| J-Me Carney | Cycling | |
| Glenn Dubis | Rifle | |
| Sammie Henson | Wrestling | (Bantamweight, Freestyle) |
| Cary Kolat | Wrestling | |
| Kerry McCoy | Wrestling | |
| Alexander Weber | Fencing | (team sabre) |
| Christie Welsh | Soccer | |
| Rod White | Archery | (men's team) |

### 2002

Salt Lake City
| Name | Sport |
| Allison Baver | Short Track Speedskating |

### 2004

Athens
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
| Eugene Botes | Swimming | |
| Ramon Hernandez | Beach volleyball | |
| Kerry McCoy | Wrestling | |
| Connie Moore | Track and field | |
| Cael Sanderson | Wrestling | (Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle) |
| Luis Vargas | Gymnastics | |

### 2006

Torino
| Name | Sport |
| Allison Baver | Short Track Speedskating |

### 2008

Beijing
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
| Toyin Augustus | Track and field | |
| Aleesha Barber | Track and field | |
| Michael Friedman | Cycling | |
| Jan Jagla | Basketball | |
| Bobby Lea | Cycling | |
| Erin McLeod | Soccer | |
| Kirsten Nieuwendam | Track and field | |
| Nontapat Panchan | Fencing | |
| Kevin Tan | Gymnastics | (team) |
| Adam Wiercioch | Fencing | (team épée) |
| Doris Willette | Fencing | |

### 2010

Vancouver
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
| Allison Baver | Short Track Speedskating | (3000m Relay) |

### 2012

London
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
| Matt Anderson | Volleyball | |
| Felix Aronovich | Gymnastics | |
| Dominique Blake | Track and field | (women's 4×400m relay) |
| Miles Chamley-Watson | Fencing | |
| Shana Cox | Track and field | |
| Natalie Dell | Rowing | (women's quadruple sculls) |
| Nicole Fawcett | Volleyball | |
| Bridget Franek | Track and field | |
| Alisha Glass | Volleyball | |
| Daniel Gómez Tanamachi | Fencing | |
| Christa Harmotto | Volleyball | (women's team) |
| Megan Hodge | Volleyball | (women's team) |
| Bobby Lea | Cycling | |
| Erin McLeod | Soccer | (women's team) |
| Carmelina Moscato | Soccer | (women's team) |
| Kirsten Nieuwendam | Track and field | |
| Tommy Ramos | Gymnastics | |
| Jake Varner | Wrestling | (men's freestyle 96kg) |
| Ryan Whiting | Track and field | |
| Doris Willette | Fencing | |

### 2016

Rio de Janeiro
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
| Monica Aksamit | Fencing | (team saber) |
| Matt Anderson | Volleyball | (team) |
| Matt Baranoski | Cycling | |
| Amelia Bizer | Rugby | |
| Bia Bulcão | Fencing | |
| Miles Chamley-Watson | Fencing | (team foil) |
| Nicole Fawcett | Volleyball | |
| Alisha Glass | Volleyball | (team) |
| Daniel Gómez Tanamachi | Fencing | |
| Carlos Guerra | Volleyball | |
| Christa (Harmotto) Dietzen | Volleyball | (team) |
| Darrell Hill | Track and field | |
| Megan (Hodge) Easy | Volleyball | |
| Max Holt | Volleyball | (team) |
| Joe Kovacs | Track and field | (shot put) |
| Ali Krieger | Soccer | |
| Bobby Lea | Cycling | |
| Eddie Lovett | Track and field | |
| Frank Molinaro | Wrestling | |
| Alyssa Naeher | Soccer | |
| Aaron Russell | Volleyball | (team) |
| Shane Ryan | Swimming | |
| Katarzyna Trzopek | Fencing | |

### 2020

Tokyo
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
| Matt Anderson | Volleyball | |
| Kayla Cannett-Oca | Rugby | |
| Gabe Castaño | Swimming | |
| Eduardo Cisternas | Swimming | |
| Micha Hancock | Volleyball | (women's team) |
| Mohamed Hassan | Fencing | |
| Maxwell Holt | Volleyball | |
| Renata Knapik-Miazga | Fencing | |
| Joe Kovacs | Track and Field | (men's shot put) |
| Eddie Lovett | Track and Field | |
| Andrew Mackiewicz | Fencing | |
| Erin McLeod | Soccer | (women's team) |
| Alyssa Naeher | Soccer | (women's team) |
| Melissa Rodríguez | Swimming | |
| Aaron Russell | Volleyball | |
| Shane Ryan | Swimming | |
| Michael Shuey | Track and Field | |
| Kaito Streets | Fencing | |
| David Taylor | Wrestling | (men's freestyle 86kg) |
| Khalil Thompson | Fencing | |
| Haleigh Washington | Volleyball | (women's team) |

### 2022

Beijing
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
| Jessica Adolfsson | Ice hockey | |
| Kaitlin Hawayek | Ice dancing | |

### 2024

Paris
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
| Matt Anderson | Volleyball | (men's team) |
| Roman Bravo-Young | Wrestling | |
| Aaron Brooks | Wrestling | (men's freestyle 86kg) |
| Lynzee Brown | Gymnastics | |
| Kayla Canett | Rugby | (women's team) |
| Gabe Castaño | Swimming | |
| Samantha Catantan | Fencing | |
| Miles Chamley-Watson | Fencing | |
| Mohamed Cisset | Soccer | |
| Eduardo Cisternas | Swimming | |
| Sam Coffey | Soccer | (women's team) |
| Ali Frantti | Volleyball | |
| Laura Freigang | Soccer | (women's team) |
| Sophia Gladieux | Field Hockey | |
| Shaul Gordon | Fencing | |
| Micha Hancock | Volleyball | (women's team) |
| Emma Harvey | Swimming | |
| Jack Harvey | Swimming | |
| Alexis Holmes | Track and Field | (women's 4x400m relay) |
| Maxwell Holt | Volleyball | (men's team) |
| Renata Knapik-Miazga | Fencing | |
| Joe Kovacs | Track and Field | (men's shot put) |
| Eduardo Moraes | Swimming | |
| Alyssa Naeher | Soccer | (women's team) |
| Stephen Nedoroscik | Gymnastics | (men's team) (pommel horse) |
| Zain Retherford | Wrestling | |
| Jenny Rizzo | Field hockey | |
| Handal Roban | Track and Field | |
| Melissa Rodriguez | Swimming | |
| Aaron Russell | Volleyball | (men's team) |
| Shane Ryan | Swimming | |
| Cheickna Traore | Track and Field | |
| Margherita Guzzi Vincenti | Fencing | |
| Haleigh Washington | Volleyball | (women's team) |
| Mohamed Yasseen | Fencing | |
| Sam Zakutney | Gymnastics | |

## Paralympic Games
### 1984

/ Long Island (USA)/Stoke Mandeville (UK)
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
| Kevin Szott | Track and field | Men's shot put B3 Men's discus B3 Men's javelin B3 |
| Kevin Szott | Goalball | Men's team |
| Kevin Szott | Wrestling | classification not recorded |

### 1996

Atlanta
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
| Kevin Szott | Judo | Men's +95kg |
| Kevin Szott | Track and field | Men's shot put F12 Men's discus F12 |

### 2000

Sydney
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
| Kevin Szott | Judo | Men's +100kg |

### 2004

Athens
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
| Jeffrey Hantz | Track and field | Men's Discus F56, Javelin F55-56 |
| Kevin Szott | Judo | Men's – 100kg |

### 2008

Beijing
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
| Rebecca Hart | Equestrian | Team open |
| Rebecca Hart | Equestrian | Individual Freestyle - Grade II (<2017) - Open |
| Rebecca Hart | Equestrian | Individual Championship Test - Grade II (<2017) |
| Maggie Redden | Track and field | Women's 100m T53, 200m T53 |

### 2012

London
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
| Rebecca Hart | Equestrian | Team open |
| Rebecca Hart | Equestrian | Individual Freestyle - Grade II (<2017) - Open |
| Rebecca Hart | Equestrian | Individual Championship Test - Grade II (<2017) |

### 2016

Rio de Janeiro
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
| Rebecca Hart | Equestrian | Team open |
| Rebecca Hart | Equestrian | Individual Freestyle - Grade II (<2017) - Open |
| Rebecca Hart | Equestrian | Individual Championship Test - Grade II (<2017) |
| Shawn Morelli | Track cycling | Women's 3000m individual pursuit C4 |
| Shawn Morelli | Road cycling | Women's time trial C4 Road race C4-5 |
| Emily Frederick | Track and field | Women's shot put F40 |

### 2020

Tokyo
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
| Rebecca Hart | Equestrian | Team open |
| Rebecca Hart | Equestrian | Individual Championship Test - Grade III - Open |
| Shawn Morelli | Track cycling | Women's 3000m individual pursuit C4 |
| Shawn Morelli | Road cycling | Women's time trial C4 |
| Shawn Morelli | Road cycling | Women's road race C4-5 |
| Jacob Schrom | Powerlifting | Men's -107 kg |

### 2024

Paris
| Name | Sport | Medal (if app.) and event |
| Rebecca Hart | Equestrian | Team open |
| Rebecca Hart | Equestrian | Individual Championship Test - Grade III - Open |
| Rebecca Hart | Equestrian | Individual Freestyle Event - Grade III |
| Shawn Morelli | Track cycling | Women's 3000m individual pursuit C4 |
| Shawn Morelli | Track cycling | Women’s 500m time trial C4-5 |
| Shawn Morelli | Road cycling | Women's time trial C4 |
| Shawn Morelli | Road cycling | Women's road race C4-5 |
| Brandon Lyons | Road cycling | Men's time trial H3 |
| Brandon Lyons | Road cycling | Men's road race H3 |
| Brandon Lyons | Road cycling | Mixed H1-5 Team Relay (did not compete in bronze medal result) |