Participants in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro who have ties to Georgia:
BASKETBALL
Women
Maya Moore, Lawrenceville/Collins Hill HS, USA
Angel McCoughtry, Atlanta Dream, USA
GOLF
Matt Kuchar, Sea Island/Georgia Tech, USA
Bubba Watson, Univ. of Georgia, USA
Patrick Reed, Augusta State, USA
GYMNASTICS
Brittany Rogers, UGA, Canada, Events: bars, beams, vault, floor
SHOOTING
Glenn Eller, Columbus, USA, Shotgun, Double tap
Vincent Hancock, Eatonton, USA, Shotgun, Skeet
SOCCER
Women
Morgan Brian, Saint Simons Island/Frederica Academy, USA, Midfielder
Kelley O’Hara, Fayetteville/Starr’s Mill, USA, Midfielder
Emily Sonnett, Marietta/Fellowship Christian School, USA, Defender (U.S. alternate)
SWIMMING
Men
Javier Acevedo, UGA, Canada, 100-meter freestyle
Gunnar Bentz, Atlanta/UGA/St. Pius, USA, 400-meter medley
Andrew Chetcuti, Georgia Tech, Malta, 100-meter freestyle
Chase Kalisz, UGA, USA, butterfly/breaststroke
Matias Koski, UGA, Finland, freestyle
Jay Litherland, Alpharetta/UGA/Chattahoochee HS, USA, backstroke/freestyle
Gal Nevo, Georgia Tech, Israel, 200- and 400-meter freestyle
Women
Hali Flickinger, UGA, USA, freestyle/butterfly
Naomy Grand'Pierre, Whitefield Academy (Smyrna), Haiti, 50-meter freestyle
Brittany MacLean, UGAa, Canada, freestyle
Melanie Margalis, UGA, USA, freestyle
Allison Schmitt, UGA, USA, 400-meter freestyle
Keren Siebner, Georgia Tech, Israel, 400-meter freestyle relay
Olivia Smoliga, UGA, USA, backstroke/freestyle
Chantal Van Landeghem, UGA, Canada, freestyle/butterfly
Amanda Weir, Lawrenceville/UGA/Brookwood HS, USA, 100-meter freestyle
TABLE TENNIS
Yijun Feng, Atlanta, USA, men’s singles
TAEKWONDO
Aniya Louissaint, Powder Springs/Georgia Cyber Academy, Haiti, 67 kg
TRACK AND FIELD
Men
Christian Coleman, Atlanta/Our Lady of Mercy, USA, 4x100 meter relay
Cejhae Greene, UGA, Antigua/Barbuda, 100 meters
Kibwe Johnson, UGA/North Gwinnett HS, USA, hammer throw
Karl Saluri, UGA, Estonia, decathlon
Christian Taylor, Fayetteville/Sandy Creek HS, USA, triple jump
Maicel Uibo, UGA, Estonia, decathlon
Women
Kristi Castlin, Douglasville/Chapel Hill HS, USA, 100-meter hurdles
Jenny Dahlgren, UGA, Argentina, hammer throw
Leontia Kallenou, UGA, Cyprus, high jump
Daina Levy, Kennesaw Mountain HS, Jamaica, hammer throw
Chaunte Lowe, Loganville/Georgia Tech, USA, high jump
Shaunae Miller, UGA, Bahamas, 400 meters
Keturah Orji, UGA, USA, triple jump
Levern Spencer, UGA, St. Lucia, high jump
Kendell Williams, Marietta/UGA/Kell HS, USA, heptathlon
WEIGHTLIFTING
Jenny Arthur, Gainesville/Chestatee HS, USA, 69kg
Travis Cooper, Tyrone/Sandy Creek HS, USA, 85kg
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