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Buckeyes in the Olympics

Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:53 pm
by seofan_via_dublin
The Ohio State University can lay claim to 17 current or former athletes that qualified for the 2008 Olympics

Gymnastics:
Paul Hamm
Morgan Hamm
Raj Bhavsar

Fencing:
Siobhan Byrne (Ireland)
Jason Rogers
Hannah Thompson

Swimming:
Itai Chammah (Israel)
Gulsah Gunenc (Turkey)
Niska Roski (Croatia)

Rowing:
Bryan Volpenhein
Margot Shumway

Synchronized Swimming:
Kate Hooven
Becky Kim

Basketball:
Michael Redd
Katie Smith

Tennis:
Devin Mullings (Bahamas)

Softball:
Kristi DeVries (Netherlands)

Also, Miles Avery is a coach on the US Gymnastics team, he is also the coach of the Men's Gymnastics team at OSU.

Re: Buckeyes in the Olympics

Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 3:54 pm
by X8XOHIOLEGENDX7X
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Re: Buckeyes in the Olympics

Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:05 am
by qualified101
theres another male gymnast from 8-12 years ago, cant think of his name though.

Re: Buckeyes in the Olympics

Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:57 am
by seofan_via_dublin
That would be Blaine Wilson, one of USAs best male gymnasts ever.

Re: Buckeyes in the Olympics

Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:41 pm
by Brutus8907
unfortunately we gotta give props to the man carrying our team right now...Mike Phelps is a scUM grad :122248