ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS & PR
July 26, 2024
School-Record 22 Kentucky Wildcats to Compete at 2024 Paris Olympic Games
Olympic Games Begin July 26 in Paris
UKathletics.com Olympic Games HQ
PARIS – A school-record 22 University of Kentucky student-athletes, alumni and coaches will represent seven countries across six sports at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad to be held in France from July 26-Aug. 11, 2024.
Eight Wildcats will compete in the 5x5 basketball, seven Wildcats will compete in athletics (track and field), two in fencing, one in 3x3 basketball, one in volleyball and one in diving.
One UK alumna and one current UK assistant coach will serve as national team assistant coaches at the Games.
Seventeen of those Olympians competed collegiately for Kentucky. Of the four who competed collegiately elsewhere, two serve on UK Athletics staffs and two are currently UK College of Medicine students.
Of UK’s 22 Olympians, seven of them have won a combined nine medals in previous Olympic Games.
The Opening Ceremonies will take place on July 26 with multiple Wildcats set to participate in the Parade of Nations, highlighted by reigning 100m hurdles Olympic Gold Medalist Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (UK Class of 2017) serving as flag bearer for Puerto Rico.
Big Blue Nation can follow all the Wildcats throughout the Olympic Games at the UKathletics.com Olympics HQ page.
Below are the 2024 Olympians with connections to Kentucky. More info on each Olympian is at the bottom of this page.
Athletics/Track and Field
Men’s Basketball 5-on-5
Women’s Basketball 5-on-5
Women’s Basketball 3-on-3
Diving
Fencing
Women’s Volleyball
July 26, 2024
School-Record 22 Kentucky Wildcats to Compete at 2024 Paris Olympic Games
Olympic Games Begin July 26 in Paris
UKathletics.com Olympic Games HQ
PARIS – A school-record 22 University of Kentucky student-athletes, alumni and coaches will represent seven countries across six sports at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad to be held in France from July 26-Aug. 11, 2024.
Eight Wildcats will compete in the 5x5 basketball, seven Wildcats will compete in athletics (track and field), two in fencing, one in 3x3 basketball, one in volleyball and one in diving.
One UK alumna and one current UK assistant coach will serve as national team assistant coaches at the Games.
Seventeen of those Olympians competed collegiately for Kentucky. Of the four who competed collegiately elsewhere, two serve on UK Athletics staffs and two are currently UK College of Medicine students.
Of UK’s 22 Olympians, seven of them have won a combined nine medals in previous Olympic Games.
The Opening Ceremonies will take place on July 26 with multiple Wildcats set to participate in the Parade of Nations, highlighted by reigning 100m hurdles Olympic Gold Medalist Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (UK Class of 2017) serving as flag bearer for Puerto Rico.
Big Blue Nation can follow all the Wildcats throughout the Olympic Games at the UKathletics.com Olympics HQ page.
Below are the 2024 Olympians with connections to Kentucky. More info on each Olympian is at the bottom of this page.
Athletics/Track and Field
- Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, 100m hurdles, Puerto Rico (2020 Gold)
- Devynne Charlton, 100m hurdles, Bahamas (Volunteer Assistant Coach/Purdue Alum)
- Andrew Evans, discus, USA
- Alexis Holmes, 400m, 4x400m relay pool, USA
- Ashley Kovacs, Throws Coach, USA
- Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, 400m hurdles, 4x400m relay pool, USA (Two Golds in 2020)
- Daniel Roberts, 110m hurdles, USA
- Masai Russell, 100m hurdles, USA
Men’s Basketball 5-on-5
- Bam Adebayo, USA (2020 Gold)
- Devin Booker, USA (2020 Gold)
- Anthony Davis, USA (2012 Gold)
- Wenyen Gabriel, South Sudan
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Canada
- Jamal Murray, Canada
- Trey Lyles, Canada
Women’s Basketball 5-on-5
- Adebola Adeyeye, Nigeria
Women’s Basketball 3-on-3
- Rhyne Howard, USA
Diving
- Julia Vincent, South Africa (Assistant Coach/South Carolina alum)
- Ted Hautau, Diving Coach, South Africa
Fencing
- Lee Kiefer, USA (UK College of Medicine/Notre Dame Alum) (2020 Gold)
- Gerek Meinhardt, USA (UK College of Medicine/Notre Dame Alum) (2016 Bronze, 2020 Bronze)
Women’s Volleyball
- Avery Skinner, USA
