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    Women earned the majority of gold medals for Team USA in Paris — here's a list of every American woman who won gold

    By Kari Anderson, Yahoo Sports,

    18 days ago
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    The 2024 Paris Olympics reached a landmark as the first Olympics with total gender parity, where 50% of the athletes present were women. But it was also a big Olympics for the women of Team USA, who took home the majority of medals for Team USA.

    The United States ended with by far the most medals in the Olympics, with 126 total medals. Team USA also tied for 40 gold medals with China. Team USA had a total of 592 athletes, and 257 of them took home medals — an impressive feat.

    Notably, most of those medals were won in women's events. In the end, more than half of all medals earned for the U.S. were in women's events: 69 of the 126 medals won by the United States were won by women. Team USA also earned six medals in mixed events.

    (This total does not include the stripped bronze medal for Jordan Chiles on floor, which USA Gymnastics is fighting to get back.)

    13 Team USA athletes won multiple gold medals; 10 of those — including Simone Biles, Katie Ledecky, Gabby Thomas and other big names in Team USA — were women.

    Women won the first medal of the competition, with Kassidy Cook and Sarah Bacon earning silver in women's 3 meter synchronized diving to kick things off, and the last, with USA women's basketball fighting to take gold against France.

    With such a dominant performance from the women of Team USA, it's worth taking the time to honor them. Here is a list of every woman who won gold for the United States in Paris.

    Swimming

    Torri Huske: 100m butterfly, 4x100m medley, 4x100m mixed medley

    Katie Ledecky: 1500m freestyle, 800m freestyle

    Kate Douglass: 200m breaststroke, 4x100m medley

    Reagan Smith: 4x100m medley, 4x100m mixed medley

    Lilly King: 4x100m medley

    Gretchen Walsh: 4x100m medley, 4x100m mixed medley

    Abby Weitzeil: 4x100m mixed medley

    Katharine Berkoff: 4x100m mixed medley

    Alex Shackell: 4x100m medley

    Emma Weber: 4x100m medley

    Fencing

    Lee Kiefer: individual foil, team foil

    Jacqueline Dubrovich: team foil

    Lauren Scruggs: team foil

    Maia Mei Weintraub: team foil

    Gymnastics

    Simone Biles: team competition, all-around, vault

    Sunisa Lee: team competition

    Jordan Chiles: team competition

    Jade Carey: gymnastics team competition

    Hezly Rivera: team competition

    Cycling

    Kristen Faulkner: road race, team pursuit (track)

    Chloe Dygert: team pursuit (track)

    Jennifer Valente: team pursuit (track)

    Lily Williams: team pursuit (track)

    Jennifer Valente: omnium

    Track & Field/Athletics

    Valarie Allman: discus throw

    Tara Davis-Woodhall: long jump

    Gabby Thomas: 200m, 4x100m relay, 4x400m relay

    Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone: 400m hurdles, 4x400m relay

    Melissa Jefferson: 4x100m relay

    Sha'Carri Richardson: 4x100m relay

    Twanisha Terry: 4x100m relay

    Masai Russell: 100m hurdles

    Shamier Little: 4x400m relay

    Alexis Holmes: 4x400m relay

    Kaylyn Brown: 4x400m relay

    Aaliyah Butler: 4x400m relay

    Quanera Hayes: 4x400m relay

    Football

    United States Women's National Team: Korbin Albert, Croix Bethune, Samantha Coffey, Tierna Davidson, Crystal Dunn, Emily Fox, Naomi Girma, Lindsey Horan, Casey Krueger, Rose Lavelle, Casey Murphy, Alyssa Naeher, Jenna Nighswonger, Trinity Rodman, Emily Sams, Jaedyn Shaw, Sophia Smith, Emily Sonnett, Mallory Swanson, Lynn Williams

    Basketball

    USA basketball: Napheesa Collier, Kahleah Copper, Chelsea Gray, Brittney Griner, Sabrina Ionescu, Jewell Loyd, Kelsey Plum, Breanna Stewart, Diana Taurasi, Alyssa Thomas, A'ja Wilson, Jackie Young

    Surfing

    Caroline Marks

    Wrestling

    Amit Elor: freestyle wrestling (68 kg)

    Sarah Ann Hildebrandt: freestyle wrestling (50 kg)

    Weightlifting

    Olivia Reeves: weightlifting (71 kg)

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