New York sent 31 athletes to Paris, while New Jersey sent 23 and Connecticut sent 11. Some of those athletes will be participating in the 2024 Paralympic Games, which are set to begin Aug. 28 and last through Sept. 8.
Of the athletes who participated in the Olympic Games, 10 from New York medaled, along with eight from New Jersey and four from Connecticut.
New York athletes who medaled in the 2024 Paris Olympics
Anita Alvarez, Buffalo - Won silver in artistic swimming with Team USA
Matt Anderson, West Seneca - Won bronze with Team USA's men's volleyball team
Rai Benjamin, Mount Vernon - Won gold in men's 400m hurdles
Sam Coffey, NYC - Won gold with the Team USA women's soccer team
Kyle Dake, Ithaca - Tied for bronze alongside Chermen Valviev, of Albania, in men's freestyle 74 kg wrestling
Kate Douglass, Pelham - Won gold in women's 200m breaststroke swimming, silver in women's 200m individual medley swimming, gold with Team USA in women's 4x100 medley relay swimming and silver with Team USA in women's 4x100m freestyle relay swimming
Crystal Dunn, Rockville Centre - Won gold with the Team USA women's soccer team
Lauren Scruggs, Queens - Won gold with Team USA in women's foil team fencing and silver in women's foil individual fencing
Breanna Stewart, North Syracuse - Won gold with Team USA in women's basketball
McLain Ward, Brewster - Won silver with Team USA in equestrian jumping
New Jersey athletes who medaled in the 2024 Paris Olympics
Bam Adebayo, Newark - Won gold with the Team USA men's basketball team
Jack Alexy, Morristown - Won gold with Team USA in men's 4x100m freestyle relay swimming and silver with Team USA in men's 4100m medley relay swimming Swimming
Jackie Dubrovich, Riverdale - Won gold with Team USA in women's foil team fencing
Nic Fink, Morristown - Won gold with Team USA in mixed 4x100m medley relay swimming, silver with Team USA in men's 4x100m medley relay swimming and silver in men's 100m breaststroke swimming
Get updates delivered to you daily. Free and customizable.
It’s essential to note our commitment to transparency:
Our Terms of Use acknowledge that our services may not always be error-free, and our Community Standards emphasize our discretion in enforcing policies. As a platform hosting over 100,000 pieces of content published daily, we cannot pre-vet content, but we strive to foster a dynamic environment for free expression and robust discourse through safety guardrails of human and AI moderation.
Comments / 0