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    Here are the Georgia athletes who won medals at the Paris Olympics

    By Madison Auchincloss,

    1 day ago

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    The 2024 Paris Olympics wrapped up on Sunday. Here is a look at athletes from Georgia who medaled during the two weeks of the Games.

    Vincent Hancock

    Sport : Shooting

    Georgia Connection : From Eatonton

    Medal won : Hancock won gold in men’s skeet shooting, becoming only the sixth man to win four gold medals in the same event. He also claimed silver in mixed skeet shooting with student Austen Smith.

    The Sun Belt conference celebrates Hancock’s historic win. Credit: @SunBelt on X

    Nic Fink

    Sport : Swimming

    Georgia Connection : UGA and Georgia Tech graduate

    Medals won : Fink tied for silver in the men’s 100m breaststroke and won another silver in the men’s 4 x 400 medley relay. He also won gold in the 4 x 100m mixed relay which also set a new world record.

    Fink swam the breaststroke leg for the 4 x 100 medley relay. Credit: @USASwimming

    Brooks Curry

    Sport : Swimming

    Georgia Connection : From Dunwoody

    Medals won : Silver in men’s 4 x 200m freestyle relay after swimming in the qualifying rounds for Team USA.

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    Brody Malone

    Sport : Men’s gymnastics

    Georgia Connection : Graduated from Trion High School

    Medals won : Malone was part of the team that claimed the US’s first medal in men’s gymnastics in 16 years, taking home bronze.

    Malone poses with teammate Asher Hong and other Stanford students with his bronze medal. Credit: @StanfordWGym on X.

    Alex “Spiff” Sedrick

    Sport : Rugby Sevens

    Georgia Connection : Graduated from Marietta’s Life University

    Medals won : Sedrick was the hero of Team USA’s bronze medal match against Australia, running the ball all the way back on a last-minute try to put the US over the top and claim the US’s first-ever medal in rugby sevens.

    The final try for Team USA. Credit: @NBCOlympics on X

    Hampton Morris

    Sport : Weightlifting, 61kg

    Georgia Connection : From Marietta

    Medals won : Morris became the first US men’s weightlifter to medal at the Olympics since the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. He clean-and-jerked a total of 298 pounds to claim bronze. Morris also made an attempt at the world record of 392 pounds but came up just short.

    Hampton Morris won bronze in men’s 61kg weightlifting. Credit: @Olympics on X

    Nevin Harrison

    Sport : Canoe Sprint

    Georgia Connection : Trains in Lake Lanier

    Medal : Harrison won silver in the women’s 200m canoe sprint in a photo finish with Canadian Katie Vincent. She is now a gold and silver medalist after winning gold in Tokyo three years ago.

    Nevin Harrison won silver in the women’s 200m canoe sprint. Credit: @NBCOlympics on X

    Júlia Bergmann

    Sport : Volleyball

    Georgia Connection : Georgia Tech alumnae

    Medal : Bergmann won bronze with Brazil as they defeated Türkiye 3 sets to one.

    Post representing Bergmann in her Georgia Tech uniform and in her Brazilian one. Credit: @AvidVolley on X

    Rhyne Howard and Dearica Hamby

    Sport : Women’s 3×3 basketball

    Georgia Connection : Howard plays for the Atlanta Dream while Hamby attended Norcross High School

    Medals won : After a heartbreaking overtime loss to Spain in the semifinals, the US Women’s 3×3 basketball team defeated Canada to win bronze. Howard became the third Dream player on the current roster to win an Olympic medal. Hamby, who was selected as a replacement initially, put the US in the lead with 77 seconds remaining .

    Rhyne Howard poses with her bronze medal. Credit: @usab3x3 on X
    Dearica Hamby and her daughter Amaya celebrate Hamby’s medal. Credit: @usab3x3

    Jasmine Moore

    Sport : Long jump, triple jump

    Georgia Connection : Spent two years at UGA

    Medals won : Moore won bronze in both the women’s triple jump and the women’s long jump, becoming the first American woman to ever medal in both after becoming the first American woman to compete in both.

    Graphic celebrating Moore’s achievement. Credit: @TeamUSA on X

    Tara Davis-Woodhall

    Sport : Long Jump

    Georgia Connection : Competed one season at UGA

    Medals won : Davis-Woodhall won gold in the long jump and celebrated with a sand angel.

    Katie Moon

    Sport : Pole Vault

    Georgia Connection : Lives in Powder Springs

    Medals won : Moon failed to defend her gold medal from Tokyo in Paris, but still claimed silver after a series of excellent jumps from Australian Nina Kennedy.

    Katie Moon claimed Olympic silver in pole vault. Credit: @usatf on X

    Gabby Thomas

    Sport : Running

    Georgia Connection : Attended Pace Academy in elementary school before her family moved to Massachusetts.

    Medals won : Thomas had a dream Olympics. First, the Harvard graduate claimed gold in the women’s 200m . She followed it up with a gold in the women’s 4 x 100m relay and ended with gold in the women’s 4 x 400m relay.

    Gabby Thomas’s gold medal 200m run. Credit: @TeamUSA on X

    Daniel Roberts

    Sport : Running

    Georgia Connection : Graduate of Hampton High School

    Medals won : Roberts won a surprise silver in the men’s 110m hurdles. The US went one-two in the race as Grant Holloway claimed gold.

    The men’s 110m final. Credit: @BleacherReport on X

    Chris Bailey

    Sport : Running

    Georgia Connection : Bailey is an Atlanta native and a Carver High School alumnae

    Medal : Bailey placed sixth in the men’s 400m final, but got his redemption in the men’s 4x400m final. He ran the first leg which set the US on a path to gold.

    Bailey (left) poses with his teammates after winning the relay. Credit: @OfficialGHSA on X

    Bogdan Bogdanović

    Sport : Men’s 5×5 basketball

    Georgia Connection : Plays for the Atlanta Hawks

    Medals won : Bogdanović, a shooting guard for the Hawks, won bronze with Serbia in a 93-83 win over Germany.

    Bogdanović was a leader in Serbia’s win. Credit: @NBCSports

    Anthony Edwards

    Sport : Men’s 5×5 basketball

    Georgia Connection : Atlanta native who attended Therrell High School, Holy Spirit Prep and UGA

    Medals won : Edwards won gold with the US men’s baskeball team as they defeated France to claim Team USA’s fifth straight gold.

    Anthony Edwards poses with his gold medal. Credit: @usabasketball on X

    Emily Sonnett, Jane Campbell and Croix Bethune

    Sport : Women’s soccer

    Georgia Connection : Sonnet is a Marietta native who attended Fellowship Christian. Campbell is from Kennesaw and attended the Darlington School and Bethune is a UGA All-American from Alpharetta.

    Medals won : Sonnett came off the bench in the second half to help the US defend their one goal lead which eventually won them gold. Campbell was a reserve goalkeeper behind Alyssa Naeher and Bethune was there as an alternate on the veteran US team. The team won gold as they defeated Brazil 1-0.

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