University of Houston Athletics

Olympians | Medalists |  By Country

A total of 68 current or former Cougars from 19 different countries have participated in the Olympics. Houston has had at least one representative in each of the last 16 Summer Games. The largest contingent of Cougars to participate in a single Olympics was 22 in 1984.

Cougars have collected a total of 41 medals all-time, including 20 golds, 13 silver and eight bronze. UH's most decorated Olympian is Carl Lewis, who won 10 total medals (nine golds, one bronze) from 1984-96 for the United States in track and field. Twenty-four student-athletes have presented the United States at the Olympics.

YEAR	NAME	SPORT	COUNTRY	MEDAL
2020 Tokyo	Brianne Bethel	Track & Field	Bahamas
	Mario Burke	Track & Field	Barbados
	Tristan Evelyn	Track & Field	Barbados
	Shaun Maswanganyi	Track & Field	South Africa
	Micaela Bouter	Diving	South Africa
2018 Pyeongchang (Winter)	Seun Adigun	Women's Bobsled	Nigeria
	Ngozi Onwumere	Women's Bobsled	Nigeria
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Tania Cagnotto	Diving	Italy	Silver (3m synchronized diving) Bronze (3m diving)
	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (Coach)	Track & Field	Bahamas
	Jane Figueiredo (Coach)	Diving	Great Britain
2012 London	Seun Adigun	Track & Field	Nigeria
	Jane Figueiredo (Coach)	Diving	Russia
	Errol Nolan	Track & Field	Jamaica
2008 Beijing	Tania Cagnotto	Diving	Italy
	Jane Figueiredo (Coach)	Diving	Russia
	Yulia Pakhalina	Diving	Russia	Silver (3M diving) Silver (3M synchronized diving)
	Anastasia Pozdinakova	Diving	Russia	Silver (3M synchronized diving)
2004 Athens	Tania Cagnotto	Diving	Italy
	Dennis Darling	Track & Field	Bahamas
	Jane Figueiredo (Coach)	Diving	Italy
	Yulia Pakhalina	Diving	Russia	Silver (3M synchronized diving) Bronze (3M diving)
2000 Sydney	Azul Almazan	Diving	Mexico
	Dawn Burrell	Track & Field	USA
	Tania Cagnotto	Diving	Italy
	Michelle Collins	Track & Field	USA
	Jane Figueiredo (Coach)	Diving	Russia
	Sandra Glover	Track & Field	USA
	Yulia Pakhalina	Diving	Russia	Gold (3m synchronized diving)
1996 Atlanta	Doug Campbell (Coach)	Swimming	Great Britain
	Dennis Darling	Track & Field	Bahamas
	Jane Figueiredo (Coach)	Diving	Great Britain
	Carl Lewis	Track & Field	USA	Gold (Long Jump)
	Hakeem Olajuwon	Men's Basketball	USA	Gold
	Dave Parrington (Coach)	Diving	Zimbabwe
	Frank Rutherford	Track & Field	Bahamas
	Lamont Smith	Track & Field	USA	Gold (4x100 relay)
	Michelle Smith	Swimming	Ireland	Gold (400m freestyle) Gold (200m IM) Gold (400m IM) Bronze (200m butterfly)
1992 Barcelona	Leroy Burrell	Track & Field	USA	Gold (4x100 relay)
	Kym Carter	Track & Field	USA
	Doug Campbell (Coach)	Swimming	Great Britain
	David Diaz	Men's Basketball	Colombia
	Clyde Drexler	Men's Basketball	USA	Gold
	Rolando Ferreira	Men's Basketball	Brazil
	Phill Hansel (Coach)	Swimming	Singapore/USA
	Carl Herrera	Men's Basketball	Venezuela
	Carl Lewis	Track & Field	USA	Gold (long jump) Gold (4x100m relay)
	Sigrid Niehaus	Swimming	Costa Rica
	Paola Penarrieta	Swimming	Bolivia
	Frank Rutherford	Track & Field	Bahamas	Bronze (triple jump)
	Tom Tellez (Coach)	Track & Field	USA
	Mark Witherspoon	Track & Field	USA
1988 Seoul	Siong Ang	Swimming	Singapore
	Joe Deloach	Track & Field	USA	Gold (200m)
	Rolando Ferreira	Basketball	Brazil
	Phill Hansel (Coach)	Swimming	Singapore
	Patty Kohlmann	Swimming	Mexico
	Carl Lewis	Track & Field	USA	Gold (100m) Gold (long jump) Gold (4x100 relay) Silver (200m)
	Carol Lewis	Track & Field	USA
	David Lim	Swimming	Singapore
	Frank Rutherford	Track & Field	Bahamas
	Brian Stanton	Track & Field	USA
	Tom Tellez (Coach)	Track & Field	USA
1984 Los Angeles	Siong Ang	Swimming	Singapore
	Kirk Baptiste	Track & Field	USA	Gold (200m)
	Rita Crockett	Volleyball	USA	Silver
	Jane Figueiredo	Diving	Portugal
	Nicola Fibbens	Swimming	Great Britain
	Charlotta Fink	Swimming	Hong Kong
	Phill Hansel (Coach)	Swimming	USA Singapore
	Phil Hubble	Swimming	Great Britain
	Flo Hyman	Volleyball	USA	Silver
	Patty Kohlmann	Swimming	Mexico
	Carl Lewis	Track & Field	USA	Gold (100m) Gold (200m) Gold (4x100 relay) Gold (long jump)
	Carol Lewis	Track & Field	USA
	David Lim	Swimming	Singapore
	Rose Magers	Volleyball	USA	Silver
	Steve Poulter	Swimming	Great Britain
	Teresa Rivera	Swimming	Mexico
	Beverley Rose	Swimming	Great Britain
	Lyndon Sands	Track & Field	Bahamas
	Tom Tellez (Coach)	Track & Field	USA
	Antonette Wilken	Diving	Zimbabwe
1980 Moscow	Doug Campbell	Swimming	Great Britain
	Simon Gray	Swimming	Great Britain
	Debbie Hill	Swimming	Zimbabwe
	Phil Hubble	Swimming	Great Britain	Silver (200m butterfly)
	Greg Illorson	Track & Field	Cameroon
	Kevin Lee	Swimming	Great Britain
	Carl Lewis	Track & Field	USA
	Carol Lewis	Track & Field	USA
	David Lowe	Swimming	Great Britain	Bronze (400m freestyle relay)
	Phil Osborne	Swimming	Great Britain
	Dave Parrington	Diving	Great Britain
	Steve Poulter	Swimming	Great Britain
	Teresa Rivera	Swimming	Mexico
	Tom Tellez (Coach) #	Track & Field	USA
	Antonette Wilken	Diving	Zimbabwe
1976 Montreal	Peter Dawson	Swimming	Australia
	Debbie Hill	Swimming	Great Britain
	Anne Jardin	Swimming	Canada	Bronze (4x100 freestyle relay) Bronze (4x100 medley relay)
1972 Munich	Leonard Hilton	Track & Field	USA
	Dwight Jones	Men's Basketball	USA	Gold
1968 Mexico City	Ken Spain	Men's Basketball	USA	Gold
1964 Tokyo	Olan Cassell	Track & Field	USA	Gold (4x100 relay)
1960 Rome	Al Lawrence	Track & Field	Australia
1956 Melbourne	Carin Cone	Swimming	USA	Silver (100m backstroke)
	Al Lawrence	Track & Field	Australia	Bronze (10,000m)
	John Parrington	Track & Field	Canada