Mahesh Bhupathi • Team India • Men's Tennis • Doubles
Years at Ole Miss: 1994-95
Hometown: Madris, India
Olympiads: 5 (1996, 2000, '04, '08, '12)

Career Notes
Olympedia Bio
• 5x Olympian
• Ole Miss M-Club Hall of Fame Class of 2017
• ITA Collegiate Hall of Fame Class of 2010
• Creator of the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL), which debuted in 2014
• 12-time Grand Slam Champion (8x Mixed Doubles, 4x Doubles)
• Earned nearly $7 million in 18 years on ATP Tour, capturing 52 total doubles titles
• Alongside doubles partner Leander Paes, became first duo in the modern era to reach the finals of all four Grand Slams in a calendar year
• 1995 NCAA doubles champion alongside Ali Hamadeh
• 1995 SEC Player of the Year
• 1995 SEC singles champion
• Finished 1995 season ranked No. 3 in the nation
• 1994 ITA Rookie of the Year

1996, Atlanta • Men's Doubles (1-1)
• Partner: Leander Paes
• First Round: defeated China, 2-1
• Second Round: lost to Australia, 2-1

2000, Sydney • Men's Doubles (1-1)
• Partner: Leander Paes
• First Round: defeated Romania, 2-0
• Second Round: lost to Australia, 2-0

2004, Athens • Men's Doubles (3-2) • 4th Place
• Partner: Leander Paes
• First Round: defeated the United States' second team, 2-0
• Second Round: defeated Switzerland, 2-0
• Quarterfinals: defeated Zimbabwe, 2-0
• Semifinals: lost to silver medalists Germany, 2-0
• Finals: lost to bronze medalists Croatia, 2-1

2008, Beijing • Men's Doubles (1-1)
• Partner: Leander Paes
• First Round: defeated France's first team, 2-0
• Second Round: defeated Brazil, 2-0
• Quarterfinals: lost to Switzerland, 2-0

2012, London • Men's Doubles (1-1)
• Partner: Rohan Bopanna
• First Round: defeated Belarus, 2-1
• Second Round: lost to France, 2-0

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Van Chancellor • Team USA • Women's Basketball • Head Coach
Years at Ole Miss: 1978-97 (Head Coach)
Alma Mater: Mississippi State (1965)
Hometown: Louisville, Miss.
Olympiads: 1 (2004)

Career Notes
• Olympic gold medalist as head coach in 2004
• Naismith Hall of Fame Class of 2007
• Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2001
• Perfect 38-0 record as head coach of the U.S. national team (2002 Opals World Challenge, 2002 FIBA World Championships, 2004 Olympics)
• 4x WNBA Champion with the Houston Comets, the first four titles in WNBA history in 1997, '98, '99 and 2000
• 3x WNBA Coach of the Year
• 211-111 (.655) WNBA coaching record; winningest coach in WNBA history
• 1998 Houston Comets holds record for highest winning percentage in the history of both the NBA and WNBA (.900)
• Career collegiate coaching record of 530-195 (.731); went 91-41 (.689) in four seasons at LSU from 2007-2011
• 439-154 (.740) record at Ole Miss, which included 14 trips to the NCAA Tournament, nine Sweet 16's and four Elite Eights
• 1991-92 National Coach of the Year

2004, Athens • Head Coach • Gold Medal (8-0)
• Final Round: USA 74, Australia 63
• Semifinals: USA 66, Russia 62
• Quarterfinals: USA 102, Greece 72

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Tony Dees • Team USA • Men's Track & Field • 110-Meter Hurdles
Years at Ole Miss: 1982-85
Hometown: Pascagoula, Miss.
Olympiads: 1 (1992)

Career Notes
Olympedia Bio
• Olympic silver medalist in 1992
• Ole Miss M-Club Hall of Fame Class of 2004
• Pascagoula Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2015
• 4x World Championship qualifier (2x medalist)
• 1990 Goodwill Games silver medalist
• 4x U.S. Outdoor medalist
• 3x All-American
• 3x NCAA qualifier
• 4x SEC Champion
• 3x SEC Runner-Up
• 1984 SEC Indoor Cliff Harper Trophy Award Winner (18 points)
• Scored 80 career SEC points, was Ole Miss record until 2010
• Still holds Ole Miss record for most SEC points scored in a year (43, 1984)
• 2x Drake Relays Champions
• Still holds Ole Miss indoor record in the 55-meter hurdles (7.14)
• Once held Ole Miss outdoor records in 100-meter (10.31), 200-meter (20.54), 110-meter hurdles (13.65), 4x100-meter relay (39.74)
• Once held Ole Miss indoor record in 55-meter (6.23)

1992, Barcelona • Silver Medal
Final Replay
• Final: 13.24 (2nd)
• Semifinal: 13.31 (3rd)
• Quarterfinal: 13.31 (1st)
• First Round: 13.38 (1st)

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Mario Garcia Romo • Team Spain • Men's Track & Field • 1500-Meter
Years at Ole Miss: 2018-22
Hometown: Salamanca, Spain
Olympiads: 1 (2024)

Career Notes
• 1x Olympian (2024, Paris)
• 3x World finalist
• 3x World Championships qualifier
• Finished fourth in the 2022 World Outdoor 1500-meter final in Oregon at an all-dates collegiate record 3:30.20, his first major international meet following his Ole Miss career
• Third all-time in Spanish history at his 2023 PR of 3:29.18 from the Oslo Diamond League meet
• Owns Spain's national record in the mile at 3:47.69 from the 2023 Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon
• 4x Spanish national medalist in the 1500-meter, including a gold in 2022
• 2022 European Championships bronze medalist (1500-meter)
• 2021 European U23 Championships silver medalist (1500-meter)
• 2022 NCAA Indoor Champion (mile)
• First Ole Miss NCAA mile champion, first individual national title on the track by a Rebel since 2005 (Antwon Hicks, 60-meter hurdles)
• 2x NCAA Runner-Up (2022 Outdoor, 1500-meter; 2021 Indoor, DMR)
• Ran anchor on what was then the second-fastest distance medley relay in collegiate history and fourth-fastest in world history at the 2021 NCAA Indoor Championships (9:20.75)
• 6x First-Team All-American
• 5x NCAA qualifier
• 3x NCAA East Region qualifier
• 30.25 career NCAA points scored
• 5x SEC Champion
• 42.5 career SEC points scored
• 2022 SEC Indoor Men's Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• 2020 NCAA Cross Country All-American
• 2020 SEC Cross Country Champion
• 2020 SEC Cross Country Runner of the Year
• 2019 SEC Indoor Freshman Runner of the Year
• Set Ole Miss records in the mile (3:53.36, 2022), 3K (7:47.56, 2022) and distance medley relay (9:20.75, 2021)
• Ran anchor on two winning teams at the 2022 Penn Relays, splitting 3:58.36 on the mile leg of an Ole Miss record 9:29.45 DMR team (No. 11 NCAA history) and 1:47.91 on a 7:13.71 school record 4x800-meter relay squad (No. 9 NCAA history)
• Finished sixth in the 2022 Wanamaker Mile indoors, was lone collegian in the field

2024, Paris
• Finished 10th in Heat 1, 33rd overall in 1500-meter first round qualifying at 3:37.90
• Finished 11th in Heat 1, 22nd overall in the 1500-meter repechage round at 3:37.01

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Jennifer Gillom • Team USA • Women's Basketball • Player (1988) • Assistant Coach (2012)
Years at Ole Miss: 1983-86
Hometown: Abbeville, Miss.
Olympiads: 2 (1988, 2012)

Career Notes
Olympedia Bio
• 2x Olympic gold medalist
• Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2009
• Ole Miss M-Club Hall of Fame Class of 1999
• Part of the first WNBA initial allocation draft in 1997
• Played for Phoenix Mercury from 1997-2002 and the LA Sparks in 2003
• 1999 WNBA All-Star
• 1998 All-WNBA First Team
• 1997 All-WNBA Second Team
• Head coach of the Minnesota Lynx (2009) and LA Sparks (2010-11)
• Played for Team USA on 2002 FIBA World Championship gold medal team under Van Chancellor
• Played for Team USA on 1987 Pan American Games gold medal team
• Played for Team USA on 1985 World University Games gold medal team
• Also an assistant coach for Team USA on 2010 FIBA World Championship gold medal team
• 2,186 points and 955 rebounds in Ole Miss career
• Alongside her sister, Jennifer, namesake of the Gillom Sports Center and C Spire Gillom Trophy
• 1986 Kodak All-American
• 1986 SEC Athlete of the Year
• 4x First-Team All-SEC
• 2x SEC All-Tournament Team
• 2x NCAA All-Region
• 2x Kodak All-Region
• 1986 Mideast Regional MVP

1988, Seoul • Gold Medal
• Final Round: USA 77, Yugoslavia 70
• Semifinal: USA 102, USSR 88
• Averaged 2.8 PPG

2012, London • Assistant Coach • Gold Medal
Replay
• Final Round: USA 86, France 50
• Semifinal: USA 86, Australia 73
• Quarterfinal: USA 91, Canada 48

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Peggie Gillom • Team USA • Women's Basketball • Assistant Coach
Years at Ole Miss: 1977-80
Hometown: Abbeville, Miss.
Olympiads: 1 (2000)

Career Notes
• Olympic gold medalist as an assistant coach in 2000
• Ole Miss’ all-time leading scorer (2,486 points) and rebounder (1,271)
• Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2013
• Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Board of Directors
• Alongside her sister, Jennifer, namesake of the Gillom Sports Center and C Spire Gillom Trophy
• Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Class of 1997
• Ole Miss M-Club Hall of Fame Class of 1996
• Part of first WNBA Championship title team with Houston Comets in 1997 as an assistant coach
• Head Coach at Texas A&M from 1998-2003
• Assistant coach on U.S. Pan-American bronze medal team in 1999
• Finalist for Wade Trophy in 1980
• SEC All-Tournament in 1980
• 2x Kodak All-American (1979, '80)
• 2x Kodak All-Region (1979, '80)

2000, Sydney • Assistant Coach • Gold Medal
• Final Round: USA 76, Australia 54
• Semifinal: USA 78, South Korea 65
• Quarterfinal: USA 58, Slovakia 43

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Audrey Gogniat • Team Switzerland • Women’s Rifle • 10m Air Rifle
Years at Ole Miss: 2024-pres.
Hometown: Le Noirmont, Juno, Switzerland
Olympiads: 1 (2024)

Career Notes
• Olympic bronze medalist in 2024
• Ranked as high as the No. 4 10m air rifle shooter in the world
• Earned a medal in consecutive years at the European Championships (silver in 2023, bronze in 2024)
• Youngest woman to secure an Olympic medal in rifle in Team Switzerland history
• Five top-10 finishes in European Championship competitions
• Eight top-20 finishes in various ISSF national competitions

2024, Paris • 10m Air Rifle • Bronze Medal
• Won bronze medal with a final round score of 230.3
• Passed the qualification round with the third-highest score (632.6)

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Alvin Haynes • Team Barbados • Men's Track & Field • Triple Jump
Years at Ole Miss: 1989-92
Hometown: Maxwell, Barbados
Olympiads: 1 (1992)

Career Notes
Olympedia Bio
• 2x All-American
• 2x SEC Champion
• 2x SEC Runner-Up
• Still holds Ole Miss record in the outdoor triple jump 16.69m (54-09.25)
• Scored 56 total SEC points in his career

1992, Barcelona
• Finished 32nd in qualifying at 15.93m (52-03.25)

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Antwon Hicks • Team Nigeria • Men's Track & Field • 110-Meter Hurdles
Years at Ole Miss: 2002-05
Hometown: Hot Springs, Ark.
Olympiads: 1 (2016)

Career Notes
Olympedia Bio
• Ole Miss M-Club Hall of Fame Class of 2017
• 2x NCAA Champion in the indoor 60-meter hurdles (2004, '05)
• 2005 NCAA Outdoor runner-up in the 110-meter hurdles
• 6x All-American
• 2005 SEC Indoor Champion in the 60-meter hurdles
• 2004 SEC Outdoor runner-up in the 110-meter hurdles
• 2002 World Junior gold medalist in the 110-meter hurdles, the first American to do so in the hurdles
• Still holds both the indoor 60-meter hurdles (7.61) and outdoor 110-meter hurdles (13.35) records at Ole Miss

2016, Rio
• Advanced to semifinal after running 13.70 in Heat One of the qualifying
• Finished seventh in the fourth semifinal heat at 14.26

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Allan Ince • Team Barbados • Men's Track & Field • 400-Meter Hurdles • 4x400-Meter Relay
Years at Ole Miss: 1987-91
Hometown: Christ Church, Barbados
Olympiads: 1 (1988)

Career Notes
Olympedia Bio
• 2x SEC runner-up in the 400-meter hurdles
• At one point held Ole Miss record in the 400-meter hurdles (50.86)

1988, Seoul
• Finished sixth in Heat Three of qualifying in the 400-meter hurdles at 52.76
• Ran on Barbados' 4x400-meter relay that finished fifth in Heat One of qualifying at 3:06.03, and then fifth in Heat One of the semifinal at 3:06.93

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Sam Kendricks • Team USA • Men's Track & Field • Pole Vault
Years at Ole Miss: 2012-14
Hometown: Oxford, Miss.
Olympiads: 3 (2016, '21, '24)

Career Notes
Olympedia Bio
• 3x Olympian
• 2x Olympic medalist (2024, silver; 2016, bronze)
• First Rebel men's athlete to win multiple Olympic medals
• Second Rebel men's athlete to win a silver medal (Tony Dees, 1992, 110-meter hurdles, Team USA)
• First Rebel men's athlete in department history to make Team USA multiple times (regardless of sport)
• First men's athlete in Ole Miss track & field history to qualify for multiple Olympiads
• Ranks second in U.S. history in the pole vault outdoors (6.06m/19-10.50, 2019) and third indoors (6.01m/19-08.50, 2020)
• Tied for fifth in world history
• 2x World Outdoor champion in the pole vault; became one of only two men in history to repeat alongside former world record holder Sergey Bubka
• Won 2019 World title over world record holder, Mondo Duplantis
• 5x World Championships medalist (2x gold)
• 6x World Championships qualifier
• 11x U.S. Champion (7 outdoors, 4 indoors)
• First American to ever win six straight U.S. outdoor men's pole vault titles (2014-19)
• 2x NCAA Champion (2013, '14 outdoor)
• 2014 NCAA Indoor Runner-Up
• 5x All-American
• 2x SEC Champion
• 2013 World University Games Gold Medalist
• 2014 SEC Indoor Men's Field Athlete of the Year
• 18x IAAF Diamond League champion
• 2017 USATF Jesse Owens Athlete of the Year
• 22nd member of the six-meter club

2016, Rio • Bronze Medal
Event Replay
• Took bronze in highly competitive pole vault final at 5.85m (19-02.25)
• Gold medalist Thiago Braz won on an Olympic record height of 6.03m (19-09.25) over former world record holder Renaud Lavillenie (5.98m/19-07.50)
• Competition was delayed by nearly an hour due to rain
• Kendricks, a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve, was caught on camera in a moment that soon went viral, stopping his warmup on the runway to stand at attention for The Star-Spangled Banner

2021, Tokyo • Did Not Compete
• Ruled ineligible due to a positive COVID-19 test

2024, Paris • Silver Medal
• Won pole vault silver medal after first attempt clearance at 5.95m/19-06.25, tying his season-best
• Second career Olympic medal (won bronze in Rio in 2016)
• First Rebel men's athlete to win multiple Olympic medals
• Second Rebel men's athlete to win a silver medal (Tony Dees, 1992, 110-meter hurdles, Team USA)
• Runner-up to gold medalist Mondo Duplantis of Sweden, who broke his own world record at 6.25m/20-6

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Gary Kinder • Team USA • Men's Track & Field • Decathlon
Years at Ole Miss: 1981-82
Hometown: Creve Couer, Mo.
Olympiads: 1 (1988)

Career Notes
Olympedia Bio
• 4x U.S. medalist, 1988 U.S. Champion in the decathlon
• 1982 All-American after finishing 12th in the decathlon
• 1982 SEC Runner-Up in the decathlon
• Still holds Ole Miss record in the decathlon (7,565)

1988, Seoul
• DNF

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McKenzie Long • Team USA • Women's Track & Field • 200-Meter Dash
Years at Ole Miss: 2023-24
Hometown: Ironton, Ohio
Olympiads: 1 (2024)

Career Notes
• 1x Olympian (2024, Paris)
• 1x Olympic finalist (200-meter dash, 7th place, 2024)
• First Rebel woman to make an Olympic final on the track
• Alongside Italy's Sintayehu Vissa, one of the first two women in Ole Miss history to qualify for the Olympics in events on the track
• 2024 U.S. bronze medalist, 200-meter dash
• 2024 Women's Bowerman Award Semifinalist
• 3x NCAA Champion
• Won all three of her career national titles in a 90-minute span on June 8, 2024 in Eugene, Oregon
• One of 15 women in NCAA Division I history to sweep the 100 and 200; one of six women in NCAA Division I history to add on a victory in the 4x100-meter relay
• First Rebel to win an NCAA Outdoor title in an event shorter than 800-meters, men or women
• First Rebel woman to win an NCAA title, indoors or outdoors, in an event shorter than 1500-meters
• First Rebel to win two national titles in the same meet, let alone three, let alone on the same day
• One of four Rebels to ever win multiple national titles in the same season, only the second Rebel woman to do so alongside four-time Olympian Brittney Reese (indoor/outdoor long jump, 2008)
• NCAA-winning 200-meter time of 21.83 (+1.0) ranked second in collegiate history, No. 10 in U.S. history and No. 24 in World history
• Only woman in collegiate history to record multiple wind-legal sub-22 second times in the 200 (within the collegiate season)
• NCAA semifinal 100-meter time of 10.91 (+0.0) tied for 10th in collegiate history
• Ran second leg on Ole Miss' winning 4x1 team; ran 42.22 in the semifinal to rank the Rebels No. 5 in collegiate history
• Scored 22.5 of Ole Miss' 38 meet points outdoors in 2024 en route to a record fifth-place team finish
• 2x NCAA Runner-Up
• 8x All-American (7x First-Team)
• 45.5 career NCAA points scored
• Part of four top-25 NCAA team finishes in as many career tries with the Rebels
• 9x NCAA qualifier (all at Ole Miss)
• 9x NCAA East Region qualifier
• 2x SEC Champion (200-meter, 2023 & 2024)
• 2x First-Team All-SEC
• 2x Second-Team All-SEC
• 6x SEC medalist
• 47.5 career SEC points scored
• 2024 SEC Indoor Women's Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• First repeat SEC champion in the women's 200-meter dash since LSU's Kimberlyn Duncan, who won three in a row from 2011-13
• Ran on each of the six fastest 4x1 times in Ole Miss history, as well as seven of the top-nine and eight of the top-10
• USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (May 13, 2024)
• SEC Women's Runner of the Week (April 30, 2024)
• First Rebel woman to ever attempt the 100/200/4x1 triple at NCAAs (did so twice)
• Ended career with six Ole Miss records: indoor 60-meter (7.10), indoor 200-meter (22.48), indoor 300-meter (37.38), outdoor 100-meter all-conditions (10.80/+3.5), outdoor 100-meter wind-legal (10.91/+0.0), outdoor 200-meter (21.83/+1.0), outdoor 4x100-meter relay (42.22)
• 2x USTFCCCA All-Academic
• Finished her master's in criminal justice at Ole Miss in 2023; working toward her second master's in public health in 2024
• Graduated from NC State in 2022 with a bachelor's in psychology and communications

2024, Paris • 7th Place
• Finished 7th in the women's 200-meter dash final at 22.42 (-0.6)
• First Ole Miss women's athlete to make an Olympic final on the track
• 3rd in Semifinal 1, 6th overall at 22.30 (+0.0); earned one of two time qualifier spots to the final
• Won Heat 4 of first round qualifying, finished 8th overall at 22.55 (+0.0) to earn an AQ to the semifinals

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Shu Ohba • Team Japan • Women's Soccer (Alternate)
Years at Ole Miss: 2023-
Hometown: Fujisawa, Japan
Olympiads: 1 (2024)

Career Notes
• 2023 All-SEC Second Team Goalkeeper
• 2023 United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region
• Led the SEC in saves and saves per game in 2023
• 2x SEC Defensive Player of the Week
• 2024 SheBelieves Cup with Team Japan
• 2023 Asian Games with Team Japan
• 2022 U-20 FIFA Women’s World Cup with Team Japan
• Played two seasons at East Tennessee
• 2022 SoCon Player of the Year
• 2021 SoCon Freshman of the Year

2024, Paris
• Named an alternate goalkeeper for Japan's national team
• Part of Japan team that advanced to the quarterfinal round
• Made roster as substitute goalkeeper in quarterfinal loss to the United States

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Anthony Perez • Team Venezuela • Men's Basketball
Years at Ole Miss: 2013-16
Hometown: Cumana, Venezuela
Olympiads: 1 (2016)

Career Notes
Olympedia Bio
• Played in 120 games with 33 starts in four-year Ole Miss career
• Played on Ole Miss 2013 SEC Tournament Championship team
• Led Ole Miss in three-point shooting in 2016 (.395)

2016, Rio
• Averaged 5.8 points in five games played
• Scored 12 points in final game vs. Australia

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Connie Price-Smith • Team USA • Women's Track & Field • Athlete (1988, '92, '96, 2000) • Assistant Coach (2008, '12) • Head Coach (2016)
Years at Ole Miss: 2015-Present
Alma Mater: Southern Illinois (1985)
Hometown: St. Charles, Mo.
Olympiads: 7 (1988, '92, '96, 2000, '08, '12, '16)

Career Notes
Olympedia Bio
• 4x Olympian
• Ended her career as one of only 14 female athletes and one of only 30 US athletes of either gender ever to compete in four Olympiads
• 5x time Olympic Trials champion (three shot put titles, two discus titles)
• 25x U.S. Champion (18 outdoor, seven indoor)
• Won every U.S. shot put title from 1992-99
• Made every U.S. team for 15 years from her first season in 1987
• Ended career with more national titles in the throws than any woman in U.S. history (25)
• Set the USATF National Outdoor meet record in the shot put (19.60m/64-03.75)
• In 1992, became the first woman to win both the shot put and discus at the Olympic Trials in 32 years (1960, Earlene Brown)
• No thrower has doubled at the Olympic trials since
• First woman to double (win both SP and DT) at national meet in 30 years; did so three times (1990, 1993, 1994)
• Best female doubler in U.S. history, 15th-best ever in the world
• First American woman to be world-ranked in six consecutive seasons
• Seven-time international medalist (Pan-American Games (4x), IAAF World Championships (1x), IAAF World Cup (1x), Goodwill Games (1x))
• 12-time IAAF World Championship qualifier
• 1995 silver medalist at the IAAF Indoor World Championships (shot put)
• 1995 WC medal was and is the highest medal for an American woman ever in the shot put; first since 1960 (Earlene Brown)
• Only American thrower to ever make seven Grand Prix Finals
• In the shot put, made 76 throws over 19 meters (62-05.00) and five over 64 feet
• In the discus, made 48 throws over 200 feet and nine over 210 feet
• Shot put personal best: 19.60m (64-03.75); was No. 2 in U.S. history at the time, still ranks No. 8
• Discus personal best: 64.82m (212-08)
• Has been on nine different Team USA coaching staffs, serving as the women's head coach for the 2016 Olympics (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), 2011 World Championships (Daegu, South Korea), 2013 World University Games (Kazan, Russia) and the 2007 Pan American Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). Also served as a Team USA assistant at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Olympics, as well as the 2004 World Junior Championships (Grosseto, Italy) 2005 World Indoor Championships (Budapest, Hungary) and 2006 World Cup (Athens)
• In collegiate coaching career between Southern Illinois (2002-15) and Ole Miss (2016-Present), has won 22 NCAA individual titles, coached 223 total All-Americans
• 2019 USTFCCCA Jimmy Carnes Distinguished Service Award winner
• Served as USTFCCCA Division I Track & Field President from 2017-19
• Currently serves on the USA Track & Field Women's Executive Committee and the USATF Women's Commission
• USATF Hall of Fame Class of 2016
• St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2014
• MVC Hall of Fame Class of 2012
• Drake Relays Hall of Fame Class of 2003

1988, Seoul • Shot Put, Discus
• Finished 16th in disucs qualifying at 57.04m (187-01)
• Finished 18th in shot put qualifying at 17.09m (56-01.00)

1992, Barcelona • Discus
• Finished 20th in discus qualifying at 58.66m (192-05)

1996, Atlanta • Shot Put, 5th Place
• Finished fifth in the women's shot put final at 19.22m (63-00.75), longest throw ever by an American at the Olympics
• Highest finish by an American woman at that point since Earlene Brown won bronze in 1960

2000, Sydney • Shot Put
• Finished 16th in shot put qualifying at 17.42m (57-02.00)

2008, Beijing • Assistant Coach
• Helped coach Stephanie Brown-Trafton to gold in the discus, the first American thrower to win a women's gold medal since 1932

2012, London • Assistant Coach
• Helped coach Michelle Carter to a fourth place finish in the shot put, the highest finish by an American since Earlene Brown won bronze in 1960

2016, Rio • Head Coach, Women's Track & Field
• Oversaw historic women's team that won 16 medals and six golds
• USA led all medal categories for both genders, the first time that had been done since 1932

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Brittney Reese • Team USA • Women's Track & Field • Long Jump
Years at Ole Miss: 2007-08
Hometown: Gulfport, Miss.
Olympiads: 4 (2008, '12, '16, '21)

Career Notes
Olympedia Bio
• 4x Olympian and 3x Olympic medalist (2012, gold; 2016, silver; 2021, silver)
• Was the third woman in world history to win three Olympic medals in the long jump, joining USA's Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1988 Gold, 1992 Bronze, 1996 Bronze) and Germany's Heike Drechsler (1988 Silver, 1992 Gold, 2000 Gold)
• Was the third American woman to ever make four Olympic long jump finals alongside Willye White (1956, '60, '64, '68, '72) and Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1984, '88, '92, '96)
• Became one of just 16 women to make Team USA four times in track & field
• Was one of just four women in U.S. history to make Team USA four times in the long jump alongside Willye White (1956, '60, '64, '68, '72), Martha Rae Watson (1964, '68, '72, '76) and Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1984, '88, '92, '96)
• First Rebel woman to ever medal at the Olympic Games in track, first Rebel track athlete overall to ever win gold
• 15x member of Team USA
• 11x World Championships qualifier (seven outdoors, four indoors)
• 8x World Championships medalist (seven golds)
• Olympics and World Championships combined, has only missed the global long jump final twice in 15 tries (2015 World Outdoor, Beijing; 2019 World Outdoor, Doha)
• First long jumper from any nation, male or female, to win gold at five consecutive editions of the World Championships (2009 outdoor, 2010 indoor, 2011 outdoor, 2012 indoor, 2013 outdoor)
• 18x U.S. medalist
• 13x U.S. Champion
• 9x U.S. Outdoor champion in the long jump, third-most in U.S. history behind Stella Walsh (11) and Willye White (10)
• Track & Field News' No. 1 U.S. Women's Athlete of the 2010s (No. 4 worldwide)
• Career-best leap of 7.31m/23-11.75 (+1.7) from the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials ranked 3rd in U.S. history, 11th in world history
• 2x NCAA Champion at Ole Miss
• 5x All-American
• 5x SEC Champion
• 4x SEC runner-up
• 3x SEC Women's Field Athlete of the Year
• 2x SEC Commissioner's Trophy winner
• First Rebel to win national athlete of the year, taking USTFCCCA Women's Field Athlete of the Year in 2008
• Still ranks top-10 indoors (6.87m/22-06.50) and outdoors (6.93m/22-09) in NCAA history
• Outdoor mark was the best in NCAA in 31 years at the time

2008, Beijing • 4th Place
• Led all competitors in the qualifying round at 6.87m (22-06.50)
• Originally finished fifth at 6.76m (22-02.25)
• Was moved up to 4th in 2017 following a positive drug test disqualified Russian silver medalist Tatyana Lebedeva

2012, London • Gold Medal
Highlights & Interview
• Entered as the favorite after winning the last four World Championship titles across the indoor and outdoor seasons
• Won gold on her second attempt of 7.12m (23-04.50)
• One of only three Americans to ever win gold in the long jump (Jackie Joyner-Kersee, 1988; Tianna Bartoletta, 2016)
• First American to win gold in the long jump since Jackie Joyner-Kersee in 1988

2016, Rio • Silver Medal
Highlights
• Took the lead in her fifth attempt of 7.09m (23-03.25), but was overtaken by her teammate Tianna Bartoletta with her winning leap of 7.17m (23-06.25)
• Reese improved to 7.15m (23-05.50) to solidify her silver medal slot and give the United States a 1-2 punch atop the podium

2021, Tokyo • Silver Medal
Highlights | Today Show
• Silver medalist at 6.97m/22-10.50 (+0.1)
• Third career Olympic medal, fourth career Olympic final (2012, gold; 2016, silver; 2021, silver)
• Only the third woman in world history to win three Olympic medals in the long jump, joining USA's Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1988 Gold, 1992 Bronze, 1996 Bronze) and Germany's Heike Drechsler (1988 Silver, 1992 Gold, 2000 Gold)
• Was tied with Nigeria's Ese Brume heading into the final round at 6.97m, but Brume held the lead on a better second attempt by one centimeter
• Reese hit a crucial second-best mark improvement to retake the lead while still at her best of 6.97m/22-10.50
• Germany's Malaika Mihambo leapt 7.00m/22-11.75 (+0.1) on her final attempt, and Reese could not match, falling three centimeters shy
• Second-closest medal stand in Olympic history (3cm)
• Third-closest margin of defeat in Olympic history (3cm)

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Ricky Robertson • Team USA • Men's Track & Field • High Jump
Years at Ole Miss: 2010-14
Hometown: Hernando, Miss.
Olympiads: 1 (2016)

Career Notes
Olympedia Bio
• 2016 Olympian in the high jump
• 2x World Championships qualifier
• 2x U.S. Indoor medalist
• Finished fourth at 2018 U.S. Outdoor Championships
• 3x NCAA Runner-Up
• 7x All-American (leads all Rebel men)
• 7x SEC Champion (only athlete to ever win seven SEC high jump titles)
• 2x USTFCCCA South Region Men's Field Athlete of the Year
• 2x SEC Field Athlete of the Year
• 2x SEC Freshman of the Year indoors and outdoors in 2010
• 2x SEC Commissioner's Trophy winner

2016, Rio
• Finished 17th overall, falling two spots shy of qualifying for the final at 2.26m (7-05.00)

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Raven Saunders • Team USA • Women's Track & Field • Shot Put
Years at Ole Miss: 2016-18
Hometown: Charleston, S.C.
Olympiads: 3 (2016, '21, '24)

Career Notes
Olympedia Bio
• 3x Olympian in the women's shot put
• 2021 Olympic silver medalist
• 3x Olympic finalist
• Third American woman to ever medal, and the first to win silver; joned Earlene Brown (1960, Rome; bronze) and Michelle Carter (2016, Rio; gold)
• Fifth Rebel to ever win an Olympic medal regardless of sport
• Joined Brittney Reese as the only Olympic medalists from the Ole Miss women's track & field team
• 2016 Olympic finalist in the shot put (5th place)
• 2017 U.S. Outdoor champion in the shot put
• 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials runner-up at career-best 19.96m/65-06.00, currently No. 8 in U.S. history
• Finished 10th at the 2017 World Outdoor Championships
• 4x NCAA Champion
• 7x All-American
• One of only four women in NCAA history to break 19 meters indoors and the first to do so outdoors
• First woman in NCAA history to break 19 meters twice in the same series
• Broke both collegiate records during her career
• 2017 USTFCCCA Women's Indoor Co-National Field Athlete of the Year
• 2016 Bowerman Award Finalist
• 2015 Pan American junior champion
• 2014 World Junior silver medalist

2016, Rio • 5th Place
• Youngest American to ever make the women's shot put final at 20 years old
• Threw what was then a personal best 19.35m (63-06.00) in the fifth round
• Michelle Carter won on a U.S. record 20.63m (67-08.25), becoming the first American to ever win gold and the first to medal since Earlene Brown won bronze in 1960

2021, Tokyo • Silver Medal
Highlights | Interview | Tokyo Live Interview
• Won silver at 19.79m/64-11.25
• Third American woman to ever medal, and the first to win silver; joined Earlene Brown (1960, Rome; bronze) and Michelle Carter (2016, Rio; gold)
• Fifth Rebel to ever win an Olympic medal regardless of sport
• Joined Brittney Reese as the only Olympic medalists from the Ole Miss women's track & field team
• Was third overall and first in Group A qualifying at 19.22m/63-00.75

2024, Paris • 11th Place
• Finished 11th overall in the women's shot put final at 17.79m/58-04.50
• 7th overall (4th in Qualifying Group B) at 18.62m/61-01.25

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Will Shaner • Team USA • Rifle (10m Air Rifle; 10m Mixed Air Rifle)
Years at Ole Miss: 2023-Present
Alma Mater: Kentucky (2022)
Hometown: Colorado Springs, Colo.
Olympiads: 1 (2021)

Career Notes
Olympedia Bio
• Member of the USA Shooting National Team
• 2022 ISSF World Cup Rio de Janeiro, gold medalist, Men’s Air Rifle Team
• 2021 ISSF World Cup Croatia, gold medalist, Air Rifle
• 2021 ISSF World Cup New Delhi, gold medalist, Men's Air Rifle Team
• 2021 ISSF World Championships Lima, gold medalist, Men’s Air Rifle Junior; Men’s Air Rifle Mixed Team
• 2020 Tokyo Olympics, gold medalist, 10m Air Rifle; 6th, 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
• 2018 World Championships Changwon, bronze medalist, 50m Prone
• World University Games, Italy 2019
• 2018 US National Championships, silver medalist, Men’s Open Air Rifle
• 2018 Junior Olympics, silver medalist in air rifle and smallbore
• 2017 Junior Olympics, silver medalist in air rifle and smallbore
• 2016 US National Junior Air Rifle Champion
• 10x CRCA First Team All-American
• 2x National Champion (team)
• 5x NCAA Qualifier
• 2022 NCAA Individual Smallbore National Champion
• 2022 CRCA Senior Shooter of the Year

2021, Tokyo • Men's 10m Air Rifle (Gold Medal); Mixed Team 10m Air Rifle (6th Place)
• Qualified in both the Men’s 10m Air Rifle and 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
• Advanced to the 10m men’s air rifle final, finishing in third place in qualification with a score of 630.5
• Won the gold medal by firing a 251.6; becoming the first American to win the gold medal in men's air rifle
• Advanced to second stage in mixed team portion with teammate (and Ole Miss alum) Ali Weisz
• Finished fifth in the first stage at 629.7 (shot 316.8 individually)
• Finished sixth in the second stage at 416.8, just 0.3 points shy of making the bronze medal match (shot 210.3 individually)

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Rafaelle Souza • Team Brazil • Women's Soccer
Years at Ole Miss: 2011-13
Hometown: Cipo, Brazil
Olympiads: 3 (2016, '21, '24)

Career Notes
Olympedia Bio
• 3x Olympian
• 2024 Olympic silver medalist
• Captained Team Brazil in the 2023 World Cup
• Captained Team Brazil in the 2022 Copa America Feminina
• Has scored nine goals for Team Brazil in international play
• First Brazilian woman to play for Arsenal (2022-23)
• Became a U.S. citizen in 2024
• Scored a goal in the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup in 5-0 win over Panama
• Selected 10th overall in 2013 by the Houston Dash in the Women's Pro Soccer Draft
• 2013 NSCAA First-Team All-American
• 2013 CoSIDA Academic All-American
• 2x CoSIDA Academic All-District
• 2x NSCAA/USC Scholar All-America selection
• 2x SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• 2x All-SEC
• 2x NSCAA/USC All-Region
• Set what was then the Ole Miss records for career points (108) and goals (44)
• Scored 50 points alone in the 2013 season

2016, Rio • 4th Place
• On Brazilian team that finished fourth overall
• Played in all five matches

2021, Tokyo • Quarterfinals
• On Brazilian team that advanced to quarterfinal stage
• Lost to eventual gold medal winners, Canada, in a 4-3 shootout
• Played and started in all four matches

2024, Paris • Silver Medal
• Won silver medal as key contributor on Brazil's Olympic runner-up national team
• Suffered an injury vs. France in the quarterfinal that limited her availability in the semifinal and gold medal matches

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Savante' Stringfellow • Team USA • Men's Track & Field • High Jump
Years at Ole Miss: 1998-2001
Hometown: Jackson, Miss.
Olympiads: 1 (2000)

Career Notes
Olympedia Bio
• Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2024
• Ole Miss M-Club Hall of Fame Class of 2007
• 2001 World Championships silver medalist in the long jump
• 2x World Championships qualifier outdoors (1999, 2001)
• Finalist at 1999 Pan-American Games (8th place)
• On Team USA for the 2001 Goodwill Games
• 7x U.S. medalist (four outdoors, three indoors)
• 4x U.S. Champion; two outdoors (2001, 2002), two indoors (2000, 2004)
• First Rebel to ever win three NCAA titles, all in the long jump (2000 outdoor, 2001 indoor and outdoor)
• 6x All-American (most by a Rebel at the time)
• 1999 SEC Outdoor long jump champion
• 6x SEC runner-up
• 2x Penn Relays Champion (4x400-meter relay, 1999; long jump, 2001)
• Both his indoor (8.25m/27-01) and outdoor (8.47m/27-09.50) long jump records still stand at Ole Miss
• Overall career-best 8.52m (27-11.50) still ranks 10th in U.S. history

2000, Sydney
• Finished 22nd overall in qualifying at 7.84m (25-08.75)

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Sintayehu Vissa • Team Italy • Women's Track & Field • 1500-Meter
Years at Ole Miss: 2021-22
Hometown: Bertiolo, Italy
Olympiads: 1 (2024)

Career Notes
• 1x Olympian (2024, Paris)
• 2x World Outdoor Championships qualifier
• 2023 Italian champion (1500-meter)
• 2x Italian runner-up (1500-meter)
• Broke Italy's all-time indoor mile record at the 2023 Millrose Games in the Women's Wanamaker Mile at 4:24.54 (No. 11 world history)
• Went pro in 2022 with two years of NCAA eligibility remaining
• 2022 NCAA Outdoor Champion (1500-meter)
• First NCAA title on the track in Ole Miss women's history
• 2022 NCAA Indoor Runner-Up (mile)
• 4x First-Team All-American
• 19.75 career NCAA points scored
• First Rebel woman to qualify for the NCAA Indoor meet in an individual event higher than the 800-meters
• First Rebel woman to ever qualify for the NCAA Outdoor meet in the 1500-meter
• 3x SEC Champion
• 37.75 career SEC points scored
• First Rebel woman to ever win an SEC title in the mile, 1500 or DMR
• First Rebel woman to ever win an individual title on the track at the SEC Indoor Championships; one of six to ever do so outdoors
• Broke seven school records in 2022 alone: indoor mile (4:32.70), indoor 3K (9:04.95), indoor DMR (10:56.39), outdoor 800-meter (2:01.06), outdoor 1500-meter (4:07.72; No. 15 NCAA history), outdoor 4x1500-meter relay (17:24.46; No. 14 NCAA history) and outdoor DMR (10:55.61; No. 7 NCAA history)
• Set two SEC meet records: indoor DMR and outdoor 1500
• Ended collegiate career No. 15 in NCAA history in the 1500-meter with the 16th-fastest time at her SEC-winning 4:08.72
• Ranks 14th all-time in Italian history in the 800-meter (2:01.06; 2022); at the time was the fourth-fastest ever run by an Italian woman on American soil -- the best since Olympic gold medalist Gabriella Dorio's 1:59.53 in the semifinal and 1:59.05 in the final to finish fourth in the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles
• Her 4:08.72 from the 2022 SEC Championships was the fifth-best ever run by an Italian woman on American soil
• 2021 Cross Country All-American (33rd place); first women's cross All-American in Ole Miss history
• Born in Ethiopia, spent large part of her childhood and adolescence in Italy
• Ran the short sprints and intermediate hurdles before transitioning to the distance events
• Ran at Division II Saint Leo University prior to transferring to Ole Miss in January 2021

2024, Paris
• Finished 10th in Semifinal 2 and 10th overall in the women's 1500-meter at a new Italian national record 3:58.11
• Missed the final despite running in the second semifinal that featured each of the 10 fastest times
• One of two women in Italian history to break four minutes in the 1500, joining Gabriella Dorio (3:58.65, 1982)
• Won Heat 2, finished 9th overall in the Repechage Round at 4:06.71; earned AQ to the semifinals
• 8th in Heat 1, 11th overall in first-round qualifying at PR time of 4:00.69; advanced to the Repechage Round

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Ali Weisz • Team USA • Women’s Rifle • 10m Air Rifle & 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Years at Ole Miss: 2013-17
Hometown: Belgrade, Mt.
Olympiads: 1 (2021)

Career Notes
• Member of the USA Shooting National Team
• Serves as a Specialist in the U.S. Army Reserve
• 2021 World Cup New Delhi Silver Medalist (10m air rifle)
• 2021 World Cup New Delhi Silver Medalist (women’s team 10m air rifle)
• 2019 PanAmerican Games Team Member and Gold Medalist (women’s 10m air rifle)
• 2019 USAS 10m Air Rifle National Champion
• 2019 H&N Cup Bronze Medalist
• 2018 CAT Games Team Member and Silver Medalist (women’s 10m air rifle)
• 2018 World Championship Team Member
• 2017 USAS 10m Air Rifle National Champion
• Two time All-American (2016, 2017)
• 4x NCAA Qualifier
• 2016 NCAA Air Rifle Third Place Finisher
• First freshman in Ole Miss Rifle history to qualify for the NCAA Championships (2014)

2021, Tokyo • 14th Place (10m Air Rifle); 6th Place (Mixed Team 10m Air Rifle)
• Qualified in both the Women's 10m Air Rifle and 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
• Finished 14th overall in the individual 10m air rifle at 626.9; missed final by 1.6 points
• Advanced to second stage in mixed team portion with teammate William Shaner
• Finished fifth in the first stage at 629.7 (shot 312.9 individually)
• Finished sixth in the second stage at 416.8, just 0.3 points shy of making the bronze medal match (shot 206.5 individually)

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Isiah Young • Team USA • Men's Track & Field • 200-Meter Dash
Years at Ole Miss: 2012-13
Hometown: Junction City, Kan.
Olympiads: 1 (2012)

Career Notes
Olympedia Bio
• 3x World Championships qualifier for Team USA (2013, 200-meter; 2015, 200-meter; 2017, 200-meter)
• Ran on silver medal 4x100-meter relay at IAAF World Relays in Japan in 2019
• 2017 World finalist in the 200-meter (8th)
• 3x USA Outdoor medalist
• 2013 USA Outdoor Champion in the 200-meter
• 2013 NCAA Outdoor runner-up in the 200-meter
• 5x All-American
• 2x SEC Champion
• 2013 USTFCCCA South Region Track Athlete of the Year
• 2013 SEC Men's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year
• 2013 SEC Outdoor Commissioner's Trophy winner

2012, London
• Qualified for semifinal after finishing third in Heat One of qualifying at 20.55
• Finished 8th in Heat Two of the semifinal at 20.89

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