A sport-by-sport breakdown of the past, current and future UCLA athletes going to Paris to compete in the Summer Olympics.
UCLA will have several people with Bruins ties representing the United States in the Paris Olympics, including, clockwise from top left, Jrue Holiday , Chase and Ryder Dodd , head coach John Speraw , Jordan Chiles , Rachel Fattal and Mallory Swanson . Those Bruins feature 40 athletes, seven coaches and two staff members across 18 countries. The United States will have 24 of those athletes from UCLA. Canada , Australia , Phillippines and Germany will each have multiple Bruins.
UCLA women’s water polo will see its strongest representation with three of five Bruins playing for Team USA, with Adam Krikorian looking to bring home his fourth gold medal as the U.S.’s coach. USA Women’s volleyball coach Karch Kiraly will participate in his seventh Olympic Games, the most of any Bruin.
The university’s total has increased to 436 current or former students to have made a combined 661 Olympic teams since 1928 . There will also be five alumni on the NBC’s broadcast team this year: Tim Daggett and Samantha Peszek , Kevin Wong , and Ato Boldon and Dawn Harper Nelson .: The 22-year-old from Miami is a third-generation synchronized swimmer who has competed at some of the highest levels of the sport.: The 34-year-old from Campbell Hall High returns to the Olympics for the second time after winning gold with Team USA in 2021.
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