The University of Alabama will have two current student athletes and 13 alumni competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics bwginning this weekend. Those athletes will represent a total of 13 different countries.
The athletes to have played/currently play for Alabama are as followed:
Kalia Antoniou (Cyprus, swim and dive), Luisa Blanco (Colombia, women’s gymnastics), Kristian Gkolomeev (Greece, swim and dive), Daniel Haugh (USA, men’s hammer throw), Victor Johansson (Sweden, swim and dive), Shelby McEwen (USA, men’s high jump), Anton McKee (Iceland, swim and dive), Stephanie Meadow (Ireland, women’s golf), Kyle Micallef (Malta, swim and dive), Samuel Ogazi (Nigeria, track and field), Shallon Olsen (Canada women’s gymnastics), Tarsis Orogot (Uganda, track and field), Jareem Richards (Trinidad & Tobago, track and field), Erin Routliffe (New Zealand, women’s tennis), Portious Warren (Trinidad & Tobago, women’s shot put)
The two current student athletes are Samuel Ogazi (Nigeria) and Tarsis Orogot (Uganda). Ogazi and Orogot are both sprinters on Alabama’s track and field team. Ogazi will compete in the men’s 400m, while Orogot will be competing in the men’s 200m.
Only two of the 15 athletes are representing the United States: Daniel Haugh in the men’s hammer throw and Shelby McEwen in the men’s high jump.
In gymnastics, Luisa Blanco, who just finished her fifth and final year at Alabama, will be representing Colombia. Blanco won over 30 athletic and academic accolades in her time in Tuscaloosa, including an NCAA championship in 2021 for the balance beam.
Erin Routliffe will be making history by being the Alabama women’s tennis team’s first olympic athlete. She will be representing New Zealand. In her time at UA, Routliffe was a two time doubles champion with partner Maya Jansen and made two NCAA singles championships, as well.
