Your essential guide to Olympians with Texas roots





Valerie Allman, track and field, discus, Team USA, a Stanford graduate, Allman resides in Austin, where she trains at the University of Texas. She was raised in Colorado. 

Ariel Atkins, basketball, Team USA, plays professionally in the WNBA for the Washington Mystics. She was born in Dallas and was a four-year starter at the University of Texas. This is her first U.S. team. 


Simone Biles, 24, gymnastics, Team USA, is the dominant gymnast in the field and is a four-time gold medalist. She also earned a bronze in 2016. She has won 19 world championships. A native of Spring, Texas, Biles is expected to be the favorite to repeat as individual all-around champion. 






Trayvon Brommell, 26, track and field, Team USA, will be one of the most-watched athletes in Tokyo. He has overcome a pair of Achilles heal injuries, including one suffered in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, to win the U.S. Trials last month. His time of 9.77 in the 100 meters is the fastest of the year. He will run a leg on the 4x100 relay. He ran for two seasons at Baylor before turning pro in 2015. 





Mackenzie Brown, 26, archery, is making her second appearance in the Olympics. She was the only U.S. woman to qualify for the 2016 games. She's from Flint, Texas. 


Ann van Brummen, 26, fencing, Team USA, is a Princeton grad from Houston. This is her first Olympics. 


Jordan Chiles, 20, gymnastics, Team USA, trains in Spring, Texas and will compete in her first Olympics. She's originally from Washington and attends UCLA. 


Ryan Crouser, 28, track and field, Team USA, is the favorite to win the shot put gold medal after setting a world record in the U.S. Trials on June 18. Crouser's throw of 76-feet, 8-1⁄4-inches, is awaiting ratification. He is the defending champion in this event. He was second at the 2019 World Championships. A graduate of Texas, Crouser is originally from Oregon. 





Teahna Daniels, 24, track and field, Team USA, will run the 100 meters in Tokyo and be a member of the 400-meter relay. She competed at Texas collegiately.


Tara Davis, 22, track and field, Team USA, burst onto the international scene with an outstanding collegiate season in 2021 at Texas. She finished second in the U.S. trials in the long jump. She has deep Texas roots, and her great grandfather was Greenville boxer Reecy Davis. 





Bryce Deadmon, 24, track and field, Team USA, competed for Texas A&M and will be a member of the 4x400-meter relay team. 


Gia Doonan, 27, rowing, Team USA, will compete in the women's eight-member rowing event. Originally from Massachusetts, Doonan graduated from Texas. 


Kevin Durant, 32, basketball, Team USA, is looking to lead the U.S. to a third consecutive gold medal. Durant, who played a season for Texas, led Team USA in scoring in 2012 and 2016. Durant is originally from Washington, D.C. and now plays for the Brooklyn Nets. 





Virginia Fuchs, 33, boxing, Team USA, will fight in the flyweight class in Tokyo. Originally from Houston, where she was a standout in track and cross country, she graduated from Louisiana State. 


Alison Gibson, 22, diving, Team USA, is from Austin and competes for Texas. She is making her first Olympics appearance.  


Brittney Griner, 30, basketball, Team USA, is competing in her second Olympics. A star at Baylor, Griner has helped her teams win gold medals in the Olympics, World Championships, an NCAA title, and a 2014 WNBA title. A Houston native, Griner is a seven-time WNBA all-star. 


Townley Haas, 24, swimming, Team USA, will get his first taste of the Tokyo Olympics on July 25 in the 200-meter freestyle. A University of Texas star, Haas earned a gold medal as a member of the 4x100-meter freestyle relay in the 2016 Olympics. Haas is a native of Virignia. 


Vincent Hancock, 32, shooting sports, Team USA, is a two-time gold medalist in skeet shooting — winning titles in 2008 and 2012. This will be his fourth Olympics. Originally from Florida, Hancock now calls Fort Worth home. 




Kendra Harrison, track and field, Team USA, is the world record holder in the 100-meter hurdles. A graduate of Kentucky, she is a volunteer assistant coach at Texas. 


Hailey Hernandez, 17, diving, Team USA, is a South Lake Carroll High School graduate and will attend Texas in the fall. 


Lydia Jacoby, 17, swimming, Team USA, is the second Alaskan to make a summer team. She will attend Texas in 2022. 

Natalie Hinds, 27, swimming, Team USA, is from Midland, Texas and is a 4x100-meter freestyle relay team member. She was a standout at Florida. 


Bryce Hoppel, 23, track and field, Team USA, will run in the 800 meters after finishing third at the U.S. trials. He's from Midland, Texas and ran at Kansas. He's a former Texas high school champion in the 800. 


Courtney Hurley, 30, epee/fencing, Team USA, is from Houston and was a Notre Dame standout. In the 2012 Olympics, she helped Team USA earn a bronze medal. 


Kelley Hurley, 33, epee/fencing, Team USA, is from Houston and was a standout at Notre Dame. In 2012, she joined her sister, Courtney, to help the U.S. earn its first-ever medal in team fencing. 


Fred Kerley, 26, track and field, Team USA, made a surprise switch before the U.S. Trials by moving from his 400-meter specialty to the 100 meters. Kerley is a former NCAA champion at 400 meters for Texas A&M, where he still trains. Kerley will also run a leg on the 4x100-meter relay. Kerley is from Taylor, Texas. 


Sgt. Philip Jungman, 26, shooting sports, Team USA, is making his first appearance in the Olympics. He's a shotgun shooter and a member of the Army's marksmanship team. A native of Caldwell, Jungman will shoot skeet against one of the best in the world in fellow American Vincent Hancock. The two qualified for the team at the trials in Kerrville, Texas and Tucson, Arizona. 





Drew Kibler, 21, swimming, Team USA, is from Indiana but swims for Texas, where he's earned three All-American honors. He will compete in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay. 


Sally Kipyego, 34, marathon, Team USA, is one of the most decorated distance runners in American history. She earned a silver medal in 2012 in the 10,000 meters. She came to Texas to go to college and ended up starring at Texas Tech. 


KC Lightfoot, 21, pole vault, Team USA, is a Baylor pole vaulter who is the reigning NCAA Indoor champion. The pole vault figures to be one of the showcase events in the track and field program. 


Will London III, 23, track and field, Team USA, is a native of Waco and competed for Baylor. He will be a member of the men's 4x400-meter relay pool. 


Simone Manuel, 24, swimming, Team USA, won gold in the 100-meter freestyle in the 2016 Olympics. She was the first Black woman to win a gold medal for the U.S. In Tokyo, she will compete in the 50-meter freestyle. She's from Sugar Land, Texas and attended Stanford. 


Maggie Malone, 27, track and field, Team USA, will compete in the javelin — making her second appearance in the Olympics. Malone was a four-time All-American at Texas A&M and is the collegiate record holder in the javelin. 


Steffin McCarter, 24, track and field, Team USA, will compete in the long jump. A Texas grad, McCarter is from Copperas Cove. He's won two Big-12 titles in the long jump. 


Khris Middleton, 29, basketball, Team USA, is coming off helping the Milwaukee Bucks win an NBA title. A standout at Texas A&M, Middleton is a shooting guard for Team USA. 


Athing Mu, 19, track and field, Team USA, is an emerging star in the sport with a huge 2021 season already under her belt. The Texas A&M student is the favorite to win gold in the 800 meters. 


Chiaka Ogbogu, 26, volleyball, Team USA, will be making her first Olympics appearance for legendary volleyball star and coach Karch Kiraly. A middle blocker, Ogbogu was a star at Texas. She's from Coppell, Texas. 


Cat Osterman, 38, softball, Team USA, is coming out of retirement to pitch in softball's return to the Olympic schedule. Osterman helped Team USA earn a gold medal in 2004 and a silver medal in 2008. She's No. 2 all-time in NCAA strikeouts during her storied career at Texas. She's a former coach at Texas State and current assistant coach at Texas. Osterman is from Houston. 





Simeon Woods Richardson, 20, baseball, Team USA, is a pitcher from Sugar Land, Texas. He's part of the Toronto Blue Jays organization and was drafted in 2018 by the New York Mets. 


Sarah Robles, 32, weightlifting, Team USA, looks to improve upon a bronze medal effort in the 2016 Olympics. She won a world championship in 2017. Originally from California, where she graduated from San Jacinto High School, Robles has trained in Houston for several years. 




Ryder Ryan, 26, baseball, Team USA, is a pitcher in the Texas Rangers organization. 


Remedy Rule, 24, swimming, Phillippines, will compete in the 100-meter and 200-meter butterfly. She was a standout at Texas. 

Joseph Schooling, 26, swimming, Singapore, will compete in the 100-meter freestyle and 200-meter butterfly. He was a standout at Texas. 


Victoria Stambaugh, 28, taekwondo, Team USA, is from Pasadena, Texas. She is making her first appearance in the Olympics. 


Tamyra Mensah-Stock, 28, wrestling, Team USA, will compete in the 68-kilogram class in freestyle wrestling. She won the world championship in 2019 and earned a bronze in 2018. She competed for Wayland Baptist in Plainview. 


Erica Sullivan, 21, swimming, Team USA, will compete in the 1,500-meter freestyle in Tokyo. Originally from Nevada, Sullivan attends Texas. She is of Japanese descent and her late grandfather was an architect who helped design some of Tokyo's venues. 


Gabby Thomas, 24, track and field, Team USA, ran the second-fastest time ever to win the 200 meters at the U.S. Trials last month. Thomas is a Harvard grad and is now pursuing post-graduate work in epidemiology at Texas. 




Jordan Windle, 22, diving, Team USA, competes in the 3-meter and 10-meter diving competitions. Born in Cambodia and raised in Florida, Windle competes for Texas. 


Hujing Wang, 41, table tennis, Team USA, is from Sugar Land, Texas. She is competing in her first Olympics. 


Kevin Williams, 30, rugby, Team USA, is originally from Houston but became a stalwart of the sport in New Mexico. He plays half-back and wing for the U.S.


COMPETING INTERNATIONALLY WITH TEXAS ROOTS

Jonathan Jones, track, Barbados

Caspar Corbeau, swimming, Netherlands

Deon Lendore, track and field, Trinidad and Tobago

Sydney Pickrem, swimming, Canada

Deon Lendore, track and field, Trinidad and Tobago

Aviv Barzelay, swimming, Israel

Beryl Gasaldell, swimming, France

Tyra Gittens, track and field, Trinidad

Alais Kalonji, diving, France

Blessing Okagbare, track, Nigeria

Michael Saruni, track and field, Kenya

Alena Sharp, golf, Canada

Stacy Ann Williams, 400, Jamaica, 

Daisy Osakue, track and field, Italy

Tobi Amusan, 24, track and field, Nigeria

Sean Bailey, track and field, Jamaica.

Lina Khiyara , swimming, Morocco

Emmanuel Korir, track, Kenya

Munzy Kabbara, 18, swimming, Lebanon, is a high school star from Cypress Woods near Houston. He has committed to swim for Texas A&M. 

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