Tar Heels set for 2024 Paris Olympics
超过10个,000 athletes competing in the Summer Games include nine Carolina alumni and five students.
至少14双柏油高跟鞋, including five current students, 在这10多个国家中吗,000 athletes competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics
克里斯特尔·邓恩(美国.S., women’s soccer) and Katie 博文 (New Zealand, women’s soccer) are both Olympians for a third time, while Aranza Vazquez Montaño (Mexico, diving) is back for a second time.
Emily Fox will join Dunn on the U.S. 女子足球队.
在泳池里, Tar Heel swimmers Martin Kartavi (Israel), Adam Maraana (Israel) and Patrick Hussey (Canada) will make their first Olympic appearances. Carolina student Mia Phiri will swim for Zambia.
Ashley Hoffman and Meredith Sholder, teammates at Carolina, are teamed up again on the U.S. 曲棍球队. Cassie Sumfest is an alternate.
Other Tar Heel Olympians include Naya Tapper (U.S., 女人的橄榄球), Rinky Hijikata, (澳大利亚, 网球), 伊桑·拉莫斯(波多黎各, wrestling) and Kristen Siermachesky (Canada, 划船).
潜水
Vazquez, the four-time NCAA champion, will again compete for Mexico in the 3-meter springboard. She finished sixth in the event at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.
今年春天, she repeated as NCAA Division I champion in the 1-meter and 3-meter diving competitions.
游泳
Carolina will be well-represented in swimming events.
Kartavi和Maraana, who will join the Tar Heel swimming and diving team this fall, will compete in the 50-meter freestyle and 100-meter backstroke, 分别. Also competing in the 50-meter freestyle is Hussey, a fellow member of Carolina’s swimming team representing Canada.
On the women’s side, Phiri will swim for Zambia in the 50-meter freestyle.
女子足球
博文, Dunn and Fox continue Carolina’s rich tradition of sending women’s soccer players to the Olympics.
博文 and Dunn were teammates on the Tar Heel 2012 national championship team. Fox, a three-time All-ACC first team selection at Carolina and No.1 overall pick in the 2021 National Women’s Soccer League draft, also competed for the U.S. during the 2023 FIFA World Cup.
