2008 Olympians with UF ties

2008 Olympians with UF ties

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Year-By-Year Athlete, Country and Medal Counts

Name Years at UF Country Medals Won
Baseball
Matt LaPorta 2004-2007 U.S. Bronze (Team Play)
Juan Carlos Sulbaran Begins in 2008-09 Netherlands Antilles
Women's Basketball
DeLisha Milton-Jones
Olympic Bio		 1993-94 - 1996-97 U.S. Gold (Team Play)
Women’s Soccer
Abby Wambach ^
Olympic Bio		 1998-2001 U.S.

Heather Mitts
Olympic Bio

 1996-1999 U.S. Gold (Team Play)
Swimming
Bradley Ally 2005-06 - present Barbados
Sarah Bateman Begins in 2008-09 Iceland
Caroline Burckle
Olympic Bio		 2004-05 – 2007-08 U.S. Bronze (4x200 Free Relay)
Melanie Costa-Schmid
Olympic Bio		 Begins in 2008-09 Spain
Jose Crescimbeni Begins in 2008-09 Peru
Rodion Davelaar Begins in 2008-09 Curacao
Brett Fraser 2007-08 - present The Cayman Islands
Shaune Fraser 2006-07 - present The Cayman Islands
Balacz Gercsak 2007-08 - present Hungary
Roberto Gomez Begins in 2008-09 Venezuela
Ryan Lochte
Olympic Bio		 2002-03 – 2005-06 U.S. Gold (200 Backstroke)
Gold (4x200 Free Relay)
Bronze (200 IM)
Bronze (400 IM)
Gabriel Mangabeira 2001-02 - 2003-04 Brazil
Ricardo Monasterio 1997-98 - 2000-01 Venezuela
Omar Pinzon 2006-07 - present Colombia
Anna-Liisa Pold Begins in 2008-09 Estonia
Roland Rudolph 2006-08 - present Hungary
Adam Sioui
Olympic Bio		 2001-02 – 2004-05 Canada
Gemma Spofforth
Olympic Bio		 2006-07 - present Great Britain
Dara Torres
Olympic Bio

1985-86 – 1988-89 U.S. Silver (50 Freestyle)
Silver (4x100 Free Relay)
Silver (4x100 Medley Relay)
J.B. Walsh 2004-05 – 2007-08 Philippines
Swimming Coaches
Gregg Troy,
UF Head Coach
(Assistant U.S. Coach)		 1998 - present U.S.
Anthony Nesty,
UF Associate Head Coach
(Suriname Coach)		 1998 - present Suriname
Eddie Reese
Member of UF Swim Team
(Head U.S. Coach)		 1961-63 U.S.
Women's Tennis
Jill Craybas
Professional Bio		 1994-1996 U.S.
Track & Field
Aaron Armstrong 2000, 2001 Trinidad

Hazel Clark
Olympic Bio

 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 U.S.

Kerron Clement
Olympic Bio

 2004, 2005 U.S. Gold (4x400m Relay)
Silver (400m Hurdles)

Kristin Heaston
Olympic Bio

 1997, 1998, 1999 U.S.
Moise Joseph 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Haiti
Mariam Kevkhishvili 2007, 2008 Georgia
Tiandra Ponteen 2004, 2005 St. Kitts

Calvin Smith
Olympic Bio

 2007, 2008 U.S.
Novlene Williams-Mills 2003, 2004 Jamaica Bronze (4x400m Relay)
Reggie Witherspoon 2004, 2005 U.S. Gold (4x400m Relay - prelims)

^ - named to U.S. Soccer Olympic roster, but suffered a broken leg July 16 and will miss the 2008 Olympics

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