Aggie Olympians

Incredible!

Twenty-eight Aggies are set to compete in the 2016 Olympics, which are being held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, through Aug. 21.

Countries represented by Aggie athletes include Team USA, Australia, Bahamas, Canada, France, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, and Zambia.

Thanks to Aggie Athletics for compiling the list of Aggie competitors and coaches below. (The link also includes a list of Aggies who have medaled in previous summer Olympics.)

If you are glued to the competition as much as we are up at The Association, here's a very handy page created by Texas A&M that tells viewers how to watch all 28 Aggies compete in Rio. 

Aggies are also represented among the coaches, staff, organizers and media involved in the Rio Olympics. If you know of an Aggie who is competing or working at the Rio Games, whether an athlete, coach, media representative or organizer, let us know by emailing AggieNetwork@AggieNetwork.com.

CURRENT & FORMER TEXAS A&M STUDENT-ATHLETES COMPETING IN RIO OLYMPICS:

Cammile Adams '14—USA—Swimming—2011-14.

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DeAndre Jordan '11 – USA – Basketball –2007-08

Maggie Malone '16—USA—Track & Field—2013-16

Shelbi Vaughan '16—USA—Track & Field—2013-16

Ameer Webb '15—USA—Track & Field—2012-13

Fabrice Lapierre '07 – Australia – Track & Field 2003-06

Grant Nel '12 – Australia – Diving – 2009-2012

Latario Collie '18– Bahamas – Track & Field – 2015-16

Shavez Hart '15 – Bahamas – Track & Field – 2014-16

Demetrius Pinder '11—Bahamas—Track & Field—2010-11

Sydney Pickrem '19 – Canada – Swimming – 2015-Pres.

Béryl Gastaldello '18 – France – Swimming – 2014-Pres.

Kanika Beckles '15—Grenada—Track & Field—2012-13

Bralon Taplin '16 – Grenada – Track & Field – 2013-15

Lindon Victor '18 – Grenada – Track & Field – 2015-Pres.

Brenessa Thompson '19 – Guyana – Track & Field – 2015-Pres.

Alia Atkinson '10—Jamaica—Swimming—2006-10

Simone Facey '09—Jamaica—Track & Field—2007-08

Antanas Kavaliauskas—Lithuania—Men's Basketball—2006-07

Liliana Ibáñez '14 – Mexico – Swimming – 2010-15

Olivia Ekponé '15—Nigeria—Track & Field—2012-15

Jennifer Madu '16—Nigeria—Track & Field—2013-16

Ibukun Mayungbe '14—Nigeria—Track & Field—2011-14

Stephanie Malherbe '17—South Africa—Soccer—2014-Pres.

Amini Fonua '12—Tonga—Swimming—2008-12

Janeil Bellille '16 – Trinidad & Tobago – Track & Field – 2013-14

Deon Lendore '15 – Trinidad & Tobago – Track & Field – 2012-15

Gerald Phiri '11—Zambia—Track & Field—2008-11

AGGIES AMONG THE COACHES AND ORGANIZERS OF THE RIO OLYMPICS:

Alleyne Francique – Grenada – Head Track & Field Coach (Texas A&M Assistant Coach).

Kris Grimes – Grenada – Assistant Track & Field Coach (Texas A&M Assistant Coach)

Steve Bultman—Mexico—Assistant Swimming Coach (Texas A&M Women's Swimming Head Coach)

Shawn Price, Texas A&M Track & Field Media Relations, working his sixth Olympic Games.

Craig D. Holland '95, a kinesiology graduate with specialization in Sports Management; works for the Rio Olympic Organizing Committee. This will be his 7th Olympic games, starting in Atlanta in 1996. For the Rio games he is a regional venue manager, overseeing the logistics involved with venue sites.

Dr. Casey Ho '06 is a team physician for the U.S. Taekwondo team. He was also on the U.S. Olympic Team's medical staff for the London Olympics in 2012.

AGGIES AMONG THE MEDIA COVERING THE RIO OLYMPICS:

Fernando Palomo ’95 is ESPN's lead soccer announcer and a prominent figure in broadcast sports. Read more about him here. 

Charean Williams '86, a member of Texas A&M Former Journalism Students Association's Hall of Honor, is covering the Games for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 

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