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Though born in Ohio, Olympic gymnast Simone Biles has lived in Texas most of her life.
Texas-tied athletes have taken residence extra medals on the 2024 Paris Olympic video games than most international locations, Austin TV station KXAN reviews.
The USA is within the lead with probably the most medals of any nation, bagging a complete of 89 as of press time, and China ranks a distant second. Nonetheless, the U.S. can thank the Lone Star state for a minimum of 32 of its complete, which had been gained by athletes who’re both from Texas or skilled in Texas, based on KXAN’s quantity crunching.
As compared, Japan, South Korea, Italy, the Netherlands and Canada have all claimed fewer medals than Texas.
It is value noting that not the entire Texas-tied athletes are representing the USA. For instance, Hubert Kos attended the College of Texas however is representing his residence nation Hungary within the Olympic Video games. Additionally, three present or former worldwide student-athletes from the College of Texas at San Antonio are competing on behalf of their residence international locations.
Here is the listing of Texas-tied medalists to this point, based on KXAN. The listings embody their college or metropolis of origin plus their occasions.
Julien Alfred: College of Texas, Athletics — ladies’s 100 meter (representing Saint Lucia)
Valerie Allman: Austin, Athletics — discus
Simone Biles: Spring, gymnastics — ladies’s inventive workforce all-around
Simone Biles: Spring, gymnastics — ladies’s inventive all-around
Simone Biles: Spring, gymnastics — ladies’s vault
Jordan Chiles: Trains in Spring, gymnastics — ladies’s inventive workforce all-around)
Ryan Crouser: College of Texas, athletics — males’s shot put
Hubert Kos: College of Texas, swimming — males’s 200 meter backstroke (representing Hungary)
Hezly Rivera: Plano, gymnastics — ladies’s inventive workforce all-around
Scottie Scheffler: Dallas/College of Texas, golf — males’s particular person
Gabby Thomas: Austin — athletics — ladies’s 200 meter
Silver medalists
Simone Biles: Spring, gymnastics — ladies’s flooring train
Kassidy Cook dinner: The Woodland, diving — ladies’s synchronized 3 meter springboard
Bryce Deadmon: Missouri Metropolis, athletics — blended 4×400 meter relay
Carson Foster: College of Texas, swimming — males’s 4×200 meter freestyle relay
Erin Gemmell: College of Texas, swimming — ladies’s 4×200 meter freestyle relay
Luke Hobson: College of Texas, swimming — males’s 4×200 meter freestyle relay
Drew Kibler: College of Texas, swimming — males’s 4×200 meter freestyle relay
Simone Manuel: Sugar Land, swimming — ladies’s 4×100 meter freestyle relay
Simone Manuel: Sugar Land, swimming — ladies’s 4×200 meter freestyle relay, heats solely
Leo Neugebauer: College of Texas, athletics — males’s decathlon (representing Germany)
Conner Lynn Prince: Burleson, capturing — males’s skeet
Sha’Carri Richardson: Dallas, athletics — ladies’s 100 mete
Austen Jewell Smith: Keller, capturing — blended skeet workforce
Bronze medalists
Jordan Chiles: Trains in Spring, gymnastics — ladies’s flooring train
Caspar Corbeau: College of Texas, swimming — males’s 200 meter breaststroke (representing the Netherlands)
Carson Foster: College of Texas, swimming — males’s 400 meter particular person medley
Luke Hobson: College of Texas, swimming — males’s 200 meter freestyle
Asher Hong: Plano, gymnastics — males’s inventive workforce all-around
Fred Kerley: Taylor, athletics — males’s 100 meter
Jasmine Moore: Grand Prairie, athletics — ladies’s triple leap
Austen Jewell Smith: Keller, capturing — ladies’s skeet
