U.S. Olympic
Athletes
from Los Angeles County
in the XXVIII Olympiad in Athens
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Of the 531
athletes on the U.S. Olympic
team in Athens, 58 were from Los Angeles County or local
colleges and another 19
listed it as their birthplace or former home. |
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Athletes
From
L.A. County (table just below)
Athletes
Born
in L.A. County
|
Sport |
Name |
Residence |
Birthplace |
College |
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Archery (Women) |
Janet Dykman |
El Monte |
Monterey Park |
--- |
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Basketball (Women) |
Lisa Leslie |
Los Angeles |
Inglewood |
USC |
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Diane Taurasi |
--- |
Glendale |
Connecticut |
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Tina Thompson |
--- |
Los Angeles |
USC |
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Basketball (Men) |
Richard Jefferson |
--- |
Los Angeles |
Arizona |
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Beach Volleyball (Women) |
Misty May |
Long Beach |
Los Angeles |
CSU Long Beach |
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Holly McPeak |
Manhattan Beach |
Hollywood |
UCLA |
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Kerri Walsh |
Redondo Beach |
Santa Clara |
Stanford |
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Elaine Youngs |
Durango, Colorado |
Orange |
UCLA |
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Beach Volleyball (Men) |
Dain Blanton |
Santa Monica |
Laguna Beach |
Pepperdine |
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Stein Metzger |
Redondo Beach |
Honolulu, HI |
UCLA |
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Jeff Nygaard |
Brentwood |
Madison, WI |
UCLA |
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Boxing (Men) |
Vanes Martirosyan |
Glendale |
Abouyan, Armenia |
--- |
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Diving (Women) |
Rachelle Kunkel |
Los Angeles |
Salt Lake City, Utah |
Brigham Young |
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Fencing (Men) |
Jason Rogers |
Los Angeles |
Houston, TX |
--- |
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Gymnastics (Women) |
Mohini Bhardwaj |
Los Angeles |
Philadelphia, Penn. |
--- |
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Shooting (Women) |
Kim Rhode |
El Monte |
Whittier |
--- |
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Soccer (Women) |
Shannon Boxx |
Redondo Beach |
Fontana |
Notre Dame |
|
Sport |
Name |
Residence |
Birthplace |
College |
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Softball (Women) |
Laura Berg |
Santa Fe Springs |
Whittier |
--- |
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Crystl Bustos |
Canyon Country |
Canyon Country |
--- |
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Lisa Fernandez |
Long Beach |
Lakewood |
--- |
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Stacey Nuveman |
La Verne |
Glendale |
--- |
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Jenny Topping |
--- |
Whittier |
--- |
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Swimming (Women) |
Lindsay Benko |
Redondo Beach |
Elkhart, Ind. |
--- |
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Kalyn Keller |
Phoenix, AZ |
Phoenix, AZ |
USC |
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Swimming (Men) |
Larsen Jensen |
Mission Viejo |
Bakersfield |
USC |
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Lenny Krayzelburg |
Los Angeles |
Odessa, Soviet Union |
USC |
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Erik Vendt |
Los Angeles |
Wellesley, MA |
USC |
| Gabe Woodward |
Bakersfield |
--- |
USC |
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Table Tennis (Women) |
Tawny Banh |
San Gabriel |
Bac Lieu, Vietnam |
--- |
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Track & Field (Women) |
Amy Acuff |
--- |
Port Arthur, TX |
UCLA |
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Shelia Burrell |
--- |
Albuquerque, NM |
UCLA |
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Allyson Felix |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles |
USC |
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Joanna Hayes |
Los Angeles |
Williamsport, Penn. |
UCLA |
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Sheena Johnson |
Los Angeles |
Camden, NJ |
UCLA |
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Michelle Perry |
Los Angeles |
--- |
UCLA |
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Angela Williams |
Los Angeles |
Bellflower |
--- |
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Sport |
Name |
Residence |
Birthplace |
College |
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Track & Field (Men) |
Bryan Clay |
Azusa |
Austin, TX |
Azusa Pacific Univ. |
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John Godina |
Northridge |
Fort Sill, OK |
UCLA |
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Meb Keflezighi |
San Diego |
Asmara, Eritrea |
UCLA |
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Volleyball (Women) |
Keba Phipps |
Las Vegas, NV |
Lakewood |
--- |
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Danielle Scott |
Baton Rouge, LA |
Baton Rouge, LA |
CSU Long Beach |
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Logan Tom |
Long Beach |
Napa, CA |
Stanford |
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Volleyball (Men) |
Kevin Barnett |
--- |
Joliet, Illinois |
Pepperdine |
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Brook Billings |
--- |
Santa Barbara |
USC |
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Ryan Millar |
Palmdale |
San Dimas |
Brigham Young Univ . |
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Reid Priddy |
Colorado Springs, CO |
Richmond, VA |
Loyola Marymount |
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Erik Sullivan |
Colorado Springs, CO |
San Diego |
UCLA |
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Donald Suxho |
Los Angeles |
Korce, Albania |
USC |
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Water Polo (Women) |
Margie Dingeldein |
Long Beach |
Merced, CA |
Stanford |
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Jackie Frank |
Long Beach |
Hermosa Beach |
Stanford |
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Thalia Munro |
Santa Barbara |
Santa Barbara |
UCLA |
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Kelly Rulon |
--- |
--- |
UCLA |
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Brenda Villa |
Commerce |
Los Angeles |
Stanford |
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Sport |
Name |
Residence |
Birthplace |
College |
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Water Polo (Men) |
Tony Azevedo |
Long Beach |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Stanford |
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Ryan Bailey |
Long Beach |
Long Beach |
UC Irvine |
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Layne Beaubien |
Long Beach |
Coronado |
Stanford |
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Brandon Brooks |
--- |
Honolulu, HI |
UCLA |
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Brett Ormsby |
Seal Beach |
San Diego |
UCLA |
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Chris Segesman |
Long Beach |
Santa Barbara |
CSU Long Beach |
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Jesse Smith |
Huntington Beach |
Kailua, HI |
Pepperdine |
U.S. Olympic
Athletes in Athens Who Were
Born/Grew Up in Los Angeles County
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Sport |
Name |
Residence |
Birthplace /
Grew Up |
College |
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Judo (Women) |
Ronda Rousey |
Lawrence, MA |
Santa Monica |
--- |
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Rowing (Men) |
Garrett Klugh |
Princeton, NJ |
Los Angeles |
San Diego State |
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Soccer (Women) |
Joy Fawcett |
Foothill Ranch |
Inglewood |
UC Berkeley |
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Softball (Women) |
Jennie Finch |
Tucson, Arizona |
La Mirada |
--- |
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Natasha Watley |
Irvine |
Canoga Park |
--- |
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Tennis (Women) |
Venus Williams |
Palm Beach Gdns, FL |
Lynwood |
--- |
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Track & Field (Women) |
Lashinda Demus |
Columbia, SC |
Inglewood |
Univ. of So. Carolina |
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Marion Jones |
Chapel Hill, NC |
Los Angeles |
--- |
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Deena Kastor |
Mammouth Lakes |
Agoura Hills |
--- |
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Track & Field (Men) |
Matt Hemingway |
Denver, CO |
San Pedro |
Univ. of Arkansas |
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Triathlon |
Susan Williams |
Denver, CO |
Long Beach |
--- |
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Volleyball (Women) |
Keba Phipps |
Las Vegas, NV |
Lakewood |
--- |
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Water Polo (Women) |
Robin Beauregard |
Huntington Beach |
Long Beach |
UCLA |
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Natalie Golda |
La Habra |
Lakewood |
UCLA |
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Nicolle Payne |
Seal Beach |
Paramount |
UCLA |
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Water Polo (Men) |
Omar Amr |
Huntington Beach |
Bellflower |
UC Irvine |
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Genai Kerr |
Huntington Beach |
Los Angeles |
UC Irvine |
Source: U.S.
Olympic Committee & NBC
Sports
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