List of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Olympians explained

The following student-athletes, coaching staff, or alumni of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have represented their country in the Olympic Games as athletes, coaching staff, press officers, or administrators.^[1]

An asterisk (*) denotes a coach or trainer.

Berlin 1936

Summer Games of the XI Olympiad, Berlin, Germany

London 1948

Summer Games of the XIV Olympiad, London, United Kingdom

Sport	Gender	Name	Team
Track and field	Men	Bill Albans
		Chunk Simmons

Helsinki 1952

Summer Games of the XV Olympiad, Helsinki, Finland

Melbourne 1956

Summer Games of the XVI Olympiad, Melbourne, Australia

Sport	Gender	Name	Team
Swimming	Women	Stan Tinkham *| |-| Wrestling| –| Perrin Henderson| |-|} Rome 1960 Summer Games of the XVII Olympiad, Rome, Italy Tokyo 1964 Summer Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo, Japan Sport Gender Name Team Basketball – Larry Brown John Lacey *| |-| rowspan="2" | Swimming| rowspan="2" | Men| Thompson Mann| |- | Philip Riker| |-|} Mexico City 1968 Summer Games of the XIX Olympiad, Mexico City, Mexico Munich 1972 Summer Games of the XX Olympiad, Munich, West Germany Sport Gender Name Team Basketball – John Lacey *| |-| Swimming| Women| Ann Marshall| |-|} Montreal 1976 Summer Games of the XXI Olympiad, Montreal, Canada Sport Gender Name Team Basketball Men Walter Davis Phil Ford Dean Smith *| |-| Bill Guthridge *| |-| Women| Trish Roberts| |-| rowspan="2" | Swimming| rowspan="2" | Women| Janis Hape| |-| Wendy Weinberg | |-| Track and field| Men| Charles Foster| |-|} Los Angeles and Sarajevo 1984 Summer Games of the XXIII Olympiad, Los Angeles, California, United States and Winter Games of the XXIII Olympiad, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia Sport Gender Name Team Baseball – B.J. Surhoff Scott Bankhead Basketball Men Michael Jordan Sam Perkins Field hockey Women Karen Shelton Swimming Men Chris Stevenson Rick Brewer was a press officer. Seoul and Calgary 1988 Summer Games of the XXIV Olympiad, Seoul, South Korea and Winter Games of the XXIV Olympiad, Calgary, Canada Sport Gender Name Team Basketball Men J.R. Reid Women Sylvia Hatchell *
Cycling	Women	Danute Bankaitis-Davis
Field hockey	Women	Marcia Pankratz

• Press officer: Dave Lohse.

Barcelona and Albertville 1992

Summer Games of the XXV Olympiad, Barcelona, Spain and Winter Games of the XXV Olympiad, Albertville, France

Sport	Gender	Name	Team
Basketball	Men	Michael Jordan
		Henrik Rödl
Fencing	Men	John Friedberg
Swimming	Men	Yann DeFabrique
		David Monasterio
Track and field	Women	Sharon Couch
Wrestling	–	Kendall Cross

• Press officer: Frank Zang

Lillehammer 1994

Winter Games of the XXVI Olympiad, Lillehammer, Norway

• Press officer: Frank Zang

Atlanta 1996

Summer Games of the XXVI Olympiad, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Sport	Gender	Name	Team
Fencing	Women	Nhi Lan Le
Field hockey	Women	Marcia Pankratz
		Leslie Lyness
		Cindy Werley
		Laurel Hershey
		Liz Tchou
Handball	Men	John Keller
		Steve Penn
	Women	Chryss Watts
Soccer	Men	Eddie Pope
	Women	Laurie Gregg *| |-| Mia Hamm| |-| April Heinrichs * | |-| Kristine Lilly| |-| Tracy Noonan| |-| Cindy Parlow| |-| Tiffany Roberts| |-| Tisha Venturini| |-| Carla Werden| |-| Staci Wilson| |-| rowspan="2" | Swimming| rowspan="2" | Men| Yann DeFabrique| |-| David Fox | |- | rowspan="6" | Track and field| rowspan="3" | Men| Ken Harnden| |-| Allen Johnson| |-| Eddie Neufville | |-| rowspan="3" | Women| Joan Nesbit| |- | Lynda Lipson| |-| Tisha Waller | |-| Wrestling| –| Kendall Cross| |-|} Full-time employees: Dave Lohse, Chris Schleter; Olympic Broadcasting Organization: Kevin Best; Organizing Committee: Donald Lockerbie; Press officer: Frank Zang; Team physician: Tim Taft. Sydney 2000 Summer Games of the XXVII Olympiad, Sydney, Australia Sport Gender Name Team Basketball Men Vince Carter Soccer Women Lorrie Fair Laurie Gregg *| |-| Mia Hamm| |-| April Heinrichs * | |-| Kristine Lilly| |-| Siri Mullinix| |-| Cindy Parlow| |-| Carla Werden| |-| rowspan="11" | Track and field| rowspan="5" | Men| Dominic Demeritte| |-| Ken Harnden| |-| Allen Johnson| |-| Curtis Johnson| |-| Eddie Neufville| |-| rowspan="6" | Women| LaTasha Colander-Richardson| |-| Sharon Couch| |-| Nadine Faustin| |-| Nicole Gamble| |-| Monique Hennagan| |-| Lynda Lipson| |-|} Full-time employee: Chris Schleter; Olympic Broadcasting Organization: Kevin Best; Organizing Committee: Donald Lockerbie. Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, Salt Lake City, United States Full-time employee: Chris Schleter. Olympic Broadcasting Organization: Kevin Best. Athens 2004 Summer Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, Athens, Greece Sport Gender Name Team Baseball – Andrew Miller Basketball Men Larry Brown *
		Roy Williams *| |-| rowspan="8" | Soccer| rowspan="8" | Women| Tracy Bates-Leon *
		Mia Hamm
		April Heinrichs * | |-| Kristine Lilly| |-| Heather O'Reilly| |-| Cindy Parlow| |-| Catherine Reddick| |-| Lindsay Tarpley | |-| Softball| –| Natalie Anter| |-| rowspan="10" | Track and field| rowspan="3" | Men| Dominic Demeritte| |-| Vikas Gowda| |-| Allen Johnson| |-| rowspan="7" | Women| LaTasha Colander-Richardson| |-| Crystal Cox| |-| Nadine Faustin| |-| Shalane Flanagan| |-| Laura Gerraughty| |-| Monique Hennagan| |-| Tisha Waller| |-|} Full-time employee: Chris Schleter; Organizing Committee: Donald Lockerbie. Turin 2006 Winter Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Turin, Italy Full-time employee: Chris Schleter. Beijing 2008 Summer Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing, China^[2] Sport Gender Name Team Field hockey Women Kate Barber Rachel Dawson Katelyn Falgowski Jesse Gey Carrie Lingo Amy Tran Soccer Men Dax McCarty Women Lori Chalupny Robyn Gale Tobin Heath Heather O'Reilly Lindsay Tarpley Kacey White Track and field Men Dominic Demeritte Vikas Gowda Women Blake Russell Erin Donohue Shalane Flanagan Nadine Faustin-Parker Alice Schmidt London 2012 Summer Games of the XXX Olympiad, London, England^[3] Sport Gender Name Team Field hockey Women Rachel Dawson Katelyn Falgowski Amy Swensen Illse Davids Soccer Women Robyn Gayle Tobin Heath Heather O'Reilly Track and field Men Vikas Gowda Women Shalane Flanagan Alice Schmidt Ola Sesay Rio 2016 Summer Games of the XXXI Olympiad, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil^[4] Sport Gender Name Team Basketball Men Harrison Barnes Women LaToya Pringle Sanders Field hockey Women Jackie Briggs Rachel Dawson Katelyn Falgowski Kelsey Kolojejchick Caitlin Van Sickle Soccer Women Katie Bowen Crystal Dunn Whitney Engen Tobin Heath Meghan Klingenberg Allie Long Ashlyn Harris Heather O'Reilly Track and field Men Vikas Gowda Women Shalane Flanagan Tokyo 2020 Summer Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, Tokyo, Japan Sport Gender Name Team Baseball Men Tim Federowicz Ryder Ryan Diving Men Anton Down-Jenkins Women Aranza Vázquez Rugby Women Naya Tapper Soccer Women Katie Bowen Lucy Bronze Crystal Dunn Tobin Heath Lotte Wubben-Moy Track and field Men Kenny Selmon Rhythmic Gymnastics Women Camilla Feeley References

Notes and References

1. News: All-Time Tar Heel Olympians . UNC Athletics . 2008-03-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100318014456/http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/genrel/111302aaa.html . March 18, 2010 . dead .
2. News: 2008 Tar Heel Olympians . UNC Athletics . 2008-08-09 .
3. News: Tar Heels in London . The Daily Tar Heel. 2012-08-03 .
4. News: Tar Heels in Rio . GoHeels.com. 2016-08-21 .