25 Buckeyes set for 2024 Summer Olympics
Paris Games take place July 26-Aug. 11
The Ohio State University Department of Athletics will have 24 current, former and incoming student-athletes competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics set to begin later this month, and one alumnus competing in the Paralympic Games in August. The Buckeyes represent 10 countries and 10 sports at the XXXIII Olympiad.
For the second consecutive Summer Olympics, Ohio State will have more than 20 student-athletes competing. The contingent of 25 Buckeyes is the second largest at a single Olympic Games following the school record of 26 who competed in 2021 in Tokyo.
The Canadian Olympic Team has the most Ohio State representatives with eight, including current student-athletes Alex Axon and Tristan Jankovics of the men's swimming and diving program. Team USA is close behind, with seven Buckeyes.
Seven current Buckeyes will compete in Paris. Alex Axon and Tristan Jankovics will swim for Team Canada, while their Buckeye teammate Tomas Navikonis will be competing for Lithuania. Also representing Ohio State aquatic sports are Germany’s Lena Hentschel (diving) and Ruby Remati (artistic swimming) for the United States. Pistol student-athlete Ada Korkhin will also compete for Team USA, and Leah Bertrand is set to compete for Trinidad and Tobago in track & field.
This year’s games mark the second for Henry Leverett and Hunter Armstrong (swimming) and third for Aina Cid (rowing), Eleanor Harvey (fencing), Nichelle Prince (soccer), Elodie Ravera-Scarramozzino (rowing) and Kyle Snyder (wrestling).
2024 Paris Olympics
The 2024 Olympic Games will be held July 26-Aug. 11 in Paris. During the 17-day window, 10,500 of the world’s best athletes will compete across 32 sports. The 2024 Paralympic Games will be held Aug. 28-Sept. 28 in Paris, with 4,400 world-class athletes competing across 23 sports.
This year’s Olympics mark the 100-year anniversary of the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris. For more information on events, see the Olympic schedule.
Ohio State Buckeyes at the 2024 Paris Olympics and the 2024 Paralympics
Current student-athlete unless noted; *Former student-athlete; #Incoming first-year student; **Former student
United States
- Katelyn Abeln* – Pistol
- Hunter Armstrong* – Swimming
- Blake Haxton** – Paralympics, Paracanoe
- Keana Hunter# – Artistic Swimming
- Ada Korkhin – Pistol
- Henry Leverett* – Pistol
- Ruby Remati – Artistic Swimming
- Kyle Snyder* – Wrestling
Canada
- Fares Arfa* – Fencing
- Duan Asemota* – Track & Field
- Alex Axon – Swimming
- Emma Finlin# – Swimming
- Scarlett Finn# – Artistic Swimming
- Eleanor Harvey* – Fencing
- Tristan Jankovics – Swimming
- Nichelle Prince* – Soccer
France
- Maximilien Chastanet* – Fencing
- Elodie Ravera-Scarramozzino* – Rowing
Germany
- Lena Hentschel – Diving
Ireland
- Ciara McGing* – Diving
Lithuania
- Tomas Navikonis – Swimming
Nigeria
- Sade Olatoye* – Track & Field
Puerto Rico
- Kristen Romano* – Swimming
Spain
- Aina Cid* – Rowing
Trinidad and Tobago
- Leah Bertrand – Track & Field
