Go Bruins! Accompanying the US Olympic team will be 37 or 38 Bruins (Trinidad & Tabago trials aren't done yet). I can't find exact numbers for anyone else, although at least 5 Badgers (4 in Rowing and 1 Distance Runner) and 10+ Trojans (boo!!!) are also going. And no, that cheating women's swimmer is not a Bruin - she is a California Berkeley Bear. Double Boo on her!
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UCLA to Have Large Presence at 2008 Olympic Games
Bruins to send a total of 37 athletes and coaches to Beijing
July 17, 2008
Bruins to send a total of 37 athletes and coaches to Beijing
July 17, 2008
LOS ANGELES - Looking to add to its rich Olympic history yet again in 2008, UCLA will send a total of 37 athletes and coaches to this summer's Olympic Games, which will be held Aug. 8-24 in Beijing, China. Of the 37 Bruins traveling to Beijing, 31 are athletes (27 former, 3 current, 1 incoming), and six are coaches.
UCLA was one of the nation's most successful universities at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, ranking No. 1 among all universities in number of different medalists (19) and number of Olympians (57 representing the United States and 13 foreign countries). Of the 19 medals UCLA took home in 2004, eight were gold, eight were bronze and three were silver. If UCLA were a country, it would have placed 14th overall in the medal count.
A majority of UCLA's 2008 contingent will be representing the United States (29). Seven other countries will also be represented by Bruins, including Australia (1), Bahamas (1), Belize (1), Canada (2), Korea (1), Poland (1) and Singapore (1). A large number of the UCLA athletes and coaches will be competing in the areas of women's track & field (7) and softball (6). Other sports represented by Bruins include: men's soccer (4), women's soccer (3), women's water polo (3), men's water polo (2), men's track & field (2), men's tennis (2), women's swimming (2), women's beach volleyball (2), men's indoor volleyball (1), men's rowing (1) and women's gymnastics (1).