LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The 2024 Summer Olympics are underway and University of Kentucky fans will have plenty of reasons to watch.
Twenty-two current former athletes and coaches will be competing at this year's Summer Games in Paris. Wildcats will be involved in men's basketball, women's basketball, women's volleyball, track and field, diving and fencing.
Two current students, Lee Kiefer and Garek Meinhardt, qualified for the fencing event. The married couple are enrolled in the UK College of Medicine and will return next summer to finish their medical training.
Kiefer, of Lexington, won the gold medal in 2020. Meinhardt won his second bronze in 2020. They are the only two UK athletes not part of a varsity sport at the school.
UK will be well-represented on the 5-on-5 men's basketball side. Three former Wildcats will compete for Team USA, two will play for Team Canada and one will be part of the South Sudan squad.
UK dive coach Ted Hautau will be at the games as the dive coach for South Africa.
Volunteer assistant UK track and field coach Devynne Charlton will run the 100-meter hurdles the Bahamas. Assistant Kentucky swimming and diving coach Julia Vincent will represent South Africa in the women's 3-meter springboard.
Here is the complete list of UK athletes competing in Paris:
- Bam Adebayo, USA Basketball 5 on 5 (UK 2016-17 season);
- Adebola Adeyeye, Nigeria Basketball (UK 2023);
- Devin Booker, USA Basketball 5 on 5 (UK 2014-15 season);
- Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, Puerto Rico Track and Field (UK 2016-18);
- Anthony Davis, USA Basketball 5 on 5 (UK 2011-12 season);
- Andrew Evans, USA Track and Field (UK 2014);
- Wenyen Gabriel, South Sudan Basketball (UK 2016-2018 seasons);
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Canada Basketball (UK 2017-2018 season);
- Alexis Holmes, USA Track and Field (UK 2022);
- Rhyne Howard, USA Basketball 3 on 3 (UK 22);
- Ashley Kovacs, Team USA Track and Field women’s throws coach (UK 2009);
- Trey Lyles, Canada Basketball (UK 2014-15 season);
- Sydney McLaughlin-Levronen, USA Track and Field (UK 2018);
- Jamal Murray, Canada Basketball (UK 2015-16 season);
- Daniel Roberts, USA Track and Field (UK 2017-19),
- Masai Russell, USA Track and Field (UK 2023);
- Avery Skinner, USA Volleyball (UK 2021)
The competition schedule for sports featuring UK athletes:
- Fencing: July 27 – Aug. 4
- Diving: July 27 – Aug. 10
- Men’s Basketball: July 27 – Aug. 11
- Women’s Volleyball: July 28 – Aug. 11
- Women’s Basketball 3x3: July 30 – Aug. 5
- Athletics (track and field): Aug. 1 – Aug. 11