ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE
GOING FOR THE GOLD WITH
Across Northern France during the summer of 2024, Golden Bears were everywhere — competing at the Olympics and collecting medals along the way. CAL Athletics
C Cal’s contingent of 59 Olympians left a lasting mark, earning a collective 23 medals across nine sports, tying the school record for most medals in a single Olympics and ranking as the second-highest total of any U.S. institution. If Cal were a country, it would have placed 12th in the overall medal count, with Golden Bears accounting for nearly one-quarter of the ACC’s 98 medals.
won 10 medals, including four golds. Three- time Olympian Ryan Murphy (USA) earned gold in the 4x100-meter mixed relay, silver in the 4x100 men’s medley relay, and bronze in the 100 backstroke, bringing his career Olympic total to nine medals, including five golds. Rising senior Jack Alexy and postgrad teammate Hunter Armstrong helped Team USA capture gold in the 4x100 freestyle relay and silver in the 4x100 men’s medley relay, while alumna Abbey Weitzeil (USA) added
gold in the 4x100 mixed medley relay and silver in the 4x100 free relay. Cal rowers added six medals, including four silvers: Olav Molenaar (Netherlands) in the men’s eight, Ollie Maclean (New Zealand) in the men’s four, and Sydney Payne and Caileigh Filmer (Canada) in the women’s eight. Christian Tabash (USA) and Rowan McKellar (Great Britain) earned bronze in the men’s and women’s eight, respectively.
The biggest impact came in the pool at La Défense Arena, where Cal swimmers
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