Skate and MIT: In addition to being a skate athlete, Alexis Sablone holds a master’s degree in architecture (Ezra Shaw/Team/Getty Images)
Written by Marianne Roccello, from Estodar Fora
Achieving Olympic standard in any sport requires lifelong preparation. In most cases, it takes years and years of training to be among the best in the world. Some of the athletes in Tokyo Olympics 2020 (held in 2021), in addition to reaching this level in sports, they were also able to study in universities such as Oxford, MIT and Harvard University.
In many countries, college sports are a stepping stone for athletes eager to enter higher education. In areas with groups such as the Ivy League (see Ivy League, Tokyo roku daigaku, and Japanese Ivy League), universities select students who already excel in a sport to receive scholarships and compete in university tournaments that champion the institution.
This is the case with Stanford. Only at the last Olympic Games, in Rio in 2016, only students and graduates of the institution won a total of 27 medals. The importance of this policy can be seen in attracting students to integrate the university’s teams into the diversity of nationalities of the athletes. In the case of Stanford, for example, college graduates represent the 13 countries in Tokyo.
Below, see how many competitors are in the Tokyo Olympics and which ones are studying or graduating from the top 5 universities in the world. We use the QS Ranking 2022 for the best universities.
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Among the top 5 universities, MIT is the one that has sent the fewest students to this year’s Olympics. skater Alexis Sablon He is the representative of the university. I graduated from the MA in Architecture in 2016 with the thesis “Nuclear Oasis: A 10,000-Year-Old Garbage Story”.
Anyone who watched the skateboarding final with Brazilian silver medalist Risa Lille will remember Alexis’ competition. While attending the program at MIT in 2015, Alexis won the Women’s Street Skateboarding World Championships.
Oxford university
In Tokyo, there are three representatives from Oxford University. Oliver Cook, MSc student in Date, representing the United Kingdom in Remo. Prior to Oxford, Olly graduated with a BA in Economics from the London School of Economics.
Another representative of boat sports, Anders Weiss has Master of Business Administration Completed in 2018 at Saeed Business School, University of Oxford. In Tokyo, he competes as a rower in a regatta whose native country is the United States. Before entering graduate school, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in economics from Brown University.
In the British rugby team, the Englishman Tom Mitchell graduated from the undergraduate course in Historical Studiesat Kellogg College, University of Oxford.
stanford
Among the top five universities in the world, Stanford University has sent the most athletes to the Tokyo Olympics. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, 39 athletes were sent from the university and together they won 27 medals. In Tokyo, a total of 57 athletes, including students from Stanford University and former students, representing 13 countries are competing. Check out the list with all the reps:
baseball
- Jeremy Bleach competes with Israel on the baseball team. I graduated in Economie.
Basketball
- KZ Okpala Nigeria competes in men’s basketball. Play professionally in NBA He did not complete his studies at Stanford University;
- Alana Smith competes for Australia in women’s basketball. Psychology studies.
beach volleyball
- Alex Kleinman competes for the United States in women’s beach volleyball. Graduated in Art Studio.
Cycling
- Kate Courtney competes in the United States in cycling. Graduated in Human Biology.
Riding
- Nile Nassar competes with Egypt on horseback riding. Graduated in Economics.
Fence
- Alex Macialas competes for the United States in fencing. Graduated in Mechanical Engineering.
- Vivian Kong competes with China in a fencing. Graduated in International Relations.
Gulf
- Albany Valenzuela compete for Switzerland in women’s golf. Graduated in political science.
fitness
- David Jessen competes with Kazakhstan in gymnastics. Graduated in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology;
- Brody Malone is competing for the United States in gymnastics. Graduated in Engineering and Management.
- Brandon Briones is competing for the United States in gymnastics. He hasn’t chosen his profession yet.
- Akash Modi competes with the United States in gymnastics. studying mechanical engineering;
- Sze In Tan competes for Singapore in women’s gymnastics. You haven’t chosen a profession yet.
remo
- Austin Hack competes for the United States in rowing. Graduated in political science.
- Stephanie Grauer competes for Canada in rowing. Graduated in contact.
- Grace Luczak competed for the United States in rowing. Graduated in Human Biology.
- Alie Rusher competes for the United States in rowing. Graduated in Human Biology.
- Veronica Toru Arana competes with the United States in rowing. Study medicine.
Feather
- Luke Muller competes with the United States in sailing. Study date.
football
- Terna Davidson competes for the United States in women’s soccer. Graduated in Management Sciences and Engineering.
- Kelly O’Hara competes for the United States in women’s soccer. Graduated in Science, Technology and Society.
- Ali Riley competed for New Zealand in women’s soccer. Graduated in Psychology.
- Jane Campbell competes for the United States in women’s soccer. Graduated in Psychology.
- Catarina Macario competes in the United States in women’s football. Graduated in contact.
swimming
- Alberto Mestre competes with Venezuela in swimming. It is far from the economic cycle.
- Andrei Minakov competes in the Russian Swimming Committee. He hasn’t chosen his profession yet.
- Ron Polonsky competes with Israel in swimming. He hasn’t chosen his profession yet.
- Brock Ford competes for the United States in swimming. Graduated in Human Biology.
- Tori Hoskey competes in the United States in swimming. He hasn’t chosen his profession yet.
- Katie Ledecky competes for the United States in swimming. Graduated in Psychology.
- Simone Manuel is competing for the United States in swimming. Graduated in contact.
- Andrea Morris competes with Israel in swimming. Graduated in Human Biology.
- Taylor Rock competes with Canada in swimming. Graduated in Human Biology.
- Reagan Smith competes for the United States in swimming. You haven’t chosen a profession yet.
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- Lindy Schroeder competes for the United States in synchronized swimming. He hasn’t chosen his profession yet.
Athletics
- Grant Fisher competes for the United States in athletics. Graduated in Electrical Engineering.
- Jacob Riley competes for the United States in athletics. Graduated in Economics.
- Stephen Solomon is competing for Australia in athletics. Graduated in Human Biology.
- Valary Allmann is competing for the United States in athletics. Graduated in Production Design.
- Elise Crane competes in the United States in athletics. Graduated in Human Biology.
- Malindi Elmore is competing for Canada in athletics. Graduated in International Relations.
- Mackenzie Little is competing for Australia in athletics. Graduated in Human Biology.
- Katrina Stefanidi is competing for Greece in athletics. Graduated in Biology and Human Psychology.
volleyball
- Eric Shoji competes with the United States in volleyball. Did not reach the course.
- Kaweka Shoji competes with the United States in volleyball. Did not reach the course.
- Foluke Akinradewo Gunderson competes with the United States in volleyball. Graduated in Human Biology.
Water polo
- Alex Bowen competes with the United States in water polo. Graduated in Product Design;
- Ben Hallock competes with the United States in water polo. Graduated in Economics.
- Drew Holland competes with the United States in water polo. Graduated in Management, Science and Engineering.
- Dylan Woodhead competes with the United States in water polo. Graduated in Mechanical Engineering.
- Arya Fisher competes with the United States in water polo. Graduated in Creative Writing.
- Mackenzie Fisher compete with the United States in water polo. Graduated in Mechanical Engineering.
- Melissa Seidman competes with the United States in water polo. Graduated in Psychology.
- Gurpreet Sohi competes for Canada in water polo. Graduated in Human Biology.
- Maggie Stevens competes with the United States in water polo. Graduated in Science, Technology and Society.
Paralympic Games – Rugby
- Jeff Butler competes with the United States in rugby in a wheelchair. Business study.
Cambridge University
Imogen Grant, a rowing athlete, is one of the Cambridge representatives in Tokyo. The university represents the United Kingdom and the course is completed in medicine.
Cyclist Anna Kissenhofer won the gold medal in Tokyo. trained in Maths He is at the Olympic Games, representing his country, Austria.
Finally, sprinter Louise Shanahan completes her run in PhD in Physics Representing the United Kingdom in the Olympic Games.
Harvard
American runner Gabe Thomas, who is currently pursuing a master’s degree in epidemiology at the University of Texas, is a graduate of the Neuroscience and global health by Harvard. In an interview with a college newspaper, the athlete spoke about the importance of college and studies while growing up as a runner. “Having other things off the track that I was really interested in and passionate about, I think it helped me really enjoy my time on the track,” he said.
Clark Dean completes his graduation in Classical literature He competes with the North American Rowing Team.
In women’s rugby, former student Cheetah Empa represents the United States. trained in Molecular cell biology.
“Olympic Games: Meet the athletes who studied at the best universities in the worldOriginally published by Estudar Fora da Fundação Estudar.
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