Eight Cavaliers go for gold
Current students and alumni represented four countries in the Summer Games.
Posted January 2001
If you just couldn’t fund a trip to Sydney this past September, chances are that one of your fellow Wahoos could give you a first-hand report, and maybe even a backstage glimpse, of the 2000 Summer Olympic Games. Eight Cavaliers — current students as well as recent alumni — represented four countries in the Summer Olympics, proving that our “Academical Village” is more than merely academic — and maybe even just a little more cosmopolitan than your ordinary village.
| Athlete, Year | Major | Country | Sport |
Medals |
| Mirjana Bosevska ’03 | College | Former Yugoslav | Swimming: 800m freestyle 200m butterfly 400m ind. medley |
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| Ed Moses ’02 | Sports Medicine | U.S. | Swimming: 400m medley 100m breaststroke |
Gold Silver |
| Shamek Pietucha ’99 | Biology | Canada | Swimming: 400m medley 100m butterfly 200m butterfly |
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| Pathunyu “Guy” Yimsomruay ’03 |
College | Thailand | Swimming: 200m ind. medley |
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| Dawn Staley ’92 | Rhetoric & Communication | U.S. | Basketball | Gold |
| Jeff Agoos ’91 | Marketing & Business Admin | U.S. | Soccer | |
| Chris Albright ’98* | College | U.S. | Soccer | |
| Ben Olsen ’99* | College | U.S. | Soccer |
*left the University before completing his degree