Michigan at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Current and former University of Michigan student-athletes made their mark with historic achievements across multiple sports at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Wolverines earned 11 medals (three gold, five silver, three bronze) at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, which were delayed a year by the COVID-19 pandemic and were held in 2021 without fans at the venues.
Leading the way for the Wolverines was Canadian swimmer Maggie MacNeil, who won the women's 100-meter butterfly and added a pair of relay medals to become the first U-M varsity swimmer (female or male) to win three medals in one Olympics. She is the first female varsity athlete from the University with three career Olympic medals. Alumna Siobhán Haughey also made history in the pool, collecting silver medals in the 100- and 200-meter freestyle events to become Hong Kong's first Olympic swimming medalist.
Jayde Riviere and Shelina Zadorsky contributed to Canada's first Olympic gold medal in women's soccer, while Myles Amine, Michigan's first Olympic freestyle wrestler, etched his name in San Marino sports history as the country's first male individual Olympic medalist in any sport with bronze in the 86kg weight class. Also adding to the Wolverines' impressive medal count were softball player Amanda Chidester, who had a pair of game-winning hits during Team USA's run to the silver medal; swimmer Catie DeLoof, who won bronze with the USA women's 4x100-meter freestyle relay team; and U-M graduate assistant coach Michael Hixon, who repeated as a silver medalist in men's synchronized three-meter diving for Team USA.
In all, 31 athletes with ties to U-M competed in the Tokyo Olympics, and two individuals participated in the Paralympics, including first-year U-M Medical School student Sam Grewe, who won a gold medal in the men's high jump T63.
Medal Winners
- Women's Soccer
Canada - Gold
- Women's Soccer
Canada - Gold
- Softball
United States - Silver
- Men's Diving
United States - Silver: Synchronized 3m Springboard
- Wrestling
San Marino - Bronze: Freestyle 86kg
- Women's Swimming
United States - Bronze: 4x100m Freestyle Relay
- Men's Track and Field (Paralympics)
United States - Gold: High Jump T63
Photo Credits: Getty Images (MacNeil, Riviere, Zadorsky, Haughey, Hixon, Amine, Grewe); personal Twitter (Chidester, DeLoof)
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Wolverines in Tokyo
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Swimming (Israel Swimming Association)
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Water Polo (USATSI)
Soccer (USATSI)
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Swimming (Michigan Photography)
Basketball (USATSI)
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Cycling (Cycling Canada)
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