Meet Your 2016 U.S. Olympic Team!

By Victoria Robertson on August 6, 2016

Ladies and gentlemen, though just a day away from the Olympic opening ceremonies in Rio, many U.S. citizens still don’t actually know any U.S athletes that are competing in the Olympic Games.

So, to help you out, read below to meet Team U.S. — the athletes competing in big time events like gymnastics and swimming all the way down to table tennis and weightlifting.

So without further ado, meet your U.S. Olympic athletes for the 2016 games taking place in Rio!

Archery:

This year’s archery team is predominantly male, including Brady Ellison from Globe, Arizona; Zach Garrett from Wellington, Montana; and Jake Kaminski from Gainesville, Florida. Rounding out the team is Mackenzie Brown from Flint, Texas, the only female archery athlete representing the USA.

Badminton:

The USA Badminton team hails from California (with the exception of Paula Lynn Obanana from Minneapolis, Minnesota). The other athletes include Phillip Chew, Eva Lee, Sattawat Pongnairat, Howard Shu, Jamie Subandhi and Iris Wang.

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Basketball:

The men’s U.S. Olympic team includes: Carmelo Anthony, Harrison Barnes, Jimmy Butler, DeMarcus Cousins, DeMar DeRozan, Kevin Durant, Paul George, Draymond Green, Kyrie Irving, DeAndre Jordan, Kyle Lowry and Klay Thompson.

The women’s U.S. Olympic team includes: Seimone Augustus, Sue Bird, Tamika Catchings, Tina Charles, Elena Delle Donne, Sylvia Fowles, Brittney Griner, Maya Moore, Breanna Stewart, Dina Taurasi, Lindsay Whalen and Angel McCoughtry.

Boxing:

The U.S. boxing athletes include both male and female competitors. The team includes Mikaela Mayer (Los Angeles, California) and Claressa Shields (Flint, Michigan) and Carlos Balderas (Santa Maria, California), Charles Conwell (Cleveland, Ohio), Nico Hernandez (Wichita, Kansas), Gary Russel (Washington, D.C.), Shakur Stevenson (Newark, New Jersey) and Antonio Vargas (Kissimmee, Florida).

Canoe/Kayak:

The U.S. has five kayaking and canoeing athletes, including Casey Eichfeld (Drums, Pennsylvania), Maggie Hogan (Huntington Beach, California), Devin McEwan (Salisbury, Connecticut), Ashley Nee (Damestown, Maryland) and Michal Smolen (Gastonia, North Carolina).

Cycling:

The U.S. Cycling team consists of 21 athletes, both men and women.

Male competitors: Matt Baranoski (Perkasie, Pennsylvania), Brent Bookwalter (Grand Rapids, Michigan), Connor Fields (Las Vegas, Nevada), Howard Grotts (Durango, Colorado), Bobby Lea (Topton, Pennsylvania), Nicholas Long (Lakeside, California), Taylor Phinney (Boulder, Colorado) and Corben Sharrah (Tucson, Arizona).

Female competitors: Mara Abbott (Boulder, Colorado), Kristin Armstrong (Boise, Idaho), Kelly Catlin (Arden Hills, Minnesota), Brooke Crain (Visalia, California), Lea Davison (Jericho, Vermont), Chloe Dygert (Brownsburg, Indiana), Megan Guarnier (Glens Falls, New York), Sarah Hammer (Temecula, California), Alise Post (St. Cloud, Minnesota), Evelyn Stevens (San Francisco, California), Jennifer Valente (San Diego, California), Ruth Winder (Lafayette, California) and Chloe Woodruff (Boulder, Colorado).

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Diving:

The USA diving athletes include five male and five female athletes.

Male competitors: David Boudia (West Lafayette, Indiana), Sam Dorman (Tempe, Arizona), Michael Hixon (Amherst, Massachusetts), Kristian Ipsen (Clayton, California) and Steele Johnson (Carmel, Indiana).

Female competitors: Kassidy Cook (The Woodlands, Texas), Amy Cozad (Indianapolis, Indiana), Abby Johnston (Upper Arlington, Ohio), Jessica Parratto (Dover, New Hampshire) and Katrina Young (Seattle, Washington).

Equestrian:

We have 12 equestrian competitors. These include Allison Brock (Wellington, Florida), Lucy Davis (Los Angeles, California), Phillip Dutton (West Grove, Pennsylvania), Kent Farrington (Wellington, Florida), Laura Graves (Orlando, Florida), Lauren Kieffer (Middleburg, Virginia), Beezie Madden (Cazenovia, New York), Boyd Martin (Cochranville, Pennsylvania), Clark Montgomery (Mineral Wells, Texas), Steffen Peters (San Diego, California), Kasey Perry-Glass (Orangevale, California) and McLain Ward (Brewster, New York).

Fencing:

There are 14 athletes competing in the sport. The athletes include: Miles Chamley-Watson (New York, New York), Eli Dershwitz (Sherborn, Massachusetts), Katharine Holmes (Washington, D.C.), Daryl Homer (Bronx, New York), Courtney Hurley (San Antonio, Texas), Kelley Hurley (San Antonio, Texas), Lee Kiefer (Lexington, Kentucky), Alex Massialas (San Francisco, California), Gerek Meinhardt (San Francisco, California), Ibtihaj Muhammad (Maplewood, New Jersey), Nzingha Prescod (Brooklyn, New York), Jason Pryor (South Euclid, Ohio), Dagmara Wozniak (Avenel, New Jersey) and Mariel Zagunis (Portland, Oregon).

Field Hockey:

We have an all-female field hockey team consisting of 16 athletes:

Katie Bam (Blue Bell, Pennsylvania), Jackie Briggs (Robesonia, Pennsylvania), Lauren Crandall (Doylestown, Pennsylvania), Rachel Dawson (Berlin, New Jersey), Katelyn Falgowski (Langenberg, Pennsylvania), Stefanie Fee (Virginia Beach, Virginia), Melissa Gonzalez (Mohegan Lake, New York), Michelle Kasold (Chapel Hill, North Carolina), Kelsey Kolojejchick (Larksville, Pennsylvania), Alyssa Manley (Lititz, Pennsylvania), Julia Reinprecht (Perkasie, Pennsylvania), Katie Reinprecht (Perkasie, Pennsylvania), Kat Sharkey (Moosic, Pennsylvania), Caitlin Van Sickle (Wilmington, Delaware), Michelle Vittese (Cherry Hill, New Jersey) and Jill Witmer (Lancaster, Pennsylvania).

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Golf:

There are seven golfers taking part in the Rio Olympics, including four males and three females.

Male competitors: Rickie Fowler (Murrieta, California), Matt Kuchar (Sea Island, Georgia), Patrick Reed (Houston, Texas) and Bubba Watson (Bagdad, Florida).

Female competitors: Stacy Lewis (The Woodlands, Texas), Gerina Piller (Roswell, New Mexico) and Lexi Thompson (Coral Springs, Florida).

Gymnastics:

As always, the U.S. gymnastics teams include male and female athletes, and they’re all very young.

Male competitors: Chris Brooks (Houston, Texas), Jake Dalton (Sparks, Nevada), Logan Dooley (Lake Forest, California), Danell Leyva (Homestead, Florida), Sam Mikulak (Newport Beach, California) and Alex Naddour (Gilbert, Arizona).

Female competitors: Nicole Ahsinger (San Diego, California), Simone Biles (Spring, Texas), Gabby Douglas (Las Angeles, California), Kiana Eide (St. Francis, Minnesota), Laurie Hernandez (Old Bridge, New Jersey), Alisa Kano (New York, New York), Madison Kocian (Dallas, Texas), Natalie McGiffert (Topanga, California), Aly Raisman (Needham, Massachusetts), Monica Rokhman (Northbrook, Illinois), Kristen Shaldybin (Brooklyn, New York) and Laura Zeng (Libertyville, Illinois).

Judo:

There are six U.S. athletes: Colton Brown (Piscataway, New Jersey), Angelica Delgado (Miami, Florida), Nick Delpopolo (Davie, Florida), Kayla Harrison (Middletown, Ohio), Marti Malloy (Oak Harbor, Washington) and Travis Stevens (Tacoma, Washington).

Modern Pentathlon:

We have three U.S. athletes competing: Isabella Isaksen (Fayetteville, Arkansas), Margaux Isaksen (Fayetteville, Arkansas) and Nathan Schrimsher (Roswell, New Mexico).

Rowing:

A very large team including 41 participants, the rowing team consists of both male and female athletes.

These include: Kate Bertko (Oakland, California), Andrew Campbell (Cambridge, Massachusetts), Charlie Cole (New Canaan, Connecticut), Mike DiSanto (Boston, Massachusetts), Sam Dommer (Folsom, California), Tracy Eisser (Fair Lawn, New Jersey), Amanda Elmore (West Lafayette, Indiana), Anthony Fahden (Lafayette, California), Tessa Gobbo (Chesterfield, New Hampshire), Nareg Guregian (North Hills, California), Austin Hack (Old Lyme, Connecticut), Megan Kalmoe (St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin), Alex Karwoski (Hollis, New Hampshire), Devery Karz (Park City, Utah), Steve Kasprzyk (Cinnaminson, New Jersey), Edward King (Ironton, Montana), Joshua Konieczny (Millbury, Ohio), Grace Latz (Jackson, Michigan), Eleanor Logan (Boothbay Harbor, Maine), Grace Luczak (Ann Arbor, Michigan), Adrienne Martelli (University Place, Washington), Matt Miller (Springfield, Virginia), Felice Mueller (Cleveland, Ohio), Rob Munn (Redmond, Washington), Meghan Musnicki (Naples, New York), Tyler Nase (Phoenixville, Pennsylvania), Glenn Ochal (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Sam Ojserkis (Linwood, New Jersey), Meghan O’Leary (Baton Rouge, Louisiana), Amanda Polk (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), Robin Prendes (Miami, Florida), Emily Regan (Buffalo, New York), Henrik Rummel (Pittsford, New York), Lauren Schmetterling (Moorestown, New Jersey), Kerry Simmonds (San Diego, California), Katelin Snyder (Orlando, Florida), Gevvie Stone (Newton, Massachusetts), Hans Struzyna (Kirkland, Washington), Ellen Tomek (Flushing, Michigan), Seth Weil (Menlo Park, California) and Anders Weiss (Barrington, Rhode Island).

Rugby:

Perry Baker (Daytona Beach, Florida), Bui Baravilala (Honolulu, Hawaii), Danny Barrett (Pacifica, California), Garrett Bender (Minneapolis, Minnesota), Ryan Carlyle (West Nyack, New York), Lauren Doyle (Boody, Illinois), Andrew Durutalo (San Diego, California), Nate Ebner (Columbus, Ohio), Joanne Fa’avesi (Sacramento, California), Carmen Farmer (Richmond, Virginia), Victoria Folayan (Boston, Massachusetts), Kelly Griffin (Berkeley, California), Madison Hughes (Lancaster, Massachusetts), Carlin Isles (Massillon, Ohio), Jessica Javelet (San Diego, California), Kathryn Johnson (Hopkins, Minnesota), Alev Kelter (Eagle River, Alaska), Folau Niua (East Palo Alto, California), Ben Pinkelman (Centennial, Colorado), Jillion Potter (Denver, Colorado), Richelle Stephens (Fallbrook, California), Zack Test (Redwood City, California), Maka Unufe (Provo, Utah) and Chris Wyles (Stamford, Connecticut).

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Sailing:

Thomas Barrows III (St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands), Charlie Buckingham (Newport Beach, California), Louisa Chafee (Warwick, Rhode Island), Bora Gulari (Detroit, Michigan), Annie Haeger (East Troy, Wisconsin), Paris Henken (Coronado, California), David Hughes (Miami, Florida), Marion Lepert (Belmont, California), Stu McNay (Providence, Rhode Island), Joe Morris (Annapolis, Maryland), Caleb Paine (San Diego, California), Pedro Pascual (Boca Raton, Florida), Briana Provancha (San Diego, California), Paige Railey (Clearwater, Florida) and Helena Scutt (Kirkland, Washington).

Shooting:

Will Brown (Twin Falls, Idaho), Corey Cogdell-Unrein (Eagle River, Alaska), Morgan Craft (Muncy Valley, Pennsylvania), Glenn Eller (Columbus, Georgia), Matt Emmons (Brown Mills, New Jersey), Vincent Hancock (Eatonton, Georgia), David Higgins (San Clemente, California), Lucas Kozeniesky (Fairfax, Virginia), Dan Lowe (Olympia, Washington), Michael McPhail (Darlington, Wisconsin), Emil Miley (Brandon, Florida), Lydia Paterson (Kansas City, Kansas), Kim Rhode (El Monte, California), Josh Richmond (Hillsgrove, Pennsylvania), Keith Sanderson (San Antonio, Texas), Sarah Scherer (Woburn, Massachusetts), Enkelejda Shehaj (Naples, Florida), Jay Shi (Phoenix, Arizona), Frank Thompson (Alliance, Nebraska) and Virginia Thrasher (Springfield, Virginia).

Soccer:

Morgan Brian (Houston, Texas), Crystal Dunn (Rockville Centre, New York), Whitney Engen (Rolling Hills Estates, California), Tobin Heath (Basking Ridge, New Jersey), Lindsey Horan (Golden, Colorado), Julie Johnston (Mesa, Arizona), Meghan Klingenberg (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), Ali Krieger (Dumfries, Virginia), Carli Lloyd (Delran, New Jersey), Allie Long (Northport, New York), Alex Morgan (Diamond Bar, California), Alyssa Naeher (Seymour, Connecticut), Kelley O’Hara (Fayetteville, Georgia), Christen Press (Palos Verdes Estates, California), Mallory Pugh (Highlands Ranch, Colorado), Megan Rapinoe (Redding, California), Becky Sauerbrunn (St. Louis, Missouri) and Hope Solo (Richland, Washington).

Swimming:

Cammile Adams (Houston, Texas), Nathan Adrian (Bremerton, Washington), Haley Anderson (Granite Bay, California), Kathleen Baker (Winston-Salem, North Carolina), Elizabeth Beisel (Saunderstown, Rhode Island), Gunnar Bentz (Atlanta, Georgia), Jack Conger (Rockville, Maryland), Kevin Cordes (Naperville, Illinois), Maya RiRado (Santa Rosa, California), Caeleb Dressel (Orange Park, Florida), Conor Dwyer (Winnetka, Illinois), Anthony Ervin (Valencia, California), Jimmy Feigen (San Antonio, Texas), Hali Flickinger (Spring Grove, Pennsylvania), Missy Franklin (Centennial, Colorado), Townley Haas (Henrico, Virginia), Molly Hannis (Santa Rosa, California), Ryan Held (Springfield, Illinois), Connor Jaeger (Fair Haven, New Jersey), Chase Kalisz (Bel Air, Maryland), Lilly King (Evansville, Indiana), Katie Ledecky (Bethesda, Maryland), Jay Litherland (Greensboro, Georgia), Ryan Lochte (Daytona Beach, Florida), Simone Manuel (Sugar Land, Texas), Melanie Margalis (Clearwater, Florida), Katie Meili (Colleyville, Texas), Cody Miller (Las Vegas, Nevada), Ryan Murphy (Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida), Lia Neal (Brooklyn, New York), Jacob Pebley (Corvallis, Oregon), Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Maryland), Blake Pieroni (Valparaiso, Indiana), David Plummer (Minneapolis, Minnesota), Josh Prenot (Berkeley, California), Cierra Runge (Cochranville, Pennsylvania), Sean Ryan (Chattanooga, Tennessee), Allison Schmitt (Canton, Michigan), Tom Shields (Huntington Beach, California), Clark Smith (Denver, Colorado), Leah Smith (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), Olivia Smoliga (Chicago, Illinois), Dana Vollmer (Danville, California), Amanda Weir (Lawrenceville, Georgia), Abbey Weitzeil (Saugus, California), Jordan Wilimovsky (Malibu, California) and Kelsi Worrell (Westampton, New Jersey).

Synchronized Swimming:

We have two athletes competing in this event: Anita Alvarex (Buffalo, New York) and Mariya Koroleva (Concord, California).

Table Tennis:

We have six table tennis athletes for 2016: Yijun Feng (Alpharetta, Georgia), Kanak Jha (Milpitas, California), Timothy Wang (Houston, Texas), Jennifer Wu (Fort Lee, New Jersey), Lily Zhang (Palo Alto, California) and Jiaqi Zheng (Fremont, California).

Taekwondo:

We have four athletes competing, two females and two males. Jackie Galloway (Wylie, Texas), Stephen Lambdin (Colleyville, Texas), Steven Lopez (Sugar Land, Texas) and Paige McPherson (Sturgis, Texas).

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Tennis:

This year, the U.S. has 11 tennis players on their teams.

Male competitors: Brian Baker (Nashville, Tennessee), Steve Johnson (Los Angeles, California), Denis Kudla (Arlington, Virginia), Rajeev Ram (Carmel, Indiana) and Jack Sock (Lincoln, Nebraska).

Female competitors: Madison Keys (Lake Worth, Florida), Bethanie Mattek-Sands (Phoenix, Arizona), Sloane Stephens (Fort Lauderdale, Florida), CoCo Vandeweghe (Rancho Santa Fe, California), Serena Williams (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida) and Venus Williams (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida).

Track and Field:

Comprising the largest U.S. Olympic team, by far, the Track and Field team consists of 129 competitors.

Brad Adkins (Idalou, Texas), Morolake Akinosun (Chicago, Illinois), Nia Ali (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Devon Allen (Eugene, Oregon), Robby Andrews (Manalapan, New Jersey), Ronnie Ash (Passaic, New Jersey), Whitney Ashley (Riverside, California), Tavis Bailey (Kannapolis, North Carolina), Tianna Bartoletta (Tampa, Florida), Chris Benard (Corona, California), Boris Berian (Colorado Springs, Colorado), Gwen Berry (St. Louis, Montana),  Ben Blankenship (Stillwater, Minnesota), Hillary Bor (Colorado Springs, Colorado), Brittany Borman (Festus, Montana), Tori Bowie (Sand Hill, Mississippi), Marvin Bracy (Orlando, Florida), Trayvon Bromell (St. Petersburg, Florida), Donn Cabral (Glastonbury, Connecticut), Amber Campbell (Indianapolis, Indiana), Kelsey Card (Carlinville, Illinois), Michelle Carter (Ovilla, Texas), Kristi Castlin (Atlanta, Georgia), Matthew Centrowitz (Portland, Oregon), Paul Chelimo (Beaverton, Oregon), Will Claye (Phoenix, Arizona), Kerron Clement (Laporte, Texas), Kyle Clemons (Jonesboro, Arkansas), Emma Coburn (Crested Butte, Colorado), Christian Coleman (Atlanta, Georgia), Kim Conley (Sacramento, California), Amy Cragg-Hastings (Leavenworth, Kansas), Ryan Crouser (Boring, Oregon), Sam Crouser (Gresham, Oregon), Logan Cunningham (Smithson Valley, Texas), Vashti Cunningham (Las Vegas, Nevada), Abbey D’Agostino (Topsfield, Massachusetts), Janay DeLoach (Fort Collins, Colorado), Ashton Eaton (Portland, Oregon), Taylor Ellis-Watson (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Christina Epps (Morristown, New Jersey), Andrew Evans (Portage, Michigan), Allyson Felix (Los Angeles, California), Shalane Flanagan (Marblehead, Massachusetts), Mason Finley (Chaffee County, Colorado), Phyllis Francis (Bryan, Texas), Courtney Frerichs (Nixa, Montana), Sean Furey (Methuen, Massachusetts), English Gardner (Voorhees, New Jersey), Justin Gatlin (Pensacola, Florida), Tyson Gay (Lexington, Kentucky), Andrea Geubelle (University Place, Washington), Kate Grace (Sacramento, California), Arman Hall (Pembroke Pines, Florida), Marielle Hall (Mount Laurel, New Jersey), Mike Harfield (Manchester, Connecticut), Natasha Hastings (Queens, New York), Jeffrey Henderson (McAlmont, Arkansas), Darrell Hill (Darby, Pennsylvania), Cyrus Hostetler (Newberg, Oregon), Shelby Houlihan (Sioux City, Iowa), Molly Huddle (Elmira, New York), Emily Infeld (Portland, Oregon), Evan Jager (Algonquin, Illinois), Charles Jock (San Diego, California), Felisha Johnson (Indianapolis, Indiana),  Kibwe Johnson (San Francisco, California), Meb Keflezighi (San Diego, California), Sam Kendricks (Oxford, Mississippi), Shadrack Kipchirchir (Beaverton, Oregon), Leonard Korir (Colorado Springs, Colorado), Joe Kovacs (Nazareth, Pennsylvania), Erik Kynard (Toledo, Ohio), Bernard Lagat (Tucson, Arizona), Jarrion Lawson (Texarkana, Texas), Desiree Linden (Chula Vista, California), Chaunte Lowe (Riverside, California), Maggie Malone (Geneva, Nebraska), Brenda Martinez (Big Bear Lake, California), Francena McCorory (Hampton, Virginia), Conor McCullough (Las Angeles, California), Sydney McLaughlin (Dunellen, New Jersey), Inika McPherson (Port Arthur, Texas), Tony McQuay (Clermont, Florida), Hassan Mead (Eugene, Oregon), Miranda Melville (Rochester, New York), LaShawn Merritt (Portsmouth, Virginia), Maria Michta-Coffey (Nesconset, New York), Heather Miller-Koch (Columbus, Wisconsin), Sandi Morris (Greenville, South Carolina), Dalilah Muhammad (Jamaica, New York), Clayton Murphy (Akron, Ohio), John Nunn (Evansville, Indiana), Barbara Nwaba (Los Angeles, California), Courtney Okolo (Carrollton, Texas), Keturah Orji (Mount Olive, New Jersey), Jeff Porter (Somerset, New Jersey), Jenna Prandini (Clovis, California), DeAnna Price (Moscow Mills, Montana), Colleen Quigley (St. Louis, Montana), Brittney Reese (Gulfport, Mississippi), Gil Roberts (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), Ricky Robertson (Hernando, Mississippi), Byron Robinson (Chesapeake, Virginia), Mike Rodgers (St. Louis, Montana), Brianna Rollins (Miami, Florida), Shannon Rowbury (San Francisco, California), Galen Rupp (Portland, Oregon), Raven Saunders (Charleston, South Carolina), Cale Simmons (Rocklin, California), Jenny Simpson (Boulder, Colorado), Ashley Spencer (Indianapolis, Indiana), Deajah Stevens (Bayside, New York), Jenn Suhr (Fredonia, New York), Jeremy Taiwo (Renton, Washington), Michael Tinsley (Little Rock, Arkansas), Christian Taylor (Fayetteville, Georgia), Shelbi Vaughan (Weatherford, Texas), David Verburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Jared Ward (Kaysville, Utah), Ariana Washington (Long Beach, California), Ameer Webb (Harbor City, California), Lexi Weeks (Cabot, Arkansas), Chrishuna Williams (Dallas, Texas), Kendell Williams (Kennesaw, Georgia), Ajee Wilson (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Kara Winger (Vancouver, Washington), Rudy Winkler (Ithaca, New York) and Zach Ziemek (Itasca, Illinois).

Triathlon:

There are three male and three female triathlon competitors from the U.S. These include: Greg Billington (Spokane, Washington), Gwen Jorgensen (St. Paul, Minnesota), Ben Kanute (Geneva, Illinois), Joe Maloy (Wildwood Crest, New Jersey), Sarah True (Hanover, New Hampshire) and Katie Zaferes (Hampstead, Maryland).

Volleyball:

Rachael Adams (Cincinnati, Ohio), Foluke Akinradewo (Fr. Lauderdale, Florida), Matt Anderson (West Seneca, New York), Kaylar Banwarth (Dubuque, Iowa), Micah Christenson (Honolulu, Hawaii), Phil Dalhausser (Ormond Beach, Florida), Christa Dietzen (Hopewell, Pennsylvania), Lauren Fendrick (Carlsbad, California), Jake Gibb (Bountiful, Utah), Alisha Glass (Leland, Michigan), Kim Hill (Portland, Oregon), Max Holt (Cincinnati, Ohio), Tom Jaeschke (Wheaton, Illinois), Jordan Larson (Hooper, Nebraska), David Lee (Alpine, California), Carlie Lloyd (Bonsall, California), Karsta Lowe (San Diego, California), Nick Lucena (Cooper City, Florida), Kelly Murphy (Wilmington, Illinois), Casey Patterson (Newbury Park, California), Reid Priddy (Richmond, Virginia), Kelsey Robinson (Bartlett, Illinois), April Ross (Costa Mesa, California), Aaron Russell (Ellicott City, Maryland), Taylor Sander (Corona, California), Erik Shoji (Honolulu, Hawaii), Kawika Shoji (Honolulu, Hawaii), David Smith (Saugus, California), Brooke Sweat (Estero, Florida), Courtney Thompson (Kent, Washington), Murphy Troy (St. Louis, Missouri) and Kerri Walsh Jennings (Saratoga, California).

Water Polo:

Tony Azevedo (Long Beach, California), McQuin Baron (North Tustin, California), Bret Bonanni (Huntington Beach, California), Alex Bowen (Santee, California), KK Clark (Atherton, California), Kami Craig (Santa Barbara, California), Luca Cupido (Liguria, Italy), Thomas Dunstan (New Canaan, Connecticut), Rachel Fattal (Seal Beach, California), Aria Fischer (Laguna Beach, California), Makenzie Fischer (Laguna Beach, California), Kaleigh Gilchrist (Newport Beach, California), Ben Hallock (Westlake Village, California), Sami Hill (Santa Barbara, California), Ashleigh Johnson (Miami, Florida), John Mann (Newport Beach, California), Courtney Mathewson (Anaheim, California), Merrill Moses (Newbury Park, California), Maddie Musselman (Newport Beach, California), Kiley Neushul (Isla Vista, California), Alex Obert (Loomis, California), Alex Roelse (Westwoods, California), Josh Samuels (Villa Park, California), Melissa Seidemann (Walnut Creek, California), Jesse Smith (Coronado, California) and Maggie Steffens (Danville, California).

Weightlifting:

There are four competitors in the weightlifting event for the U.S team. These include: Jenny Arthur (Gainesville, Georgia), Kendrick Farris (Shreveport, Louisiana), Morghan King (Redmond, Washington) and Sarah Robles (Desert Hot Springs, California).

Wrestling:

Haley Augello (Lockport, Illinois), Andy Bisek (Chaska, Minnesota), Jordan Burroughs (Sicklerville, New Jersey), J’den Cox (Columbia, Montana), Daniel Dennis (Ingleside, Illinois), Tervel DIagnev (Columbus, Ohio), Adeline Gray (Denver, Colorado), Helen Maroulis (Rocky Point, Maryland), Frank Molinaro (Barnegat, New Jersey), Elena Pirozhkova (Greenfield, Massachusetts), Ben Provisor (Colorado Springs, Colorado), Robby Smith (San Ramon, California), Kyle Snyder (Woodbine, Maryland) and Jesse Thielke (Germantown, Wisconsin).

So now that you know the athletes competing for the U.S., tune in to the Olympics over the next few weeks and cheer on your country!

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