At the last Olympics Games, held in Tokyo in 2021 after a year delay for COVID, eight athletes from UGA — among the 27 Bulldogs who competed — earned medals.
More than 30 current or former Georgia student-athletes have qualified for the 2024 Olympics.
With Olympics fast approaching and the Opening Ceremony set for July 26, here are the UGA athletes who have qualified to compete in Paris.
Javier Acevedo
Country: Canada
Sport/Event: Men’s 100m Backstroke, Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Background: Acevedo swam for Georgia from 2016-2021. He competed for Canada at the 2020 Olympics.
Csenge Bácskay
Country: Hungary
Sport/Event: Gymnastics
Background: Bácskay’s transferred to UGA and will compete in her first season with the Bulldogs this coming year.
Croix Bethune
Country: USA
Sport/Event: Women’s soccer
Background: Bethune played for Georgia during the 2023 season, after beginning her career at the University of Southern California.
Aaliyah Butler
Country: USA
Sport/Event: Track - Women’s 400m
Background: Butler, the Georgia sophomore sprinter, topped her own school record and secured a spot on Team USA in the 400-meter dash on the third day of the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials.
Butler finished second in the 400m final with a time of 49.71, which topped her school record of 49.79 from this year’s SEC Championships.
María Lourdes Carlé
Country: Argentina
Sport/Event: Tennis - Women’s Singles
Background: Carle played one season at Georgia, in 2018-2019.
Denzel Comenentia
Country: Netherlands
Sport/Event: Men’s Hammer Throw
Background: Comenentia was a first-team All-American for UGA in multiple events including hammer throw, shot put and discus throw. He was the 2018 USTFCCCA National Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year.
Jourdan Delacruz
Country: USA
Sport/Event: Weightlifting - Women’s 49kg
Background: Delacruz is a UGA graduate student.
Anthony Edwards
Country: USA
Sport/Event: Men’s Basketball
Background: The Atlanta native who currently plays for the Minnesota Timberwolves, played one season for UGA (2019-2020) before being the No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft.
Johannes Erm
Country: Estonia
Sport/Event: Men’s Decathlon
Background: Erm previously was a mult-time All-American in decathlon and heptathlon while at UGA. He competed for Estonia in the 2021 Olympics.
Nic Fink
Country: USA
Sport/Event: Swimming - Men’s 100m Breaststroke
Background: Fink, a 30-year-old Georgia alum, will compete in the 100-meter breaststroke. He will also compete 4x100 medley relay.
Sanaa Frederick
Country: Trinidad & Tobago
Sport/Event: Women’s 4x100m Relay
Background: Sanaa Frederick is an Incoming freshman, alongside her twin sister and fellow Olympian Sole Frederick.
Sole Frederick
Country: Trinidad & Tobago
Sport/Event: Women’s 4x100m Relay
Background: Sole Frederick is an Incoming freshman, alongside her twin sister and fellow Olympian Sanaa Frederick.
Cejhae Greene
Country: Antigua & Barbuda
Sport/Event: Men’s Sprints
Background: Greene competed for UGA from 2015-2018 and has previously competed in two Olympics (2016, 2021)
Jehlani Gordon
Country: Jamaica
Sport/Event: Men’s 4x100m Relay
Background: Gordon is a current athlete at UGA.
Tatiana Gusin
Country: Greece
Sport/Event: Women’s High Jump
Background: Gusin, who competed at UGA from 2013-2018, was a multi-time All-American high jumper.
Adaejah Hodge
Country: British Virgin Islands
Sport/Event: Women’s 200m
Background: Hodge is an incoming freshman at UGA.
Steven Insixiengmay
Country: Laos
Sport/Event: Swimming - Men’s 100m Breaststroke
Background: Insixiengmay is a current UGA swimmer.
Chase Kalisz
Country: USA
Sport/Event: Swimming - Men’s 400m IM
Background: Kalisz, who competed for UGA from 2013-2016 and then again in 2017, was named to the team after his performance at the Olympic Trials in the 400-meter individual medley. Kalisz won silver in the 400m IM in 2016 and gold in the event at the 2020 Olympics.
Elena Kulichenko
Country: Cyprus
Sport/Event: Women’s High Jump
Background: Kulichenko is a current UGA athlete.
Ieva Maluka
Country: Latvia
Sport/Event: Women’s 200m IM
Background: Maluka is an incoming transfer for the Bulldogs swim team.
Shaunae Miller-Uibo
Country: Bahamas
Sport/Event: Women’s Sprints
Background: Miller-Uibo competed for UGA from 2012-2013.
Christopher Morales Williams
Country: Canada
Sport/Event: Men’s 400m
Background: While competing for UGA, Morales Williams was the NCAA champion in the 400m in 2024.
Marie-Therese Obst
Country: Norway
Sport/Event: Women’s Javelin
Background: Competed for UGA from 2017-2021
Janek Oiglane
Country: Estonia
Sport/Event: Men’s Decathlon
Background: Oiglane is a current assistant coach at UGA.
Keturah Orji
Country: USA
Sport/Event: Track & Field Women’s Triple Jump
Background: Orji, who competed for Georgia from 2015-18, placed second in the triple jump on Saturday to earn a spot on Team USA. Orji was fourth in the triple jump at the 2016 Games and seventh at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo.
Ellen Perez
Country: Australia
Sport/Event: Tennis -Women’s Doubles
Background: Perez competed for the Bulldogs from 2014-17.
Chanice Porter
Country: Jamaica
Sport/Event: Women’s Long Jump
Background: Porter was an NCAA long jump champion during her time as a student-athlete. She now works for UGA Athletics.
Stephanie Ratcliffe
Country: Australia
Sport/Event: Women’s Hammer Throw
Background: Ratcliffe is a currently UGA athlete.
Ana da Silva
Country: Brazil
Sport/Event: Women’s Shot Put
Background: Ana da Silva is a current UGA athlete.
Sepp Straka
Country: Austria
Sport/Event: Golf
Background: Straka competed for UGA from 2011 to 2016 (did not play the 2013–2014 season). Though from Austria, he moved to Valdosta, Ga. in his teen years.
Karel Tilga
Country: Estonia
Sport/Event: Men’s Decathlon
Background: Tilga, who competed at UGA from 2018-2021, was a 2021 NCAA Outdoor Champion and previously competed at the 2021 Olympics.
Luca Urlando
Country: USA
Sport/Event: Swimming: Men’s 200m Butterfly
Background: Urlando, a rising senior at UGA, was confirmed for Team USA after a second-place finish in the 200-meter butterfly at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials.
Jan Zielinski
Country: Poland
Sport/Event: Tennis - Men’s Doubles
Background: Zielinski competed for UGA from 2015-2019
