Here’s How Many Athletes Are in the Olympics for Team USA – NBC New York

The Tokyo Olympics are underway, with one of many largest Crew USA delegations ever.

Learn on for some key statistics about U.S. athletes on the 2020 Tokyo Games.

What number of U.S. athletes compete within the Olympics?

In line with the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committe (USOPC), Crew USA has 613 members this 12 months.

Of them, 193 are returning Olympians, and 104 are Olympic medalists.

What are some information and figures about Crew USA?

The USOPC supplied the next breakdown of Crew USA by geography, gender, faculty and army affiliation, and extra:

• Forty-six states and the District of Columbia are represented on the U.S. roster, with California (126), Florida (51), Colorado (34) and Texas (31) main the best way. Two athletes determine worldwide hometowns, together with water polo’s Luca Cupido from Italy and baseball’s Jack Lopez from Puerto Rico. 
• The 2020 roster contains 329 girls and 284 males, marking the third straight Olympic Video games with extra girls on the U.S. roster. The Rio 2016 crew included 294 girls and 264 males, whereas London 2012 had 268 girls and 262 males. 
• Swimmer Katie Grimes is the youngest athlete at age 15, whereas equestrian Phillip Dutton will likely be competing at age 57. 
• The 2020 crew options 193 returning Olympians and 104 Olympic medalists, together with 56 Olympic champions. 
• The 2020 crew is almost 10% bigger than the Rio 2016 Olympic Crew, rising from 558 to 613 certified athletes. 
• The USA will likely be represented in 44 sports activities in Japan. Of the 338 medal occasions contested in Tokyo, Crew USA could have not less than one entry (athlete/crew) in 268 of these occasions.
• Ten athletes have competed on the Youth Olympic Video games and have gained a mixed 9 Youth Olympic medals, together with three golds. They’re highlighted by Kevin McDowell, who gained gold and silver medals in triathlon in 2010, and Noah Lyles, who gained a gold medal within the 200 meters in 2018.
• Eighteen athletes on the roster self-identify ties to the army, together with 16 with the Military, one with the Coast Guard and one with the Marines. 
• Of the 613 U.S. athletes competing in Tokyo, greater than 75% (463 athletes) competed collegiately at 169 faculties.
• There are not less than six units of siblings on the crew, together with Jessica and Nelly Korda (golf), Henry Leverett and Jack Leverett III (taking pictures), Phillip and Ryan Chew (badminton), Kristen and Samantha Mewis (soccer), Erik and Kawika Shoji (volleyball), and Aria and Makenzie Fischer (water polo). 
• The 613 athletes named to the U.S. roster mark the most important delegation by a non-host nation, and the second-largest delegation for Crew USA, following the 648 athletes on the Atlanta Video games in 1996.
• 4 athletes on the roster have competed on the Olympics beforehand for different nations. Phillip Dutton will likely be making his seventh Olympic look, his fourth on Crew USA, as he competed for Australia in 1996, 2000 and 2004. Amro El-Geziry competed in pentathlon for Egypt in 2008, 2012 and 2016; Ildar Hafizov wrestled for Uzbekistan in 2008; and Sally Kipyego ran observe for Kenya in 2012.
• Dutton leads all returning Olympians and can make his seventh look on the Olympic Video games. The six five-time Olympians embrace equestrian Steffen Peters, basketball gamers Sue Hen and Diana Taurasi, observe athletes Abdi Abdirahman and Allyson Felix, and fencer Mariel Zagunis.
• Basketball gamers Hen and Taurasi are in pursuit of their fifth straight Olympic gold medal.