diving (USA) 2004 Athens From West Valley High School. She started diving in high school. She dove for Brigham young University. Professionally, she works as a labor and delivery...
rowing (Argentina) 2004 Athens She was eliminated in lightweight double skulls heats. Source: LDS athletes mine Oly ‘medals’, LDS Church News Archives, 28 Aug...
rowing (USA) silver 2004 Athens From San Jose, California, Sister Dirkmaat was part of the U.S. crew that placed second in the 22 Aug women’s eight finals. The Americans finished 1.86 seconds behind gold-medalists of Romania. Source: LDS athletes mine Oly...
US Bobsled Pilot Born in Provo, Utah and raised in Orem, Shauna has been athletic all of her life. She grew up playing soccer and ran track and field as a youngster. As a student-athlete at BYU, she was named All-American in both soccer and in track and field as an...
Luge Between the two of them, Latter-day Saint father and son Werner and Chris have set a few Olympic records. For one, Werner was the oldest male competitor at the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Games, and will be for the upcoming Torino games as well. They were also the...
Luger Hoeger’s dad was born and raised in Venezuela, and Hoeger is also a dual citizen. He and his dad competed in luge for Venezuela in the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, fulfilling a lifelong dream for Hoeger’s...
New Zealand women’s basketball team. Wharemate is a former NZ age group representative who spent a very successful college stint with the University of Texas El Paso, where she set a career record for assists. She was Best Defensive Player in the 2001 WNBL and made...
Purcell has represented New Zealand through the age groups, but this is her first tour with the Tall Ferns. She attended Hutchinson Community College (where younger sister Hayley currently plays) before transferring to Southeast Missouri State University, helping them...
New Zealand women’s basketball team. Purcell made her Tall Fern debut in 2001 against Australia. She was also NZ U23 MVP that year, but did not return to the national team until 2005, when she was recalled for the Oceania Championships against the Opals. Purcell...
Swimming New Zealand Palmer was born in Cheltenham, England. However, both her parents are New Zealand nationals and they returned to New Zealand for two years when Palmer was young, before moving back to Cheltenham when she was 3. In Cheltenham, Palmer attended St...
Natasha Kai of Kahuku, Hawaii, is a forward and the No. 3 goal-scorer on the U.S. Soccer team. Natasha made her full Women’s National Team debut at the 2006 Algarve Cup in Portugal, scoring in her first two games against Denmark and France, both as a substitute. She...
softball (USA) gold 2004 Athens Team USA went undefeated, giving up only one run during the Games. Sister Mims Flowers is from Tucson, Arizona. Source: LDS athletes mine Oly ‘medals’, LDS Church News Archives, 28 Aug 2004. First baseman for the U.S....
In 2004, he was member of the U.S. men’s goalball team that claimed a bronze medal in the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece. He returns to the team in 2008 in China. Goalball is an indoor game for visually-impaired athletes. Teams guard a goal that spans the...
Pole-vaulter April Steiner Bennett is a Mesa, Ariz., native and University of Arkansas graduate. During her time at Arkansas, Steiner Bennett was a four-time All-American and the 2003 SEC Outdoor...
Although Eric Bennett has been competing internationally for just more than a year, he has been shooting in archery tournaments for more than eight years. At the 2007 IPC World Championships, his first international tournament, he took third place in the FITA ranking...
Niklas is a member of the Swedish Olympic Team and will compete in the discus, the throwing event that he won an NCAA individual championship in while competing at...
Former Weber State All-American Lindsey Anderson is heading to Beijing. Anderson, now an assistant track coach at Weber State, will be the first former Weber State track and field athlete ever to compete in the summer Olympics after she qualified in the women’s...
