USC won the first place in the Olympic gold medal! California school became the biggest winner of the Olympic gold medal list. It's great to be alumni with the champion!

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2020 Tokyo Olympics,
Finally closed on August 2021, 8.
The Olympic Games postponed due to the epidemic,
There are tears, touches, and excitement.
On the last day of the United States,

Topped the list with 39 gold medals and 113 medals total

But, do you know?
The U.S. Olympic delegation composed of 613 people,
Not from the national training team.
It’s chosen among athletes from universities across the United States,
Which getsThe top three schools with the most gold medals are all from California!
they
It's not as you think you have well-developed limbs and simple mind.

The Olympic contestants are all academic geniuses

Many of them have nothing to do with sports in their majors at university.

For example, Jeremy Lin, an Asian NBA player who was all the rage at the time, went all the way from Silicon Valley, California, and entered Harvard University with a 4.2 GPA (high school honors student) and an SAT close to full marks, majoring in economics and minoring in sociology.

Let's take a look today, thoseNot only an industry-academy hegemon but also a young Olympic geniusWhat do all the American universities look like?

Top 1

USC Southern California
(Top 25 universities in the U.S.)

🏅Total number of Olympic medals: 309
🏅Tokyo Olympic Games Participants: 66


As the university with the largest number of contestants, USC’s performance this year is still dazzling and won for the United States11 gold, 5 silver and 5 bronze.So amazing to fly!

No wonder the friends of USC jokingly called themselves inLos Angeles Sports University.Some people even call it the University of Sport Champions..USC has always focused on recruiting sports students,Sports software and hardware are all in place,There are also a lot of physical education courses to choose from as elective courses.So far, USC has711 bitAlumni participated in the Olympics,Taken together144 gold medals,91 silver medals和 72 bronze medals,It's really a fan of LA.

Winning 21 medals this time is also expected.After all, Trojans hasFive consecutiveThe Olympic Games won more than 20 gold medals,AbsolutelyComparable to a national teams level,The title of the University of Physical Education is really hammered


Among them, on August 8, Canadian athletesAndre De Grasse(USC 2015, Sociology) Won the gold medal in the men's 200m race with a time of 19 seconds.Graduated from social sciencesAndre De GrasseIn 19 seconds, he won the men's 62m gold medal for Canada;


Allyson Felix（USC 2008，教育学）在女子4*400米接力赛跑中与队友一同获得金牌。这是她的第11块奥运奖牌（7金3银1铜），使她得以超过刘易斯（Carl Lewis），成为美国奥运历史上获得奖牌数最多的田径运动员。


Graduated from the University of Southern California Business SchoolDalilah MuhammadWon the silver medal in the women's 51.58m hurdles in 400 seconds and broke the previous world record for silver medals.

Rai Benjamin(USC 2019, Political Science) andMichael Norman(USC 2019, Communication) Won the gold medal together in the men's 4*400m relay.


As an alumnus, I am also very happy for my alma mater
The list of specific winners is as follows: 

🏅️Gold Medal:
Andre De Grasse, men's 200m race, Canada
April Ross, Women's Beach Volleyball, USA
Kaleigh Gilchrist, Women's Water Polo, United States
Stephania Haralabidis, women's water polo, United States
Paige Hauschild, women's water polo, USA
Amanda Longan, women's water polo, United States
Kendall Ellis, women's 4*400m relay race, USA
Allyson Felix, women's 4*400m relay race, USA
Dalilah Muhammad, women's 4*400m relay race, USA
Rai Benjamin, men's 4*400m relay race, United States
Michael Norman, men's 4*400m relay race, United States

🥈Silver Medal:
Santo Condorelli, men's 4*100m swimming relay, Italy
Rai Benjamin, men's 400-meter hurdles, United States
Dalilah Muhammad, women's 400-meter hurdles, USA
Anni Espar, women's water polo, Spain
Kostas Genidounias, men's water polo, Greece
 
🥉Bronze Medal:
Kendall Ellis, 4*400m mixed relay race, USA                               
Andre De Grasse, men's 100m race, Canada
Allyson Felix, women's 400m race, USA
Aaron Brown, men's 4*100m relay race, Canada
Andre De Grasse, men's 4*100m relay race, Canada


Congratulations to the winning athletes,
May the sportsmanship of USC continue to be passed on,
Looking forward to another glorious achievement in Paris in three years!


Top 2

Stanford University
(Top 3 universities in the U.S.)

🏅Total number of Olympic medals: 270
🏅Tokyo Olympic Games Participants: 57


Southern California is strong, and Northern California is not weak.

Stanford University won 4 gold medals, 4 silver medals, and 6 bronze medals this time. The famous swimmer Katie Ledecky is a student of Stanford University. She is only 24 years old and has 3 world records. Holder, became an Olympic champion at the age of 15, broke the world record 10 times and won 7 Olympic gold medals and 3 Olympic silver medals.But the world champion hasn't affected the cultural classes at all. She is now a psychology student at Stanford University.


As the most powerful university in the Western United States, not only is it academically superb, Stanford University is also California and evenOne of the most competitive schools in the United States.

Stanford’s annual acceptance rate is extremely low, less than 5%, so the total number of the school is less than 2. However, Stanford has 25 school teams and a total of 126 NCAA (National University Athletic Association) national championships. , 522 NCAA individual championship champions have won nearly 300 medals in all previous Olympics!

In the NACDA Directors' Cup, the most authoritative ranking in the American college sports industryThe school has ranked first for 19 consecutive years.

Top 3

UCLA
(Top 20 universities in the United States)

🏅Total number of Olympic medals: 233
🏅Tokyo Olympic Games Participants: 40

California is really a world of sports lovers.

UCLA's sports strengths are basically focused on ball events, and the head coach Karch Kiraly, who led the US women's volleyball team to defeat the Chinese women's volleyball team at this year's Olympics, is an alumnus of UCLA. He is an Olympic champion who has won three gold medals in beach volleyball and indoor volleyball. UCLA alumni have participated in every Olympic Games since 1920, ranking third in the United States for the number of gold medals and total medals, and second in the United States for the number of NBA players from UCLA.The Tokyo Olympics won 2 golds, 2 silvers and 2 bronzes.


UCLA's comprehensive strength is well-known throughout the United States. Its sports events from rugby to basketball, from football to sand volleyball, are very powerful.

Top 4

University of California Berkeley
(Top 20 universities in the United States)

🏅Total number of Olympic medals: 207
🏅Tokyo Olympic Games Participants: 56


Berkeley, which occupies the "world's number one public university" all the year round, is not just learning. The official website of UC Berkeley shows a strong alumni network. You can see UCB members participating in the Olympic Games on the page.


The University of California, Berkeley won 1 gold medal, 4 silver medals, and 3 bronze medals in this Olympics.



Top 5

University of Michigan
(Top 30 universities in the United States)

🏅Total number of Olympic medals: 144
🏅Tokyo Olympic Games Participants: 16


The University of Michigan is also a very good school among public universities.

As a strong sports school, it sent 30 athletes to represent 14 countries and won 3 gold medals.Among them, 23-year-old Chinese player He Shibei graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in psychology. This time representing Hong Kong, China, he participated in the Olympic Games for the first time. He set an Asian record with 1:55 and won a silver medal.


There is also a 19-year-old girl named Maggie MacNeil, who is a popular online "from Chinese abandoned baby to world champion." She is currently studying at the University of Michigan. At the Tokyo Olympics, she represented Canada and won the women’s 100-meter butterfly championship. She is also the University of Michigan XNUMX The first female swimmer to bring an Olympic gold medal back to school in many years.

Top 6

University of Texas at Austin
(Top 30 universities in the United States)

🏅Total number of Olympic medals: 144
🏅Tokyo Olympic Games Participants: 16


UT-Austin The University of Texas sent the largest delegation ever to participate in the competition for the Tokyo Olympics, with a total of 28 athletes.The alumni represented 13 different countries and participated in 11 projects.

As one of the best public schools in the United States.With nearly 5 students, it is the fifth largest number of students on campus in the United States, and the sports activities of the university are rich and colorful.


Top 7

University of Florida
(Top 40 universities in the United States)

🏅Total number of Olympic medals: 126
🏅Tokyo Olympic Games Participants: 64

The number of players in the University of Florida this time ranked second in the United States, second only to USC. Caeleb Dressel, who graduated from the University of Florida in 2018, is the hottest swimmer on the planet.In this Olympics, the United States won 6 gold medals, and in the men's 100-meter butterfly competition, it broke the world record in 49 seconds.


The most prestigious sport of the University of Florida is football, and basketball has gained fame in the past decade.Its various sports are not bad, and the sports management major is also well-known throughout the United States.

Top 8

Harvard University
(Top 2 universities in the United States)

🏅Total number of Olympic medals: 108
🏅Tokyo Olympic Games Participants: 16


This time, Harvard University sent 16 students representing the United States, Estonia, Thailand, Turkey and Australia to participate in running, swimming, fencing, rowing and rugby competitions. Gabby Thomas, 24, won the bronze medal with a score of 21.87. She graduated from Harvard University in neurobiology and is currently studying for a master's degree in epidemiology.


Harvard University has built nine sports centers such as the Tennis Center, Sailing Center, and Rowing House. Although Harvard’s athletic programs are not particularly prominent among American universities, its emphasis on sports is no less than that of others. Sports strong schools, according to incomplete statistics, every year about 20% of Harvard students are admitted because of their specialties in sports.


Top 9

Yale University
(Top 5 universities in the United States)

🏅Total number of Olympic medals: 107
🏅Tokyo Olympic Games Participants: 18


Yale University, which is ranked Top 2021 in the 4 USNews Comprehensive University Rankings, is not only a prestigious school with academic leaders, but also a "sports strong school". Yale students will represent 13 different countries and participate in six sports events.FromChina's national fencing player Wang Haibin is now the head coach of the Yale Fencing Team, But this time the Tokyo Olympics returned to China as the coach of the Chinese fencing team.

The Payne Whitney Gymnasium at Yale University was once the world’s largest gymnasium, including swimming, boat simulation pool, basketball hall, gymnasium, fencing hall and many other Olympic events, includingThree permanent glass squash courts with the highest standards in North AmericaTo ensure that students can enjoyThe top facilities and equipment.

Top 10

Ohio State University&
Indiana University Bloomington
(Top 50-60 universities in the United States)

🏅Ohio State University🏅

🏅Total number of Olympic medals: 104 medals
🏅Tokyo Olympic Games Participants: 26


As the top 50 universities in the United States, Ohio State will send a total of26 athletes representing 12 countries participating in the competitionAmong them, 9 are the US team, and the other 17 athletes represent Canada, France, Greece, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sierra Leone, Spain, Sri Lanka and Trinidad and Tobago.


OSU's stadium can accommodate nearly 11 spectators and is the third largest stadium in the United States!In addition, OSU has aA gym with an area of ​​more than 6 square meters built at a cost of XNUMX million U.S. dollarsRPAC, there are ice hockey rinks with indoor temperatures all year round, Olympic-level swimming pools, countless types of stadiums... and RAPC also provides a large number of free sports courses.Pilates, judo, boxing, etc., are enough to show that OSU attaches great importance to physical education.


🏅Indiana University Bloomington 🏅

🏅Total number of Olympic medals: 104 medals
🏅Tokyo Olympic Games Participants: 15

Indiana University Bloomington is also well-known in the Great Lakes region, especially its business school, music school and computer majors are all out of the United States.

In addition, the students of this school have won 55 Olympic gold medals for the United States, which is more than half of the total number of Olympic gold medals won by the United States (104).To send a large number of basketball talents for the NBA, such as the Lone Ranger Mark Cuban, Hall of Fame player Isiah Thomas and so on.


These top school masters who shine in the Tokyo Olympics are really admirable!

Each competition is a tribute to the athletes' dedication over the years, as well as the love and encouragement they have received in the process.These alumni have shown the meaning of'Fight on!' to the world. "

Remember, when you meet them on campus, take a group photo~



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