The 2024 Paris Olympics are quickly approaching with many Olympic trials have taken place and only a few more to go.
No Wildcats have qualified for the Olympics this year, but a long history of former Kansas State athletes have made the Olympic team. The one sport that has produced all of the Olympic athletes since 1920 has been track and field.
Kansas State has historically had a great track and field team, one that competes year in and year out in the Big 12 Championships and in the NCAA Championships.
There have been former Wildcats in 15 different Olympic games dating back to 1920. Kansas State has produced 27 Olympians and eight Olympic medals from 11 different countries.
So here is a list of every single former Kansas State athlete that has competed in the Olympic games.
Ray Watson (USA)
- 3-time Olympian
- 1920: 7th men's 3,000-meter steeplechase
- 1924: men's 1500 meters
- 1928: 7th men's 800 meters
Ivan Riley (USA)
- 1924: Bronze men's 400 meters
Ward Haylett (USA)
- 1948: Men's Assistant Coach
Thane Baker (USA)
- 2-time Olympian
- 1952: Silver men's 200 meters
- 1956: Gold men's 4x100 meter relay
- 1956: Silver men's 100 meters
- 1956: Bronze men's 200 meters
Conrad Nightingale (USA)
- 1968: men's 3,000-meter steeplechase
Ken Swenson (USA)
- 1972: men's 800 meters
Jerome Howe (USA)
- 1972: men's 1,500 meters
Doug Lytle (USA)
- 1984: 6th men's pole vault
Kim Hagger (England)
- 1984: 8th women's heptathlon
Chris Unthank (Australia)
- 1996: 3,000-meter steeplechase
Connie Teaberry (USA)
- 1996: women's high jump
Ed Broxterman (USA)
- 1996: men's high jump
Steve Fritz (USA)
- 1996: 4th men's decathlon
Kenny Harrison (USA)
- 1996: Gold men's triple jump (Olympic Record)
Austra Skujkte (Lithuania)
- 4-time Olympian
- 2000: 12th women's heptathlon
- 2004: Silver women's heptathlon
- 2008: women's heptathlon
- 2012: 5th women's heptathlon
Attila Zsivoczky (Hungary)
- 3-time Olympian
- 2000: 8th men's decathlon
- 2004: 6th men's decathlon
- 2008: men's decathlon
Nathan Leeper (USA)
- 2000: men's high jump
Cedric El-Idrissi (Switzerland)
- 2004: men's 400-meter hurdles
Christian Smith (USA)
- 2008: men's 800 meters
Korene Hinds (Jamaica)
- 2-time Olympian
- 2008: women's 3,000-meter steeplechase
- 2012: 24th women's 3,000-meter steeplechase
Jefferey Julmis (Haiti)
- 2-time Olympian
- 2012: 38th men's 110-meter hurdles
- 2016: men's 110-meter hurdles
Darius Draudvila (Lithuania)
- 2012: 25th men's decathlon
Balazs Baji (Hungary)
- 2-time Olympian
- 2012: 35th men's 110-meter hurdles
- 2016: 15th men's 110-meter hurdles
Beverly Ramos (Puerto Rico)
- 2-time Olympian
- 2012: 35th women's 3,000-meter steeplechase
- 2016: 71st women's marathon
Erik Kynard (USA)
- 2-time Olympian
- 2012: Gold men's high jump
- 2016: 6th men's high jump
Alyx Treasure (Canada)
- 2016: 17th women's high jump
Akela Jones (Barbados)
- 2016: 20th women's heptathlon
Shadae Lawrence (Jamaica)
- 2016: 22nd women's discus
Cliff Rovelto (USA)
- 2016: Men's Assistant Coach