Eleanor Harvey (BS ‘17, psychology) will compete for Canada's fencing team.
The 2020 Tokyo Olympic games will feature the highest number of Ohio State student-athletes ever, with 26 current, former or incoming Ohio State athletes competing for 12 countries.
17 athletes will represent their own countries, including: Canada, France, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Sierra Leone, Spain, Sri Lanka and Trinidad and Tobago. Nine athletes will compete for the United States.
The Tokyo Olympics begin Friday, July 23, at 8 p.m. local time in Japan, or 7 a.m. EDT, in Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium. The Olympics take place from July 23 to August 8, 2021.
Canada features the most international Buckeyes, with six athletes representing the country in fencing, soccer, swimming and synchronized swimming. Ruslan Gaziev, a junior majoring in economics, will compete for Canada’s men’s swimming team. Three former student-athletes will compete for Canada’s fencing team: Alanna Goldie (BS ‘17, criminology), Eleanor Harvey (BS ‘17, psychology) and Marc-Antoine Blais Belanger (BS ‘19, mechanical engineering). Former student-athlete Nichelle Prince (BS ‘17, sport industry), the only Ohio State soccer player to qualify for the Tokyo, will compete for Canada’s women’s soccer team. Incoming first-year student Emily Armstrong will compete for Canada’s synchronized swimming team.
Women’s rowing will feature the most Ohio State Olympians, with six former, returning or incoming athletes competing in Tokyo this summer. Alessandra Montesano, a junior majoring in communication, will compete for Italy’s women’s rowing team. Other Ohio State rowers include former student-athlete Elodie Ravera (BS ‘15, pre-consumer and family financial services) for France, incoming freshmen Anneta Kyridou and Maria Kyridou for Greece, former student-athletes Ilse Paulis (BS ‘12, microbiology) for Netherlands and Aina Cid Centelles (BS ‘17, exercise science) for Spain.
Other Buckeyes competing in Japan include: Diego Cervantes, sophomore majoring in economics, who will represent Mexico in men’s fencing, and Eric Harrison Jr., a 2021 graduate with a degree in communications, who will compete for Trinidad and Tobago’s men’s track and field team.
Former Ohio State student-athletes Maggie Barrie (BS ‘18, computer science), a record-setting sprinter, will compete for Sierra Leone’s track and field team this summer and Matthew Abeysinghe (BS ‘20, sports industry) will compete for his home country, Sri Lanka, on the men’s swimming team.
Current students representing the United States on the women’s track and field team are Anavia Battle, a senior in human development and family sciences, and Adelaide Aquilla, a senior majoring in communication and hospitality management. Also representing the U.S. in track and field is former student-athlete Christine Clemons (BS ‘12, criminology).
Hunter Armstrong, a sophomore majoring in sport industry, will compete for the U.S. men’s swimming team.
Brothers and current student-athletes Henry Leverett and Jackson Leverett will be on Team USA’s shooting team. Both rising sophomores, the two will compete in the rapid fire pistol event.
Two Ohio State athletes will also participate in gymnastics at this summer’s games. Former student-athlete Alec Yoder (BS ‘19, sport industry) made the U.S. men’s team and Misha Koudinov (BA ‘14, Japanese) will compete for New Zealand’s men’s team.
Incoming freshmen Ruby Remati will compete with USA’s synchronized swimming team.
Ohio State’s sole men’s wresting representative for Team USA and 2016 Olympic gold medalist, former student-athlete Kyle Snyder (BS ‘18, sport industry), will return to the 2020 Olympic games.
Ohio State Buckeyes at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Current student-athlete unless noted; *Former student-athlete; #Incoming freshmen
United States
Also: Joe Kovacs, who is coached by and married to Ohio State throws coach Ashley Kovacs and who trains with Adelaide Aquilla, made the U.S. Olympic track and field team in the shot put.
Canada
France
Greece
Italy
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Sierra Leone
Spain
Sri Lanka
Trinidad & Tobago
