Tucson to Paris: Meet some of the Olympic athletes from Southern Arizona and U of A
Tucson to Paris: Meet some of the athletes from the Southern Arizona, or who competed as U of A Wildcats, who are dotting Olympic rosters across a number of sports during the 2024 games in France.
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Supporting Sunnyside HS alum Bravo-Young at Olympics 'means the world' for Tucson trainer 'Jet' RodriguezFormer Sunnyside High School football standout Bobby "Jet" Rodriguez is in Paris helping fellow Tucson native Roman Bravo-Young prepare for his first Olympic games. Bravo-Young is wrestling for Mexico at the 57-kilogram weight class (125-126 pounds).Â
Tucson native Delaney Schnell, diving partner Jessica Parratto come up short of another Olympic medal, this time in Paris. The pair finished sixth in women’s synchronized 10-meter platform. Schnell will compete in the preliminary round of the individual 10-meter on Monday.Â
Ex-NBA player, Arizona Wildcat Chase Budinger wins 2024 Olympic beach volleyball debut in Paris.
Former Arizona star, Tucson native and USA diver Delaney Schnell is competing in potentially her last Olympics. Schnell will dive in two events in Paris this summer. Â
Between his careers at Sunnyside High School and Penn State, Tucson native Roman Bravo-Young had a 283-10 record on the wrestling mat. Now, as RBY goes global — as in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games — he hopes to continue inspiring kids like him.Â
Roman Bravo-Young will represent Mexico — and Tucson — in the 2024 Olympic games in Paris this summer.
Tucson's Daleny Vaughn is living out her Olympic dream on the BMX track. Growing up training at Sports Park BMX near Ina Road and Interstate 10, Vaughn will represent Team USA in Paris in the coming weeks at his first Olympic Games.
Arizona Wildcat Joseph Green got a late call to take to the track for Guam at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. As one of eight from Guam competing across all sports and an opening ceremony flag bearer, Green is looking to best Guam's record in the 100 meters (10.66) in Paris.
Former Arizona Wildcat soccer standout Twila Kilgore dreamed from a young age of coaching the sport, and now she's doing it at one of the highest levels possible as an assistant coach for the USWNT at the 2024 Paris Olympic games.Â
After a standout college basketball career as an Arizona Wildcat and seven years in the NBA, Chase Budinger still had some goals left on his dream board. He'll fulfill a big one this summer, competing in the Olympics in beach volleyball for Team USA.
With a Team USA roster that includes LeBron, Steph, Durant and nine other potential one-day Hall of Famers, former Arizona Wildcat great and Team USA men's basketball coach Steve Kerr must pick a starting five from an entire team of NBA All-Stars at the upcoming Paris Olympics.
Including Tucson High and Arizona grad Delaney Schnell, there are 262 athletes (current and former) competing in Paris from the 10 outbound Pac-12 universities. They will represent the Pac-12 for the first nine days of the Olympics and their new conferences for the final 10 days.Â
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games are underway, with a number of Tucson and University of Arizona- athletes already in competition over the coming weeks.