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Dozens take part in 2012 Olympics

2012-08-13

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The U.S. women's water polo team — with players and coaches from UC Berkeley, UC Irvine and UCLA — celebrates its 8-5 victory over Spain in the gold medal match on Aug. 9.

UC Medalists

Nathan Adrian (UC Berkeley), gold, swimming, 100m freestyle; gold, swimming, 4x100m medley relay; silver, swimming, 4x100m freestyle relay

Rachel Bootsma (UC Berkeley), gold, swimming, 4x100m medley relay

Erin Cafaro (UC Berkeley), gold, rowing, women's eight

Lauren Cheney (UCLA), gold, soccer

Natalie Coughlin (UC Berkeley), bronze, swimming, 4x100m freestyle relay

Jessica Hardy (UC Berkeley), gold, swimming, 4x100m medley relay; bronze, swimming, 4x100m freestyle relay

Dawn Harper (UCLA), silver, track and field, 100m hurdles

Mark Hunter (UCLA), silver, rowing, lightweight double sculls (Great Britain)

Kara Kohler (UC Berkeley), bronze, rowing, quad sculls

Sydney Leroux (UCLA), gold, soccer

Caitlin Leverenz (UC Berkeley), bronze, swimming, 200m individual medley

Jason Lezak (UC Santa Barbara), silver, swimming, 4x100m freestyle relay

Kevin Love (UCLA), gold, baskteball

Courtney Mathewson (UCLA), gold, water polo

Alex Morgan (UC Berkeley), gold, soccer

Heather Petri (UC Berkeley), gold, water polo

Kelly Rulon (UCLA), gold, water polo

Aleksa Saponjic (UC Berkeley), bronze, water polo (Serbia)

Chelsea Stewart (UCLA), bronze, women's soccer (Canada)

Dana Vollmer (UC Berkeley), gold, swimming, 100m butterfly; gold, swimming, 4x100m medley relay; gold, swimming, 4x200m freestyle relay

Russell Westbrook (UCLA), gold, basketball

Elsie Windes (UC Berkeley), gold, water polo

Coaches*

Jillian Ellis (UCLA), gold, women's soccer (assistant coach)

Dan Klatt (UC Irvine), gold, women's water polo (assistant coach)

Karch Kiraly (UCLA), silver, women's volleyball (assistant coach)

Adam Krikorian (UCLA), gold, women's water polo (head coach)

* Coaches do not receive medals

Athletic competition has concluded at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the University of California was well represented in the medal count.

A contingent of nearly 100 UC-affiliated student and alumni athletes, coaches, trainers, doctors and staff — more than most countries send to the games — proudly represented the United States and nations from around the world.

UC athletes and staff participated in a myriad of sports that include badminton, basketball, beach volleyball, cycling, gymnastics, kayaking, rowing, soccer, swimming, tennis, taekwondo, track and field, volleyball and water polo.

UC Berkeley, with 46 affiliated athletes, coaches and staff; and UCLA, with 33, had two of the largest groups from a U.S. university. UC Irvine had 10 participants, UC Santa Barbara had four; UC Davis and UC San Diego had two each; while UC Riverside and UCSF each had one participant.

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UC Medalists

Coaches*

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