Alumni from San Jose State University will compete in the Tokyo Olympics

Among 11,000 athletes competing for medals at the Tokyo Olympics, several have ties to San Jose State University.

Ten residents or alumni of San Jose State University represent nine different sports in international competitions citys website. The athletes were not immediately commentable.

SJSU Athletics spokesman Lawrence Fan said the department is proud that alumni are competing in the Games.

“SJSU has had the pleasure of following its alumni in its most diverse representation at the Olympics over many years,” Fan said in a statement to San Jos Spotlight. “There are many kinds of sports and different countries are represented, and we are very proud that more SJSU women will compete in the Olympics.”

Robyn Stevens, as the 2007 SJSU alumni, competes in women’s athletics in competitive walking. Stevens withdrew from the competition in 2004 while at SJSU eating disorderand did not compete again until 2014. He won first place in the 2020 Olympics for competitive walking.

Colton Brown, the 2015 SJSU alumni, represents the United States in men’s judo. This means Browncompeted for the second time since the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

“If someone told me then that I would eventually travel around the world to meet amazing people and compete at the highest sporting level, I wouldn’t have believed them,” Brown said on Instagram on July 28th. send.

SJSU water polo player Clara Llaquet competes with Spain. Llaquet on first a player in school history who has scored at least one goal in each match of the season and was named the most valuable player on the Spartans in 2014. This is Llaquets ’second competition since the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Australian native and SJSU 2015 alumni, Michelle Cox represents Australia in softball. Cox was a four-year beginner on the San Jose State softball team and was named to the Australian Olympic team in July.

SJSU, completed in 2018, Emma Entzminger competes in Canada in softball. Entzminger played for the school for four years – starting with 191 of his 207 games played during that time – before joining the Canadian team.

SJSU student Suzy Brookshire Gonzales represents Mexico in softball. Gonzales played at SJSU in the 2019-20 school year, during which the Spartans had a 21-5 season and a record 17-match winning streak.

Three-time Olympic fencing champion and four-time Olympic coach Greg Massialas coaches the Team USAs fencing team. The masses practiced several years at SJSU and participated in the 1984 and 1988 Olympics. He became the coach of the US team in 2011 and received the Olympic Coach of the Year award in 2020.

In addition to the SJSU alumni, several other athletes from San Jose are competing.

Taylor Averill competes from the United States in men’s volleyball. Averill attended Branham High School in 2010 and then played at the University of Hawaii. Averill, too played professionally In France and Italy before their home team.

Born and raised in San Jose, Keilani Ricketts competes for USA in softball. Ricketts graduated from Archbishop Mitty High School in 2009. She attended the University of Oklahoma, where she was a two-time national champion and participated with the women’s national team in 2011 and 2012.

Eighteen years old Nikhil Kumar is a member of Team USA, which competes in table tennis. Kumar graduated from Valley Christian High School this year and placed first table tennis at the 2020 Olympics.

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