Marquette Olympians

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Below is a working, incomplete list of Marquette University Olympians. Some Olympians graduated from Marquette University, some attended but did not graduate.  

Name Olympic Year(s) and location Summer or Winter  Olympic sport Country Medals Notes
John Brennan 1908 London Summer Track and Field  USA    
Jack Walter 1928 Amsterdam Summer Track and Field Canada    
Pete Walter 1928 Amsterdam Summer Track and Field Canada    
Ralph Metcalfe 1932 Los Angeles
1936 Berlin
Summer Track and Field USA 1932 Silver and Bronze medals
1936 Gold and Silver medals
 
Robert Grover “Bob” Petersen 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Speedskating USA    
Frank McCabe 1952 Helsinki Summer Basketball USA Gold medal  
Kenneth Wiesner 1952 Helsinki Summer Track and Field  USA Silver medal  
Barbara Jones Slater 1952 Helsinki
1960 Rome
Summer Track and Field  USA 1952 Gold medal
1960 Gold medal
Jones Slater transferred from Marquette to TSU in 1957 after her scholarship was assigned to another sport.  
John Bennett 1956 Melbourne Summer Track and Field  USA Silver medal  
Dale Lewis 1956 Melbourne
1960 Rome
Summer Greco-Roman Wrestling USA    
David Dunn 1968 Grenoble Winter Bobsledding USA    
William Lanigan 1968 Grenoble
1972 Sapporo
Winter Speedskating USA    
Daniel Carroll 1972 Sapporo
1976 Innsbruck 
Winter Speedskating USA    
Alfred "Butch" Lee 1976 Montreal Summer Basketball Puerto Rico    
Michael Woods 1976 Innsbruck
1980 Lake Placid
1984 Sarajevo
Winter Speedskating USA    
Shana Sundstrom 1994 Lillehammer Winter Speedskating USA   Full US Olympic Team member, did not get skated.  
David Tamburrino 1994 Lillehammer
1998 Nagano
Winter Speedskating USA    
Rebecca "Becky" Sundstrom 1998 Nagano
2002 Salt Lake City
Winter Speedskating USA    
Deirdre Demet-Barry 2004 Athens  Summer Cycling USA Silver medal  
Dwyane Wade 2004 Athens
2008 Beijing
Summer Basketball  USA 2004 Bronze Medal
2008 Gold Medal
 
Emery Lehman 2014 Sochi
2018 Pyeongchang
2022 Beijing
Winter Speedskating USA 2022 bronze medal    
Jimmy Butler 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Basketball USA Gold medal  
David Cubillan 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Basketball Venezuela    
Katherine Plouffe 2016 Rio de Janeiro 
2024 Paris
Summer Basketball (2016)  
3x3 Basketball (2024)
Canada