Wolverines in the Olympics

Submitted by twotrueblue on

With the Winter Olympics officially beginning today, here is a list of the Wolverines in these Olympics to watch out for:

 

Ice Hockey (begins Feb. 14th):

Chad Kolarik, USA

Andrew Ebbett, Canada

 

Bobsled (begins Feb. 15th):

Sam McGuffie, USA

 

Ice Dancing (begins Feb. 19th):

Madison Chock and Evan Bates, USA

Maia and Alex Shibutani, USA

 

source: http://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/olymp2/ol2018.htm

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BursleyHall82

February 9th, 2018 at 10:14 PM ^

Here's my personal ranking of the 10 greatest Michigan Olympians of all time - Winter or Summer:

1. Michael Phelps (hell yes, he counts)

2. Eddie Tolan (track)

3. Micki King (diving)

4. Ralph Rose (track)

5. Charlie White and Meryl Davis (ice dancing)

6. Mark Gorski (cycling - and because he lived on my hall at Bursley!)

7. Alvin Kraenzlein (track)

8. Steve Fraser (wrestling)

9. Jim Abbott (baseball)

10. Barry Larkin (baseball)

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Alton

February 9th, 2018 at 11:32 PM ^

Probably Michigan's greatest Olympian ever, other than Phelps, was Archie Hahn.  In 1904, he won three gold medals as a sprinter--the 60, 100, and 200.  They don't run the 60 meters any more, but anybody who doubles in the 100/200 is by definition one of the great sprinters of all time.

Also, DeHart Hubbard (gold medal, long jump, 1924) should be considered.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeHart_Hubbard

Hubbard still has the second best long jump in University of Michigan history.  As long as we are talking Hubbards, there is also Phil Hubbard, 1976 basketball gold medalist and the youngest player on that team.

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BursleyHall82

February 10th, 2018 at 9:50 AM ^

Gorski lived on my hall at Bursley my freshman year. He was always gone on weekends for cycling events, but we had no idea how good he really was - we thought he was just off riding his bike. He was a really humble guy. Then we found out he was pretty much one of the best in the world.

Very cool watching him in the 84 Olympics. You're right - the match sprint races are incredibly exciting.

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rob f

February 10th, 2018 at 7:08 PM ^

1977 U of M Grad/1983 Boston Marathon winner Greg Meyer, who would have competed in the 1980 Moscow Olympics had it not been for a misguided US-led boycott. Greg (a high school classmate, track teammate, and friend of mine at GR West Catholic) was just starting to peak as a Marathon runner in 1980 when he was denied the opportunity. He instead ran and won the '80 Detroit Marathon before winning the '82 Chicago and '83 Boston Marathons. Greg had the top qualifying time for the '84 LA Olympics Marathon but was hampered by injuries and faded to a 7th place finish. By the time the '88 Olympics rolled around, his best Marathon running days were well behind him. Greg's not just a distinguished U of M athlete and alumnus, but also had a long and productive career with Michigan in fundraising for the University, including as Director of Fundraising for the Greater Michigan Area for several years in the early 2000s.

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stephenrjking

February 9th, 2018 at 11:58 PM ^

I got a chance to go curling last week in the same ice five of our Olympic curlers use, which is rather cool. I've met John Shuster and he was classy to me; he used to work right up the hill from my house. I wasn't exactly threatening this year's entrants with my attempt at curling, just to be clear. It's harder than it looks.

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The Krusty Kra…

February 10th, 2018 at 8:28 AM ^

Evan Bates and I grew up in the same cul de sac in Ann Arbor. Who figured 20 some odd years later that he would be a three time Olympian and I would be here, on MGoBlog, discussing that very fact. 

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You Only Live Twice

February 11th, 2018 at 1:00 AM ^

Good luck, we will be cheering for you! 

I know Mr and Mrs. Chock - super nice people and Maddie is too.

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