Stephanie Garant-Jones (’07) has quite the unique view of Sochi. The sport management graduate is working behind the scenes as part of the crew orchestrating the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
olympians
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Matthew H. Vogel, who attended UTK from 1975 to 1980 and 1984 to 1987, won the Olympic gold medal in 100-meter butterfly and the 400-meter medley relay.
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Melvin Stewart attended UT in Knoxville from 1989 to 1991. He was a swimmer and earned 2 gold medals and 1 bronze medal in the 1992 Olympics.
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William D. “Tripp” Schwenk was an All-America swimmer who attended UT Knoxville during the 1990s. He won both gold and silver medals in the 1996 summer Olympics.
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Patricia Ann “Trish” Roberts was an All-America basketball player at Tennessee and an Olympic silver medalist. She also played professionally and is a member of the Women’s Basketball Hall of…
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Tim Mack (1996, 1998) won a gold medal in the pole vault in the 2004 summer Olympics. He won the 1995 NCAA indoor pole vault title while a student at…
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LaVonna Martin-Floreal (1988) was a Lady Vol All-America in track and an Olympic silver medalist.
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Jeremy Linn was a UT All America swimmer. He won the NCAA 100-meter breaststroke three years (1996, 1997, 1998) and also won the NCAA 200-meter breaststroke in 1997. He won…
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Kara Lawson (2003) plays for the Sacramento Monarchs of the WNBA and is an Olympic gold medalist. During the off-season she is a commentator for ESPN.
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Lea Henry (1984) won the gold medal as a member of the 1984 women’s Olympic basketball team.