The 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, which ended just over seven weeks ago, had a sizeable Texas Longhorn presence. Among the more than 11,000 athletes who participated in the games were 28 current or former Texas Longhorns, along with a current high school senior swimmer who is committed to sign with Texas later this year.
Historically, UT ranks high among the American universities that have had the most success at the Olympic games; athletes from only four universities have won more Olympic medals than those from Texas. The list of “All-Time UT Olympians” maintained by UT Athletics, which was last updated well before the 2020 Olympics, includes 171 names.