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Cornell at the 2024 Olympics

Five Cornellians head to Paris, France in July 2024 for the 2024 Summer Games. They join a long list of former Big Red student-athletes to compete in the world games, bringing the total number of Olympians to 118 (making 198 total appearances). Cornell has won 63 total Olympic medals, including 45 in the Summer Games (20 gold, 16 silver, nine bronze).

The History of Cornellians at the Olympic Games

Cornell's five Olympians in 2024 raise the all-time total to 118 making a total of 198 appearances. Big Red athletes have won 65 Olympic medals, including 47 in the Summer Games (21 gold, 17 silver, nine bronze), since Lesley Ashburner, Class of 1906, won bronze in the men’s 110-meter hurdles in St. Louis in 1904.

Click here for a full list of Cornell Olympians

• Dake '13 Rallies Back To Secure His Second Consecutive Olympic Bronze Medal (August 10, 2024 - CornellBigRed.com)
• Dake'13 Falls To Takatani In Semis, Set To Wrestle In Bronze Medal Match (August 9, 2024 - CornellBigRed.com)
• Dake '13 Advances To Olympic Semifinals Following Dominant Opening Session (August 9, 2024 - CornellBigRed.com)
• Kyle Dake '13: Passion, Purpose, And The Path To Paris (August 6 2024 - CornellBigRed.com)
• Taylor Knibb's Anchor Leg Lifts U.S. To Silver In Triathlon Mixed Relay (August 5 2024 - CornellBigRed.com)
• Winkler '17 Posts Personal-Best Olympic Finish in Medal Round In Paris (August 4, 2024 - CornellBigRed.com)

• Winkler '17 Advances to Hammer Throw Finals at 2024 Olympics (August 1, 2024 - CornellBigRed.com)

Cornellian Grady wins Olympic gold in men’s rowing (August 1, 2024 - Cornell Chronicle)
• Grady '19 Aids U.S. Men's Four to First Olympic Gold in M4- Since 1960 (August 1, 2024 - CornellBigRed.com)
Taylor Knibb '20 Rallies on Bike to Finish 19th at Olympic Women's Triathon (July 31, 2024 - CornellBigRed.com)
• Koszyk '20, U.S. Men's Double Sculls Advance to M2x Final at 2024 Paris Olympics (July 30, 2024 - CornellBigRed.com)
• Grady '19, U.S. Men's Four Solidifies Spot in M4- 'A' Final at 2024 Olympics (July 28, 2024 - CornellBigRed.com)
• Taylor Knibb '20 Overcomes Rain and Mechanical Problems, Takes 19th In Olympic Cycling Time Trials (July 27, 2024 - CornellBigRed.com)
• Koszyk ‘20 Earns Spot in Semifinals of Men's Double Sculls (July 27, 2024 - CornellBigRed.com)
• Five Cornell alums headed to Paris for Olympics (July 25, 2024 - Cornell Chronicle)
Why All the Olympic Rings Could Be Colored (Big) Red (July 18, 2024 - Cornellians)
Meet the Alum Outfitting the Gymnasts of Team USA (July 17, 2024 - Cornellians)
Winkler '17 Clinches Third Consecutive U.S. Olympic Team Spot (June 30, 2024 - CornellBigRed.com)
Rowing Alums Grady, Koszyk Officially Named to U.S. Olympic Rowing Roster (June 10, 2024 - CornellBigRed.com)
Kyle Dake '13 Punches Ticket to 2024 Summer Olympic Games (April 20, 2024 - CornellBigRed.com)
 

• CNY native Kyle Dake wins Olympic bronze medal in wrestling just months after death of his father (August 12, 2024 - Syracuse.com)
• Kyle Dake Wins A Bronze Medal At The 2024 Paris Olympics (August 10, 2024 - FloWrestling)
• Kyle Dake Wins A Bronze Medal At The 2024 Paris Olympics (August 10, 2024 - The Ithaca Journal)
• Dake reaches Olympic men’s freestyle semifinals, Miracle beaten in quarterfinals, Parris eliminated (August 9, 2024 - USA Wrestling)
• Averill Park grad Rudy Winkler 'grateful and proud' after Olympics (August 8, 2024 - Albany Times Union)
• Kyle Dake chases Olympic wrestling gold, helped by a bond with an old friend (August 8, 2024 - New York Times)
• US conquers murky Seine for silver in mixed triathlon relay: Don't care 'if I get sick' (August 5, 2024 - Albany Times Union)
• Olympic gold missing piece in Kyle Dake's storied wrestling career (August 5, 2024 - The Ithaca Journal)
• Team USA Wins Silver In Triathlon’s Mixed Relay (August 5, 2024 - Team USA)
• Averill Park grad Rudy Winkler finishes sixth in Olympic hammer throw (August 4, 2024 - Albany Times Union)
• Central Catholic grad Michael Grady felt 'joy and happiness and relief' in winning Olympic gold (August 3, 2024 - Trib Live)
• Averill Park grad Rudy Winkler reaches Olympic final in hammer throw (August 2, 2024 - Albany Times Union)
• Will Kyle Dake Continue Team USA's 74 kg Success At The Olympics? (August 1, 2024 - FloWrestling)
• Cornell grad, teammates win first U.S. rowing Olympic gold in men’s four class since 1960 (August 1, 2024 - Spectrum Sports)
• Team USA Wins Gold in Men’s Rowing Four, First Time in Over 60 Years (August 1, 2024 - Sports Illustrated)
• Central Catholic grad Michael Grady, Team USA win rowing gold medal in Paris Olympics (August 1, 2024 - Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
• Pittsburgh rower helps team USA win Olympic Gold in Men's Four Rowing (August 1, 2024 - WTAE.com)
• 'Raising the Level of Sculling' - Interview with USA Men's Double (August 1, 2024 - Row2k)
• Taylor Knibb, Morgan Pearson take part in triathlon a day after water safety concerns (August 1, 2024 - Buffzone)
• How the Olympics Break Athletes’ Bodies (August 1, 2024 - New York Times)
• Olympic triathlon goes off in Seine River days after concerns of water quality (July 31, 2024 - USA Today)
• 'Hit our potential speed and don't care what anyone else is doing' - Interview with USA Men's 2x (July 30, 2024 - Row2k)
• What’s tougher than competing in an Olympic sport? Competing in two (July 30, 2024 - The Guardian)
• 'Through the Bubbles' First - USA Men's Four (July 28, 2024 - Row2k)
• Pittsburgh native gets another shot at Olympic gold medal, this time with his family in the audience (July 28, 2024 - WPXI TV)
• Central Catholic grad Michael Grady advances to rowing finals with Team USA at Paris Olympics (July 28, 2024 - Trib Live)
• 'More survival than anything' - Triathlete Taylor Knibb crashes four times in nightmare Paris Olympics time trial (July 27, 2024 - Cycling News)
• Taylor Knibb provides BRILLIANT reaction after her Olympic Games cycling time trial NIGHTMARE at Paris 2024 (July 27 2024 - Tri 247)
• 'I'm probably the worst bike handler out there': Taylor Knibb crashes four times in Olympics time trial (July 27, 2024 - Cycling Weekly)
• Kyle Dake Honors Late Father with Special Tribute at Olympics (July 26, 2024 - DevDiscourse)
• Video: Lansing's two-time Olympian Kyle Dake a U.S. wrestling icon (July 26, 2024 - The Ithaca Journal)
• Why 2024 Paris Olympic Games mean more for Central Catholic grad Michael Grady and family (July 26, 2024 - Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
• Wrestling-Bereaved Dake wears pain on a pendant (July 26, 2024 - Reuters)
• Star triathlete Taylor Knibb to take on world's fastest cyclists in the Olympic time trial (July 25, 2024 - Cycling Weekly)
• Kyle Dake Holds Heavy Burden for Team USA Wrestling Heading Into Paris Olympics (July 25, 2024 - Essential Sports)
• From training to Olympic village: Rudy Winkler's journey to the 2024 Paris Games (July 25, 2024 - CBS 6 Albany)
• Meet Your U.S. Cyclists for the 2024 Olympics (July 23, 2024 - Bike World News)
• Starting Five: Sorin Koszyk (July 23, 2024 - row2k)
• Southeast Michigan native Sorin Koszyk to compete in 2024 Paris Oympics (July 23, 2024 - WILX)
• Olympics 2024: Meet the athletes with Central New York ties (July 23, 2024 - Syracuse Post Standard)
• All Eyes on Taylor Knibb (July 20, 2024 - Triathlon.org)
• Olympic Games Triathlon: Why Taylor Knibb’s ‘amazing’ bike power could be the decisive weapon in Paris (July 20, 2024 - Tri247)
• Rudy Winkler doesn't view Olympic medal as measure of success in Paris (July 18, 2024 - Albany Times Union)
Kyle Dake Clears His Goal at Paris Olympics Heading as America’s Only Gold Favorite (July 18, 2024 - Essentially Sports)
• Your guide to the DMV athletes heading to the Olympics (July 17, 2024 - WUSA 9)
• Ones to watch: Michael Grady (July 16, 2024 - WPXI)
• Road to the Olympics: Taylor Knibb is ready for the Paris Olympics (July 15, 2024 - KVOA)
• Home team heroes: Six NY and NJ athletes to watch at the 2024 summer Olympics in Paris (July 13, 2024 - New York Post)
• Dake earns No. 1 seed at Olympic Games, seven U.S. wrestlers hold seeds for Paris (July 13, 2024 - TheMat.com)
• Hammer Throwers Rudy Winkler and Daniel Haugh Seek To End 28-Year U.S. Olympic Medal Drought (July 11, 2024 - Team USA)
• Maryland track and field assistant coach Rudy Winkler heading to third straight Olympics (July 11, 2024 - Baltimore Sun)
• Taylor Knibb Resigns from Paris 2024 Olympic Road Race, Will Focus on Triathlon (July 9, 2024 - Triathlete.com)
• “To count Taylor Knibb out for a medal in Paris is ludicrous,” says long-course star Sam Long (July 5, 2024 - 220Triathlon)
• Why US triathlon star Taylor Knibb can excel in Olympic Games cycling time trial, but will swerve road race – Dan Lorang (July 3, 2024 - Tri247)
• 2024 Paris Olympics: Rudy Winkler, Rutgers alum, makes U.S. track & field team (June 30, 2024 - Asbury Press)
• How the Jan Frodeno connection helped US triathlon phenom Taylor Knibb and coaching great Dan Lorang link up ahead of Paris 2024 (June 28, 2024 - Tri247)
• Michael Grady: Three Years Later (June 26, 2024 - row2k)
• Pair of rowers who train in Oakland ready to shine in Paris (June 26, 2024 - NBC Bay Area)
• Meet 2024 Paris Olympian Taylor Knibb! (June 25, 2024 - USA Triathlon)
• Central Catholic graduate has rowing medal in his sights as he preps for 2nd Olympics (TribLive)
• USROWING ANNOUNCES OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024 ROSTER (June 10, 2024 - Rowing News)

The Big Red's 2024 Olympians

2024 Big Red Olympic Schedule

Saturday, July 27
11:30 am local time (5:30 am ET) - Sorin Koszyk - Rowing, Men's Double Sculls - Heats - STORY
2:30 pm local time (8:30 am ET) - Taylor Knibb - Cycling - Time Trials - STORY

Sunday, July 28
1:00 pm local time (7:00 am ET) - Michael Grady - Rowing, Men's Four - Heats - STORY

Tuesday, July 30
11:10 am local time (5:10 am ET) - Sorin Koszyk - Rowing, Men's Double Sculls - Semifinals - Story

Wednesday, July 31
8:00 am local time (2:00 am ET) - Taylor Knibb - Triathlon - Women's Individual - Story

Thursday, August 1
10:42 am local time (4:42 am ET) - Sorin Koszyk - Rowing, Men's Double Sculls - Finals - Story
12:10 pm local time (6:10 am ET) - Michael Grady - Rowing, Men's Four - Finals - Story

Friday, August 2
11:35 am local time (5:35 am ET) - Rudy Winkler - Track & Field, Hammer Throw - Qualification - Story

Sunday, August 4
10:30 pm local time (2:30 pm ET) - Rudy Winkler - Track & Field, Hammer Throw - Final - Story

Monday, August 5
8:00 am local time (2:00 am ET) - Taylor Knibb - Triathlon - Mixed Relay - Story

Friday, August 9
11 am local time (5 am ET) - Kyle Dake - Wrestling - Round of 16/Quarterfinals - Story
6:15 pm local time (12:15 pm ET) - Kyle Dake - Wrestling - Semifinals - Story

Saturday, August 10
7:30 pm local time (1:30 pm ET) - Kyle Dake - Wrestling - Medal Matches - Story

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KYLE DAKE ’13, Wrestling
Men's Freestyle 74kg (BRONZE MEDAL)

A two-time Olympian and 2020 bronze medalist at 74kg, Kyle Dake '13 is a four-time world champion (2019, 2019, 2021, 2022) and a seven-time member of the national team.He became the first NCAA wrestler to win national titles in four different weight classes, the first to win four national titles without taking a redshirt season and just the third athlete to claim four national titles overall. The 2013 Hodge Award winner as the national Wrestler of the Year was a three-time EIWA Wrestler of the Year. The Outstanding Wrestler of the NCAA tournament in 2013, Dake became the third Cornell wrestler to capture the award and the first since Dave Auble in 1960. He wrapped up his amazing Cornell career with a 137-4 record, including winning his final 79 collegiate matches. Dake was named the Charles H. Moore Senior co-Athlete of the Year at Cornell, the Sports Illustrated Male College Athlete of the Year and was an ESPY finalist for Best Male College Athlete in 2013. The four-time NCAA All-American was elected to the EIWA Hall of Fame in 2014 and the Cornell Athletics Hall of Fame in 2023. 

Twitter (X): @kyledake444 
Instagram: kyledake444 
Facebook: KyleDakeOfficial

Round of 16/quarterfinals - Champ-de-Mars Arena
11 am local time Friday, August 9 (5:30 am ET Friday, August 9) - Broadcast Info

Semifinals - Champ-de-Mars Arena
6:15 pm local time Friday, August 9 (12:15 am ET Friday, August 9) - Broadcast Info

Repechages - Champ-de-Mars Arena
11 am local time Saturday, August 10 (5 am ET Saturday, August 10) - Broadcast Info

Medal matches - Champ-de-Mars Arena
7:30 pm local time Saturday, August 10 (1:30 pm ET Saturday, August 10) - Broadcast Info

MICHAEL GRADY ’19, Men’s Heavyweight Rowing
Men's Four (GOLD MEDAL)

Michael Grady ‘19 will be appearing in his second Olympics in the men’s four after being a part of a boat that grabbed fifth in 2020. He was part of a silver medalist in the four at the 2023 World Championships and won a gold medal with the U.S.A. in the men's eight event at the 2018 Under 23 World Rowing Championships. A four-year letter winner at Cornell, he stroked the eights as a junior in 2018 and occupied the sixth, seventh and eighth seats as a senior. Grady helped the varsity eight to the finals of the 2016 Eastern Sprints. 

Instagram: mike_grady22 

Heats - Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium
12:50 pm local time Sunday, July 28 (6:50 am ET Sunday, July 28) - BROADCAST INFO

Repechage - Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium
11:40 am local time Tuesday, July 30 (5:40 am ET Tuesday, July 30) - BROADCAST INFO

Final A - Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium
11:06 am local time Thursday, August 1 (5:06 am ET Thursday, August 1) - BROADCAST INFO

TAYLOR KNIBB ’20, Women’s Cross Country/Swimming & Diving
Women's Individual Triathlon (19th overall), Women's Cycling Time Trial (19th overall), Triathlon Mixed Relay (SILVER MEDAL)

A two-time Olympian, Taylor Knibb '20 is the lone multi-sport qualifier for the 2024 Games for the United States. Knibb will compete in both triathlon and road cycling (time trials). She was part of a bronze medal-winning team in the mixed triathlon in 2020. A two-time first-team All-Ivy League honoree in cross country for the Big Red, Knibb scored points all four year at the Ivy League Heptagonal Cross Country Championships. She qualified for the 2018 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships as an individual after finishing fifth overall in the Northeast Regional competition. A consistent competitor in the distance races, Knibb contributed to the 2019 Cornell women’s cross country team finishing second at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships to earn an automatic bid to the national competition. The two-time All-Northeast Region runner finished second for Cornell to help the 2019 team become the first in over 20 years to earn the automatic bid. A senior captain, Knibb closed out her cross country career with a 125th-place at the 2019 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships. 

Twitter: @taylorknibb
Instagram (public): taylorknibb

Women's Individual Cycling Time Trial - Pont d'Iéna
2:30 pm local time Saturday, July 27 (8:30 am ET Saturday, July 27) - Broadcast Info

Women's Individual Triathlon - Pont Alexandre III
8:00 am local time Wednesday, July 31 (2:00 am ET Wednesday, July 31) - Broadcast Info

Mixed Relay Triathlon - Pont Alexandre III
8:00 am local time Monday, August 5 (2:00 am ET Monday, August 5) - Broadcast Info

SORIN KOSZYK ’20, Men's Lightweight Rowing
Men's Double Sculls (4th place)

A first-time Olympian, Koszyk has been a member of three consecutive national teams. He rows both the single and double sculls, making the Olympic Games in the double along with teammate Ben Davison. He finished 13th at the 2023 world championships and was seventh in 2022. Koszyk shattered the course record on the Head of the Charles in the single sculls in 2023, becoming the first individual to break 17 minutes when he reached the line in 16:57, breaking the previous mark by nearly 14 seconds. He was part of two boats that won IRA national titles and captured IRA Lightweight Crew of the Year honors (2017, 2019). The 2017 squad won an Ivy title, earning Koszyk first-team all-league honors. His senior season was canceled due to the COVID 19 pandemic.

Instagram (public): s_koszyk

Heats - Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium
11:30 am local time Saturday, July 27 (5:30 am ET Saturday, July 27) - BROADCAST INFO

Semifinals - Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium
11:10 am local time Tuesday, July 30 (5:10 am ET Tuesday, July 30) - BROADCAST INFO

Finals - Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium
10:42 am local time Thursday, August 1 (4:42 am ET Thursday, August 1) - BROADCAST INFO

RUDY WINKLER 17, Men’s Track & Field
Men's Hammer Throw (6th place)

A three-time Olympian, two-time national champion and five-time NCAA All-American, Rudy Winkler '17 is the U.S. record holder in the hammer throw and finished second this season at the Trials. As a Cornellian, Winkler was crowned NCAA champion outdoors in the hammer throw as a senior . He wrapped up his Ivy League career with his third straight title in both the hammer throw (outdoors) and weight throw (indoors). His hammer throw title made him the fifth athlete in Ivy history, and first from Cornell, to claim three hammer throw titles, and his third straight weight throw title made him the fourth Ivy athlete to reach that total. The wins as a senior came after he represented the United States in the hammer throw at the 2016 Rio Olympics, where he finished 18th overall. The 2016 and 2017 USTFCCCA Northeast Field Athlete of the Year was also a two-time indoor Heps MVP of Field Events and earned that distinction at the 2016 outdoor conference championships as well. He was the 2016 NCAA runner-up in the hammer throw and placed eighth in 2015 to claim two All-America honors outdoors. Indoors, Winkler placed fourth in the weight throw at the 2017 NCAA Championships to earn first-team All-America honors after finishing 10th in 2016 to earn second-team honors. Winkler finished his career as the school (251-10) and Ivy League record holder in the hammer throw (246-5), while also holding the best mark in school history in the weight throw (76-6 1/4) and the third-best all-time Heps meet mark in the event (75-7 3/4). Winkler was named Academic All-Ivy in both 2016 and 2017 to go along with his six first-team all-league honors between the weight and hammer throw.

Instagram: throwrw 

Qualification - Stade de France
10:10 or 11:35 am local time Friday, August 2 (4:10 or 5:35 am ET Friday, August 2) - Broadcast Info

Final - Stade de France
10:30 pm local time Sunday, August 4 (2:30 pm ET Sunday, August 4) - Broadcast Info

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