2021 Olympians and Paralympians

91 current or former Ivy League student-athletes and one current coach will participate in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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The League's contingent hail from all eight Ivy League institutions and will represent 30 countries, including

United States (34), American Samoa (1), Australia (5), Bermuda (1), Canada (3), Chile (1), China (1), Chinese Taipei (1), Denmark (1), Egypt (1), Estonia (1), Germany (2), Ghana (1), Great Britain (6), Greece (1), Guam (1), Israel (4), Jamaica (1), Jordan (1), New Zealand (3), Nigeria (1), Norway (1), Palestine (1), Puerto Rico (1), Saudi Arabia (1), South Korea (1), Switzerland (2), Taiwan (1), Thailand (1), Turkey (1) and Uganda (1). 

 

Princeton leads the way with 18 athletes, followed by Yale (17), Harvard (14), Columbia (9), Penn (9), Brown (6), Cornell (5) and Dartmouth (5). The Yale fencing head coach will serve as President of China's Fencing Association. Two Princeton rowing coaches will serve as a program director or coach for U.S. Rowing, while two Princeton fencing coaches will fulfill coaching roles with Team USA Fencing. 

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All eight institutions will have representation on the U.S. Olympic Rowing Team, composing nearly 45% of Team USA's roster. The only other conference with this milestone is the SEC in athletics. While one-third of Team USA Fencing competed at Columbia, Harvard or Princeton.  

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Harvard, Columbia and Princeton will have Paralympians competing in the Paralympic Games starting August 24 through September 5. 

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