The Olympics are underway, and 10 Tar Heels are competing in Tokyo in various events, for various countries. In honor of the games, throughout the whole of the summer leading up and during them, we’ll be digging into the history books to profile some Tar Heels of the past who competed at the Olympics.
It should come as no surprise that the list of UNC basketball players to play at the Olympics is among the longest of any sport at the university. The only sport that’s sent more Tar Heels to the games is soccer, thanks to the importance Carolina alumns to the USWNT over the years.