AUSTIN, Texas — Twenty-six current or former University of Texas student-athletes have earned spots on their home countries' Olympic teams, and two coaches with ties to UT Athletics also will participate in the upcoming Olympic Games. The 26 athletes competing marks a tie for the largest delegation that The University of Texas has sent to an Olympics, as the Longhorns were also represented by 26 athletes at both the 1988 (Seoul) and 2000 (Sydney) Games.
The 2020 Summer Olympic Games will be held July 21-Aug. 8 in Toyko, Japan. All told, UT athletes and coaches will represent 11 different Longhorns programs (men's basketball, women's basketball, men's golf, women's rowing, women's soccer, softball, men's swimming & diving, women's swimming & diving, men's track and field, women's track and field and women's volleyball) and represent 11 different countries (Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Colombia, Germany, Jamaica, Netherlands, Philippines, Singapore, United States and Venezuela).