Nine Harvardians, including two undergraduates, will compete in the Beijing Olympic games during the next two weeks, in the sports of tennis, fencing, and rowing. Detailed scheduling and competition information, including opportunities for television and on-line viewing, may be found here.
Representing the United States are:
James Blake ’01, in tennis (Blake left Harvard after his sophomore year to play the pro circuit. See "Brotherhood at the Baseline."); Emily Cross ’09, in fencing (see "Wild on the Strip"); and in rowing, Caryn Davies ’05, Michelle Guerette ’02, Patrick Todd ’02, Cameron Winklevoss ’04, and Tyler Winklevoss ’04. (For more on the Winklevoss twins, see "Alumni Olympic Rowers...and Facebook Litigants.")
Representing Canada is Malcolm Howard ’05, in rowing.
Representing Israel is Noam Mills ’12, in fencing.
In addition, a tenth Harvard athlete—Beth Kolbe ’08, a swimmer—will represent the United States at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, which run from September 6 to 17.
Harvard has a long history of participation in the Olympic games, stretching back to the first Olympiad of the modern revival, which took place in Athens in 1896. For an account of those games, which Harvard dominated, see "The Unexpected Olympians."
