Dozens of athletes with Iowa connections have competed in the 2024 summer Olympics in Paris.
A few also enjoyed success and will take home a medal for their native country.
Here are all the Iowans who have medaled in the 2024 Olympics:
More: Here are the athletes with Iowa connections competing in the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics
Spencer Lee (Silver, 57kg wrestling, Iowa Hawkeyes, USA)
Lee took the Paris Olympics by storm but fell just short to Rei Higuchi from Japan in the 57kg final.
He became the second Iowa Hawkeye wrestler to capture an Olympic silver medal.
Kenny Bednarek (Silver, men’s 200m, Indian Hills Community College, USA)
Kenny Bednarek, who attended Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa, earned a silver medal in the men’s 200-meter race on Friday with a time of 19.62 seconds. He upset the field favorite Noah Lyles, who earned bronze.
Bednarek has now won silver medals in the 200m in consecutive Olympics.
More: Kenny Bednarek wins silver medal in men’s 200m race at 2024 Olympics for Team USA
Brittany Brown (Bronze, women’s 200m, Iowa Hawkeyes, USA)
With a time of 22.20 seconds in the women’s 200-meter final, Brown placed third to earn a bronze medal at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
She is the first woman from Iowa’s program to earn an individual Olympic medal in track and field, according to Iowa Athletics.
More: Ex-Iowa Hawkeye Brittany Brown wins bronze medal in women’s 200m at 2024 Olympics
Eve Stewart (Bronze, women’s eight rowing, Iowa Hawkeyes, Great Britain)
The team, comprised of Stewart and her teammates Heidi Long, Rowan McKellar, Holly Dunford, Emily Ford, Lauren Irwin, Taylor Harriet, Annie Campbell-Orde and coxswain Henry Feldman, finished in third place in the 2000-meter race.
Stewart and her team finished in 5:59.51 minutes, off the pace of the gold-winning Romanian team (5:54.39) and just behind the Canadian team, which took silver in 5:58.84.
More: Ex-Iowa Hawkeyes rower Eve Stewart wins bronze medal at 2024 Olympics for Great Britain
Gus Martin is a Digital Producer/Content Director for The Des Moines Register. Follow him on X at @GusMartin_DMR.
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