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
Tyrese Haliburton (Gold, basketball, Iowa State Cyclones, USA)
Paris 2024 Olympics – Basketball – Men’s Victory Ceremony – Bercy Arena, Paris, France – August 10, 2024. Gold medallists Lebron James of United States, Tyrese Haliburton of United States, and Jayson Tatum of United States pose with their medals. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
The former Cyclones star and current Indiana Pacers point guard was a member of Olympic champion Team USA. Haliburton played in three games, tallying 26 minutes and eight points.
Kennedy Blades (Silver, 76kg wrestling, Iowa Hawkeyes, USA)
Paris 2024 Olympics – Wrestling – Women’s Freestyle 76kg Victory Ceremony – Champ-de-Mars Arena, Paris, France – August 11, 2024. Silver medallist Kennedy Alexis Blades of United States and bronze medallist Milaimy de la Caridad Marin Potrille of Cuba react during the ceremony. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi
The 20-year-old from Illinois went 3-0 in her first day of competition in Paris. Then she lost the gold-medal match to her Japanese opponent. She committed to Iowa in July.
Spencer Lee (Silver, 57kg wrestling, Iowa Hawkeyes, USA)
US’ Spencer Richard Lee is announced the winner over Uzbekistan’s Gulomjon Abdullaev in their men’s freestyle 57kg wrestling semi-final match at the Champ-de-Mars Arena during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Paris on August 8, 2024. (Photo by Punit PARANJPE / AFP) (Photo by PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP via Getty Images)
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 races in the men’s 200-meter semifinals during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at Stade de France on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024.
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)
Aug 6, 2024; Saint-Denis, FRANCE; Brittany Brown (USA) celebrates her third place finish in the women’s 200m final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at Stade de France. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
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)
LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 05: Eve Stewart of Team GB poses during the Team GB Paris 2024 Olympic Games rowing squad announcement at Kew Gardens on June 05, 2024 in London, England.
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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