Several Montgomery County athletes are gearing up for the 2024 Summer Olympics which start July 26.
From swimming to track to freestyle wrestling to fencing, Montgomery County will be well represented.
Here are seven magnificent MoCo athletes representing the United States who are looking to make a splash in Paris.
Katie Ledecky (Swimming)
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Perhaps the most decorated female U.S. Olympic swimmer of all time, Katie Ledecky is looking to continue her reign of dominance in the mid to long-distance freestyle events in Paris.
Ledecky, who has already earned seven Olympic golds and 21 more world championship golds in her stellar career, hails from Bethesda and is a graduate of Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart. Ledecky will swim the 400, 800, and 1500m freestyle events in Paris, as well as the 4x200m freestyle relay.
Phoebe Bacon (Swimming)
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Bacon is the second-oldest of a trio of former Stone Ridge swimmers competing at the Paris Olympics (behind Ledecky). Bacon, who made the Olympic team in 2021, will compete in 200 backstroke.
A native of Chevy Chase, Bacon has also spent the past several years swimming at the University of Wisconsin, where the backstroke specialist has finaled in several NCAA championship meets.
Erin Gemmell (Swimming)
The youngest of the Stone Ridge swimmers taking on this year’s Olympics, Erin Gemmell made her first Olympic team after qualifying for the 4x200m freestyle relay, where she will swim alongside Ledecky.
Gemmell, who swims at the University of Texas, is the daughter of famous swim coach Bruce Gemmell, who coached Ledecky and countless other elite swimmers at Nation’s Capital Swim Club (NCAP).
Helen Maroulis (Wrestling)
Helen Maroulis, a native of Rockville and a Magruder High School alum, is competing in her third Olympics. Maroulis took home gold in the 53 kg weight class in 2016 and bronze in 57 kg in 2021.
Maroulis is the first-ever American to win a gold medal in women’s freestyle wrestling thanks to her performance in 2016. She is set to compete in the 57 kg weight class again in Paris.
Kyle Snyder (Wrestling)
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One of the most decorated wrestlers in American history, Kyle Snyder will compete in the 97 kg weight class at the 2024 Olympics.
Snyder, a graduate of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Olney, is perhaps most famous for being the youngest world champion in American wrestling history. He is also the youngest wrestler to ever win the world, NCAA and Olympic championships in the same year.
Quincy Wilson (Track & Field)
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Even though he is still just a 16-year-old high schooler, Quincy Wilson is headed to his first Olympics after a meteoric rise in the world of track. After a stellar showing at U.S. Olympic Trials, Wilson became the U.S.’ youngest track Olympian when he was added to the relay pool.
The Bullis sophomore is one of the most decorated U18 runners in American history, recently breaking the U18 400m world record at just 16.
Tatiana Nazlymov (Fencing)
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Tatiana Nazlymov, a 19-year-old Bethesda native, will be making her Olympic debut in the 2024 Games. Nazlymov comes from a long line of fencers, as her father Vitali was an NCAA champion and her grandfather Vladimir was a three-time Olympic champion.
Nazlymov currently competes at Princeton University and is a graduate of Georgetown Day School. She grew up training at the fencing club her parents own in Bethesda, Nazlymov Fencing.
