List of high schools producing multiple Olympic gold medalists
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The Olympic Gold medal is the mark of achievement of the highest level in a particular sport. Many high schools proudly point to an alumnus who has been to the Olympics. Relatively few high schools have the depth to have produced more than one Olympic Gold medalist.
Notes: T=team gold medalist WR=also hold the current world record
Notes: T=team gold medalist WR=also hold the current world record
- Jefferson High School (Los Angeles, California)Jefferson High School (Los Angeles, California)For schools with a similar name, see Jefferson High School.Thomas Jefferson High School, usually referred to as Jefferson High School was founded in 1916, it is the fourth oldest public high school in the Los Angeles Unified School District...
Mal WhitfieldMal WhitfieldMalvin "Mal" Greston Whitfield is a former American athlete, a double winner of 800 m at the Olympic Games...
1948 Charles DumasCharles DumasCharles Everett Dumas was an American high jumper, the 1956 Olympic champion, and the first person to clear 7 ft....
1956 - Jordan High School (Los Angeles, California) Florence Griffith Joyner 1988 & WR Kevin YoungKevin Young (athlete)Kevin Curtis Young is a former American athlete. He was the winner of the 400 meter hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics...
1992 & WR - Samuel F. B. Morse High SchoolSamuel F. B. Morse High SchoolSamuel F. B. Morse High School, also called Morse High School or simply Morse, is an urban public high school located in southeastern San Diego in the neighborhood of Skyline Hills serving grades 9-12 in the American K-12 education system. Named after inventor Samuel Finley Breese Morse, it first...
, San Diego Arnie RobinsonArnie RobinsonClarence Earl "Arnie" Robinson, Jr. won the gold medal for the men's long jump in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal. That was an improvement on the bronze medal he won at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-Career:Robinson stayed in the San Diego area throughout his career, first at...
1976 Monique HendersonMonique HendersonMonique Henderson is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for the United States. She was a gold medalist in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China....
2004T, 2008T - John Muir High School (Pasadena, California)John Muir High School (Pasadena, California)John Muir High School is a four-year comprehensive secondary school in Pasadena, California, United States and is a part of the Pasadena Unified School District. The school is named after preservationist John Muir.-History:...
Alice BrownAlice BrownAlice Brown may refer to:*Alice Brown , American sprinter*Alice Brown , Canadian politician*Alice Brown , American novelist, poet and playwright...
1984T Inger MillerInger MillerInger Miller is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for United States. She is the daughter of Lennox Miller, an Olympic champion runner from Jamaica....
1996T Linetta WilsonLinetta WilsonLinetta Wilson was a 1996 Olympic gold medalist in the women's 4x400 meter relay for the United States. She competed with in the opening round with Rochelle Stevens, Kim Graham, and Maicel Malone and was replaced by Jearl Miles in the Final.Wilson grew up in Pasadena, attending Muir High School...
1996 T - Santa Clara High School (Santa Clara, California)Santa Clara High School (Santa Clara, California)Santa Clara High SchoolAddress3000 Benton St.Santa Clara, CA 95051Founded1872School typePublicPrincipalDave GrissomEnrollment1788 FacultyApprox. 101Campus surroundingsSuburbanMascotBruinsSchool ColorsNoble Blue and Gold...
Donna de VaronaDonna de VaronaDonna Elizabeth de Varona is a former American swimmer of Mexican and Irish descent.-Swimming career:...
1964 Don SchollanderDon SchollanderDonald Arthur Schollander is a former Olympic swimmer for the United States. He won total of five gold medals and one silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics...
1964, 1968T Claudia KolbClaudia KolbClaudia Ann Kolb is a retired breaststroke and medley swimmer from the United States, who won her first Olympic medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics when she was fourteen years of age...
1968 Mark SpitzMark SpitzMark Andrew Spitz is a retired American swimmer. He won seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, an achievement only surpassed by Michael Phelps who won eight golds at the 2008 Olympics....
1968T, 1972 Joe BottomJoe BottomJoseph Stuart Bottom is an American, Hall of Fame swimmer and one time world record holder in 50 meter freestyle, 100 meter butterfly and 4×100 meter freestyle relay....
1976T Heather Simmons-CarrascoHeather Simmons-CarrascoHeather Simmons-Carrasco is an American competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic champion.She competed for the American team that received a gold medal in synchronized swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta....
1996T - Silver Creek High SchoolSilver Creek High School (San Jose, California)Silver Creek High School is a high school located in San Jose, California which is operated by the East Side Union High School District. It is a California Distinguished School.-Code Red:...
, San Jose, CaliforniaSan Jose, CaliforniaSan Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
Millard HamptonMillard HamptonMillard Frank Hampton, Jr. is a former American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay and the individual silver medal in the 200 meters at the 1976 Summer Olympics....
1976T Andre PhillipsAndre PhillipsAndré Lamar Phillips is a retired American Track and Field athlete who is best known for winning the 400 metres hurdles gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games....
1988 - Tulare Union High SchoolTulare Union High SchoolTulare Union High School is a public school for secondary education in Tulare, California, USA. The school's mascot is The Redskins. This high school is administered within the Tulare Joint Union High School District, along with Tulare Western High School and Mission Oak High School,...
, Tulare, CaliforniaTulare, CaliforniaTulare is a city in Tulare County, California, United States. The population was 59,278 at the 2010 census.Just eight miles south of Visalia, it is part of the Census Bureau's designation of the Visalia Metropolitan Area. The city is named for the currently dry Tulare Lake, once the largest...
Bob Matthias 1948, 1952 Sim InessSim InessSimeon Garland Iness was an American discus thrower and Olympic gold medalist....
1952 - St. Patrick's High School (Iten, Kenya) Peter RonoPeter RonoPeter Kipchumba Rono is a former Kenyan athlete, who won the 1,500 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics....
1988 Matthew BirirMatthew BirirMatthew Kiprotich Birir is a former athlete from Kenya, winner of 3000 m steeplechase at the 1992 Summer Olympics.Born in Eldama Ravine, Matthew Birir started running, when he attended at the famous St. Patrick's High School in Iten, where many great Kenyan runners are rosen.At the Barcelona...
1992 Note: Between Wilson KipketerWilson KipketerWilson Kosgei Kipketer is a Kenyan born Danish former middle distance runner. He holds the current indoor world records at the 1000 and 800 metres distance. While dominating the 800 m distance for a decade, remaining undefeated for a three-year period and running 8 of the 17 currently all-time...
and David RudishaDavid RudishaDavid Lekuta Rudisha is a Kenyan middle distance runner and world record holder in the 800 metres with a time of 1:41.01. Rudisha holds four of the ten fastest times for this event.-Early life:...
the school has held the world record for 800 metres800 metresThe 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...
since August 13, 1997
- Lincoln High School, East St. Louis, Illinois Al JoynerAl JoynerAlfredrick Alphonzo Joyner is an American athlete, who was Olympic gold medalist in the triple jump.Joyner was born in East St. Louis, Illinois. He was married to the late Florence Griffith-Joyner, a multiple Olympic medal-winning sprinter; their daughter is Mary Ruth Joyner. His sister Jackie...
1984 Jackie Joyner-KerseeJackie Joyner-KerseeJacqueline "Jackie" Joyner-Kersee is a retired American athlete, ranked among the all-time greatest athletes in the women's heptathlon as well as in the women's long jump. She won three gold, one silver, and two bronze Olympic medals, in those four different events...
1988 & WR, 1992 brother and sister - North Salinas High SchoolNorth Salinas High SchoolNorth Salinas High School is a public high school established in Salinas, California. It is one of four primary high schools of the Salinas Union High School District...
Calvin HarrisonCalvin HarrisonCalvin Harrison is an American athlete. He won a gold medal in the Men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He is the twin brother of fellow Olympic medalist Alvin Harrison...
2000T (team later disqualified) Alvin HarrisonAlvin HarrisonAlvin Harrison is an American athlete. He won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at both the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics and a silver medal in the 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is the twin brother of fellow Olympic medalist Calvin Harrison...
1996T, 2000T (team later disqualified) identical twin brothers - San Gorgonio High SchoolSan Gorgonio High SchoolSan Gorgonio High School is a comprehensive senior high school in the San Bernardino City Unified School District. Its campus is located at the corner of Pacific Street and Arden Avenue on the border between San Bernardino and Highland, California.-Alumni:...
and John F. Kennedy High School (Los Angeles)John F. Kennedy High School (Los Angeles)John F. Kennedy High School is located in Granada Hills, Los Angeles California, USA. It is in District 1 of the Los Angeles Unified School District....
Sherri HowardSherri HowardSherri Howard is a former American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She is the older sister of 1988 relay teammate Denean Howard.She competed for the United States in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, U.S...
and Denean HowardDenean HowardDenean Elizabeth Howard-Hill is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.At the Olympics she competed as Miss Howard in 1984, as Mrs. Howard-Hill in 1988, and as Mrs...
, sisters who both won a Gold medal on the same 1984 4x400 relay team (Denean ran in the preliminary round). The sisters transferred to Kennedy in 1981 after setting the NFHS record in the same relay at San Gorgonio with two other sisters (Howard, Howard, Howard, Howard)