| Name |
Country |
Sport |
Result |
| Simon Aspelin |
Sweden |
2008 Tennis |
doubles: SILVER medal |
| Sarah Attar |
Saudi Arabia |
2012 Track
2016 Track |
800m: 39th place
marathon: 132nd place |
| Miranda Ayim |
Canada |
2012 Basketball
2016 Basketball
2020 Basketball |
quarterfinals (T-5th)
quarterfinals (T-5th)
9th place |
| Roxanne Barker |
South Africa |
2012 Soccer
2016 Soccer |
10th place
10th place |
| Kevin Barnett |
USA |
2000 Volleyball
2004 Volleyball |
11th place
4th place |
| Dain Blanton |
USA |
2000 Beach Volleyball
2004 Beach Volleyball |
GOLD medal
19th place |
| Roberto Borelli |
Brazil |
1984 Water Polo |
12th place |
| Terrezene Brown |
USA |
1964 Track |
high jump: 12th place |
| Craig Buck |
USA |
1984 Volleyball
1988 Volleyball |
GOLD medal
GOLD medal |
| Vilma Charlton |
Jamaica |
1964 Track
1968 Track
1972 Track |
4x100 relay: 5th place in heat #1
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-- |
| Linda Chisholm |
USA |
1984 Volleyball |
SILVER medal |
| Geoffrey Clark |
Australia |
1988 Water Polo
1992 Water Polo |
8th place
5th place |
| Bob Ctvrtlik |
USA |
1988 Volleyball
1992 Volleyball
1996 Volleyball |
GOLD medal
BRONZE medal
9th place |
| Carlos DiLaura |
Peru |
1984 Tennis |
singles: 2nd round |
| Yakhouba Diawara |
France |
2012 Basketball |
quarterfinals (T-5th) |
| Marv Dunphy |
USA |
1988 Volleyball (M. Head Coach)
1996 Volleyball (M. Consultant Coach)
2000 Volleyball (M. Assistant Coach)
2004 Volleyball (M. Consultant Coach)
2008 Volleyball (M. Consultant Coach)
2012 Volleyball (W. Consultant Coach)
2016 Volleyball (W. Scouting Coach)
2020 Volleyball (W. Consultant Coach)
2024 Volleyball (W. Consultant Coach) |
GOLD medal
9th place
11th place
4th place
GOLD medal
SILVER medal
BRONZE medal
GOLD medal
SILVER medal |
| Martin Edwards |
Great Britain |
1972 Swimming |
100 fly: n/a |
| Brad Gilbert |
USA |
1988 Tennis
1996 Tennis (Coach) |
singles: BRONZE medal
singles: GOLD medal |
| Brian Goorjian |
Australia |
2004 Basketball (M. Head Coach)
2008 Basketball (M. Head Coach)
2020 Basketball (M. Head Coach)
2024 Basketball (M. Head Coach) |
9th place
quarterfinals (T-5th)
BRONZE medal
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| Jennifer Gutierrez |
USA |
2000 Triathlon |
13th place |
| Kim Hill |
USA |
2016 Volleyball
2020 Volleyball |
BRONZE medal
GOLD medal |
| Tom Hill |
Greece |
2020 Tennis (W. Coach) |
-- |
| Kelly Jones |
USA |
1984 Tennis |
singles: 2nd round |
| Danielle Kang |
USA |
2020 Golf |
20th place |
| David Kirkwood |
USA |
1964 Track |
modern pentathlon team:
SILVER medal |
| Jack Kocur |
USA |
2016 Water Polo (M. Assistant Coach)
2024 Water Polo (M. Video Coordinator) |
10th place
BRONZE medal |
| Martin Laurendeau |
Canada |
1988 Tennis |
singles: 1st round |
| Marcos Leite |
Brazil |
1972 Basketball
1980 Basketball
1984 Basketball |
7th place
5th place
9th place |
| Robert Lindstedt |
Sweden |
2012 Tennis |
doubles: 2nd round
mixed doubles: 1st round |
| Chip McCaw |
USA |
2000 Volleyball |
11th place |
| Pablo McNeil |
Jamaica |
1964 Track
1968 Track |
100m: 6th place in semifinal #1
4x100 relay: 4th place
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| Glenn Michibata |
Canada |
1988 Tennis |
doubles: 1st round |
| Agustin Moreno |
Mexico |
1988 Tennis
2020 Tennis (W. Head Coach) |
singles: 2nd round
doubles: 1st round
-- |
| Jon Moscot |
Israel |
2020 Baseball |
5th place |
| Merrill Moses |
USA |
2008 Water Polo
2012 Water Polo
2016 Water Polo |
SILVER medal
8th place
10th place |
| Daniel Mulumba |
Uganda |
1984 Swimming |
100 free: n/a |
| Nancy Owen |
USA |
1964 Volleyball
1968 Volleyball |
5th place
8th place |
| Ryan Radmanovich |
Canada |
2004 Baseball
2008 Baseball |
4th place
T-5th place |
| Alex Rodriguez |
USA |
2016 Water Polo (M. Assistant Coach)
2020 Water Polo (M. Assistant Coach) |
10th place
6th place |
| Peter Rohde |
Denmark |
1984 Swimming
1988 Swimming
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100 free: 16th place
200 IM: 13th place
50 free: 26th place
100 free: 25th place
4x100 free relay: 10th place
4x200 free relay: 11th place |
| Sean Rooney |
USA |
2008 Volleyball
2012 Volleyball |
GOLD medal
quarterfinals (T-5th) |
| George Roumain |
USA |
2000 Volleyball |
11th place |
| Nicole Sanderson |
Australia |
2004 Beach Volleyball |
4th place |
| Gary Sato |
USA |
1988 Volleyball (M. Assistant Coach)
1992 Volleyball (M. Assistant Coach)
2012 Volleyball (M. Assistant Coach) |
GOLD medal
BRONZE medal
quarterfinals (T-5th) |
| Terry Schroeder |
USA |
1980 Water Polo
1984 Water Polo
1988 Water Polo
1992 Water Polo
2008 Water Polo (M. Head Coach)
2012 Water Polo (M. Head Coach) |
(boycott)
SILVER medal
SILVER medal
4th place
SILVER medal
8th place |
| Mayar Sherif |
Egypt |
2020 Tennis
2024 Tennis |
singles: 1st round
singles: 1st round |
| Jesse Smith |
USA |
2004 Water Polo
2008 Water Polo
2012 Water Polo
2016 Water Polo
2020 Water Polo |
7th place
SILVER medal
8th place
10th place
6th place |
| Tom Sorensen |
USA |
1996 Volleyball |
9th place |
| Luisa Stefani |
USA |
2020 Tennis
2024 Tennis |
doubles: BRONZE medal, mixed doubles: 1st round
doubles: 2nd round, mixed doubles: 2nd round |
| Jeff Stork |
USA |
1988 Volleyball
1992 Volleyball
1996 Volleyball |
GOLD medal
BRONZE medal
9th place |
| Andrew Sznajder |
Canada |
1992 Tennis |
singles: 2nd round |
| Troy Tanner |
USA |
1988 Volleyball
2008 Beach Volleyball (W. Coach) |
GOLD medal
GOLD medal |
| Andreea Trufasu |
Romania |
1996 Swimming |
4x100 relay: 11th place |
| Greg Vernovage |
USA |
2000 Beach Volleyball (M. Coach) |
GOLD medal |
| Jerome Walters |
USA |
1956 Track |
1500: n/a |
| Marilyn White |
USA |
1964 Track |
4x100 relay: SILVER medal
100 meters: 4th place |
| Rod Wilde |
USA |
1996 Volleyball (M. Assistant Coach)
2000 Volleyball (M. Assistant Coach) |
9th place
11th place |
| Lynn Williams |
USA |
2020 Soccer
2024 Soccer |
BRONZE medal
GOLD medal |
| Fred Winters |
Canada |
2016 Volleyball |
quarterfinals (T-5th) |
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| Also noteworthy are a few coaches who did not attend Pepperdine, but coached or competed at the Olympics while a member of the Waves: |
| Kayla Banwarth |
USA |
2016 Volleyball |
BRONZE medal |
| David Hunt |
USA |
2016 Volleyball (W. Assistant Coach) |
BRONZE medal |
Marcio Sicoli
Twila Kilgore |
USA
USA |
2012 Beach Volleyball (W. Coach)
2016 Beach Volleyball (W. Coach)
2024 Soccer (W. Assistant Coach) |
GOLD medal
BRONZE medal
GOLD medal |
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| On several occasions, Pepperdine athletes have come very close to becoming Olympians but instead wound up as alternates, including: |
| Alvis Andrews |
USA |
1960 Track (triple jump) |
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| Jeremy Pope |
USA |
2000 Water Polo |
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| Tom Sorensen |
USA |
2000 Volleyball |
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| Rod Wilde |
USA |
1984 Volleyball |
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| Jonathan Winder |
USA |
2012 Volleyball |
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Number of Pepperdine Athletes Competing at Each Summer Olympics
1956 -- 1
1964 -- 6
1968 -- 3
1972 -- 3
1980 -- 1
1984 -- 9
1988 -- 11
1992 -- 5
1996 -- 4
2000 -- 5
2004 -- 5
2008 -- 5
2012 -- 8
2016 -- 7
2020 -- 8
2024 -- 3
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Pepperdine alum Harry Nelson, who was on the inaugural football team in 1946, holds the Guinness World Record for most Summer Olympics attended. He went to the Guinness headquarters while in London in 2012 and shot this video:
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