Athletes who trained at NAU’s Center for High Altitude Training won 22 Olympic medals during the 2008 Games in Beijing, for a total of 213 medals dating back to the 1996 Games in Atlanta.
Athletes from eight countries won seven gold, five silver and 10 bronze medals in Beijing.
Winners included:
Australia—Swimming | Stephanie Rice | Gold—Women’s 400m Individual Medley Gold—Women’s 200m Individual Medley | Eamon Sullivan | Silver—Men’s 100M Freestyle Silver—Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay Bronze—Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay | Austria—Swimming | Mirna Jukic | Bronze—Women’s 100m Breaststroke | Canada—Triathlon | Simon Whitfield | Silver—Men’s Triathlon | Denmark—Swimming | Lotte Friis | Bronze—Women’s 800m Freestyle | Germany—Swimming | Britta Steffan | Gold—Women’s 100m Freestyle Gold—Women’s 50m Freestyle | Italy—Swimming | Federica Pellegrini | Gold-Women’s 200m Freestyle | Alessia Filippi | Silver-Women’s 800m Freestyle | Japan—Swimming | Kosuke Kitajima | Gold-Men’s 100m Breaststroke Gold-Men’s 200m Breaststroke Bronze-Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay | Takeshi Matsuda | Bronze-Men’s 200m Butterfly | Reiko Nakamura | Bronze-Women’s 200m Backstroke | Junichi Miyashita | Bronze-Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay | Hisayoshi Sato | Bronze-Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay | Norway—Swimming | Alexander Dale Oen | Silver-Men’s 100m Breaststroke | Sara Nordenstam | Bronze-Women’s 200m Breaststroke | Medal Total: 22 | Gold: 7 Silver: 5 Bronze: 10 | |
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