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Of the 592 athletes representing the United States in the 2024 Paris Olympics, 26 hail from the Centennial State. Unsurprisingly, you’ll find plenty of them in the cycling and track and field events, and a bunch on the newly implemented crag, but you can also root for homegrown pros in swimming, soccer, rowing, golf, and more.
Here’s the rundown on all the locals competing in the games this summer, and when you’ll see them on the screen.
Jump Ahead:
- Valarie Allman
- Riley Amos
- Canyon Barry
- Christopher Blevins
- Wyndham Clark
- Valerie Constien
- Elise Cranny
- Olivia Cummins
- Colin Duffy
- Anna Hall
- Lindsey Horan
- Woody Kincaid
- Rylan Kissell
- Grant Koontz
- Leonard Korir
- Jordyn Poulter
- Brooke Raboutou
- Sophia Smith
- Mallory Swanson
- Jessica Thoennes
- Haleigh Washington
- Emma Weber
- Derrick White
Valarie Allman
- Hometown: Longmont
- Birthdate: February 23, 1995
- Discipline: Track and field
- Probable events: Women’s Discus Throw Qualification (Aug. 2), Final (Aug. 5)
Valarie Allman is no stranger to the Olympic stage; she took home the gold medal in Discus in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics. Since then, she’s landed on the podium in two world championships. Look for the Longmontster (originally from Pennsylvania, but we won’t hold it against her) to continue her winning streak in Paris.
Riley Amos
- Hometown: Durango
- Birthdate: March 2, 2002
- Discipline: Cycling
- Probable events: Cycling Mountain Bike Men’s Cross-Country (July 29)
Riley Amos grew up in Durango—where he still calls home—and has been racing on singletrack since grade school. After winning four USA Cycling junior national titles, the cross-country racer went on to claim multiple World Cup podiums. Amos has already snatched gold in the American Continental Championships and the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup this year, so there’s a good chance he could add more hardware to his collection.
This summer in Paris will be the 22-year-old’s Olympic debut, where he’ll compete alongside Olympic veteran and teammate Christopher Blevins. “Chris and I are both from Durango, Colorado, and I think every Olympic mountain bike team since maybe 2000 has had someone from Durango, which is insane coming from a town of 30,000 people,” he said in an interview with Team USA.
Read more: Want to Compete in the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships?
Canyon Barry
- Hometown: Colorado Springs
- Birthdate: January 7, 1994
- Discipline: Basketball 3×3
- Probable events: U.S. vs. Serbia (July 30)
Canyon Barry comes from a family of basketball legends. Son of Hall of Famer Rick Barry (the underhand free-throw legend), he’s bounced around in European leagues but has really found his place in the urban, three-on-three style of hoops, which was first introduced to the Olympics in Tokyo. He won the 3×3 World Cup in 2019, and now he’s setting his sights on his first Olympic games.
Christopher Blevins
- Hometown: Durango
- Birthdate: March 14, 1998
- Discipline: Cycling
- Probable events: Cycling Mountain Bike Men’s Cross-Country (July 29)
Blevins rode in the Tokyo Olympics and will be competing again in Paris with fellow Durango rider, Riley Amos.
Read more: These Mountain Bikers Are Adding to Durango’s Rich MTB Legacy
Wyndham Clark
- Hometown: Denver
- Birthdate: December 9, 1993
- Discipline: Golf
- Probable events: Men’s Individual Stroke Play Round 1 (Aug. 1)
The 2023 U.S. Open champion is headed to Paris for his first Olympics. Currently ranked fifth-best overall, he’s a medal contender along with his fellow American teammate, world number one Scottie Scheffler.
Valerie Constien
- Hometown: Edward
- Birthdate: March 21, 1996
- Discipline: Track and field
- Probable events: Women’s 3000m Steeplechase Round 1 (Aug. 4)
After an exciting first-place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase finals during the Olympic Trials, Valerie Constien will have all eyes on her in Paris. This will be her second time running on the Olympic stage, after competing in the delayed 2020 Tokyo Games.
Constien hails from the Vail Valley—one of the few Colorado Olympians not from the Front Range. The 28-year-old attended the University of Colorado where she ran track and field before advancing to the world stage.
Elise Cranny
- Hometown: Boulder
- Birthdate: May 9, 1996
- Discipline: Track and field
- Probable events: Women’s 5000m Round 1 (Aug. 2)
Elise Cranny got her jitters out at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 when she placed 13th in the women’s 5,000-meter race in her debut. Now, the four-time national champ is pining for the podium at the Paris Games.
Olivia Cummins
- Hometown: Fort Collins
- Birthdate: August 6, 2003
- Discipline: Cycling
- Probable events: Women’s Team Pursuit Qualifying (Aug. 6)
Olivia Cummins has been racing bikes since she was five—which was really not that long ago. Paris will be the young rider’s first Olympics, where she’ll compete in a team track event.
Colin Duffy
- Hometown: Broomfield
- Birthdate: December 10, 2003
- Discipline: Climbing
- Probable events: Men’s Boulder & Lead Semifinal Boulder (Aug. 5)
As the youngest member of the U.S. climbing team in Tokyo three years ago, Colin Duffy placed seventh. He heads into his second Olympic Games after winning gold at the 2022 IFSC Climbing World Cup. There, he became the first male climber to place number one in bouldering and sport climbing events.
Read More: Athletics a Mile Above the Rest
Anna Hall
- Hometown: Highlands Ranch
- Birthdate: March 23, 2001
- Discipline: Track and field
- Probable events: Women’s Heptathlon (Aug. 8)
Anna Hall toed the start line in the trials for the Tokyo Games, but instead of qualifying to run for Team USA, she left the event with a broken foot. After surgery and a couple years of recovery and training, she’s officially headed to her first Olympics in Paris, where she’ll compete in the Heptathlon.
The young runner hails from Highlands Ranch and has had her sights set on the Olympics since childhood. “I think I’ve always had this weird internal belief in myself,” she told Olympics.com in an interview last year. “I don’t know where it came from because even when I was really little, I remember being like seven or eight and being like, ‘Yep, I’m going to the Olympics!’ That’s just what I’m going to do.” With a current first-place world ranking for women’s Heptathlon, Hall is a favorite for the podium in Paris.
Lindsey Horan
- Hometown: Golden
- Birthdate: May 26, 1994
- Discipline: Soccer
- Probable events: U.S. vs. Zambia (July 25), U.S. vs. Germany (July 28), U.S. vs. Australia (July 31)
Lindsey Horan is a seasoned Olympian, having competed in the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics and bringing home bronze in the Tokyo Games. The midfielder will wear the U.S. team captain band in this year’s matchups.
Read More: Lindsey Horan Reflects On the Loss of the Olympics This Month
Woody Kincaid
- Hometown: Littleton
- Birthdate: September 21, 1992
- Discipline: Track and field
- Probable events: Men’s 10,000m Final (Aug. 2)
William (Woody) Kincaid is a professional runner for Nike who hails from the Front Range. Paris will be his second Olympic games.
Rylan Kissell
- Hometown: Littleton
- Birthdate: May 13, 2002
- Discipline: Shooting
- Probable events: 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification (July 27), 10m Air Rifle Men’s Qualification (July 28), 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men’s Qualification (July 31)
After winning two medals in the Pan American Games last year, Rylan Kissell is making his Olympic debut in Paris.
Grant Koontz
- Hometown: Nederland
- Birthdate: January 28, 1994
- Discipline: Cycling
- Probable events: Men’s Omnium (Aug. 8)
Grant Koontz discovered he had a penchant for pedaling when his parents gifted him a bike instead of a car for his 16th birthday. No hard feelings, though, as this laid the groundwork for the Nederland cyclist’s Olympic debut this year. He’ll compete in the four-event track series.
Leonard Korir
- Hometown: Colorado Springs
- Birthdate: December 10, 1986
- Discipline: Track and field
- Probable events: Men’s Marathon (Aug. 10)
Despite placing third in the Olympic Marathon Trials in February, Leonard Korir was kept on edge for months, unsure whether he’d get a chance to run in Paris this year. But in June, the Kenyan-American U.S. Army staff sergeant from Colorado Springs officially unlocked the third spot on Team USA.
Korir competed in Rio De Janeiro in 2016, placing 14th in the 10,000-meter. He missed the 2020 marathon qualifiers by three seconds, but this year he’s set to toe the starting line for the marathon in Paris.
Jordyn Poulter
- Hometown: Aurora
- Birthdate: July 31, 1997
- Discipline: Volleyball
- Probable events: U.S. vs. People’s Republic of China (July 29)
The U.S. women’s volleyball team is aiming to keep its winning streak alive this summer. The ladies won gold at the Tokyo Olympics—with the help of Jordyn Poulter—and they’re poised for another impressive performance in Paris. Poulter is the starting setter.
Brooke Raboutou
- Hometown: Boulder
- Birthdate: April 9, 2001
- Discipline: Sport climbing
- Probable events: Women’s Boulder & Lead Semifinal Boulder (Aug. 6)
Sport climbing made its Olympic debut in the last summer Olympics in Tokyo, with Boulder native Brooke Raboutou there as the first woman to represent Team USA in climbing. Raboutou narrowly missed the podium in Tokyo, placing fifth in the combined event. But with a few extra years of training and multiple wins at the qualifiers in Budapest, she’s gunning for hardware in Paris.
Raboutou comes from a family of climbers. Her father, Didier Raboutou, competed for the French national team and her mother, Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou, is a four-time World Cup Champion. “There are so many women in my life that empower me and motivate me. Obviously my mother is a huge one,” she said in an interview with Team USA.
Sophia Smith
- Hometown: Windsor
- Birthdate: August 10, 2000
- Discipline: Soccer
- Probable events: U.S. vs. Zambia (July 25), U.S. vs. Germany (July 28), U.S. vs. Australia (July 31)
Sophia Smith grew up in northern Colorado and played soccer in Fort Collins throughout high school. After an impressive collegiate career at Stanford—she was selected first overall in the 2022 National Women’s Soccer League draft—Smith burying goals for the Portland Thorns FC. The forward heads to Paris for her Olympic debut.
Mallory Swanson
- Hometown: Highlands Ranch
- Birthdate: April 29, 1998
- Discipline: Soccer
- Probable events: U.S. vs. Zambia (July 25), U.S. vs. Germany (July 28), U.S. vs. Australia (July 31)
Mallory Swanson made headlines back in 2016 when she became the youngest player to score for the U.S. in the Olympics (she was 18 at the time and using her née, Pugh). This summer, Swanson will don the red, white, and blue for another go on Team USA, where the forward will play alongside fellow Coloradan, Sophia Smith.
Read more: Mallory Pugh Is a World Cup Away from Stardom
Jessica Thoennes
- Hometown: Highlands Ranch
- Birthdate: September 20, 1995
- Discipline: Rowing
- Probable events: Women’s Pair Heat 1 (July 28)
After competing in the Women’s Eight during the Tokyo Games and snagging first place in the Olympic Trials earlier this year, Jessica Thoennes will compete in the Women’s Pair in Paris.
Haleigh Washington
- Hometown: Colorado Springs
- Birthdate: September 22, 1995
- Discipline: Volleyball
- Probable events: U.S. vs. People’s Republic of China (July 29)
Following a successful college career at Penn State, Washington went pro in 2018. She was named Best Middle Blocker at the Tokyo games, and will be defending that title in Paris.
Emma Weber
- Hometown: Boulder
- Birthdate: January 13, 2004
- Discipline: Swimming
- Probable events: Women’s 100m Breaststroke (July 28)
Emma Weber hails from Boulder. The 20-year-old swimmer currently competes for the University of Virginia and is headed to her first Olympics this year.
The young swimmer has the potential to impress in Paris, especially after eking out a second-place win in the 200-yard breaststroke trials this year, ahead of Tokyo gold medalist Lydia Jacoby.
Derrick White
- Hometown: Parker
- Birthdate: July 2, 1994
- Discipline: Basketball
- Probable events: U.S. vs. Serbia (July 28)
Celtics point guard Derrick White grew up in Parker and played Division II basketball for the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, before transferring to Boulder. He’s played in the NBA since 2017, first with the San Antonio Spurs and then Boston since 2022.
White got the call earlier this month that he’d be replacing Kawhi Leonard (who is recovering from a knee injury) to play for Team USA. Coming off of an NBA season where he helped the Celtics nab the 2024 National Championships, White is primed for his Olympic debut in Paris.
Colorado Athletes to Watch in the Paralympics
So far, the Centennial state has seven confirmed athletes competing for Team USA in the Paralympics, which will begin on August 28. The official roster is set to be released August 19.
- Hailey Danz (Triathlon, Denver)
- Elizabeth Marks (Swimming, Colorado Springs)
- Jack O’Neil (Swimming, Colorado Springs)
- Josh O’Neill (Wheelchair Rugby, Colorado Springs)
- Howie Sanborn (Triathlon, Denver)
- Melissa Stockwell (Triathlon, Colorado Springs)
- Jataya Taylor (Wheelchair Fencing, Aurora)
