Texas Longhorns alums who went for the Gold at the Olympics!

There are an amazing number of Texas Longhorns alumni Olympians! There were 14 medals won by former Longhorns athletes at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing! TEN of those 14 medals were GOLD medals, 2 silver and 2 bronze.


Below is the breakdown of who won what:

GOLD
Athlete, Country	Sport, Event	Performance (Time/Score)
Ricky Berens, USA	Swimming, 800m freestyle relay	6:58.56 (World Record)
Ian Crocker, USA	Swimming, 400m medley relay	prelims
Brendan Hansen, USA	Swimming, 400m medley relay	3:29.34 (World Record)
Aaron Peirsol, USA	Swimming, 100m backstroke Swimming, 400m medley relay	52.54 (World Record) 3:29.34 (World Record)
Sanya Richards, USA	Track and Field, 1600m relay	3:18.54
Melaine Walker, Jamaica	Track and Field, 400m hurdles	52.67 (Olympic Record)
Dave Walters, USA	Swimming, 800m freestyle relay	prelims
Garrett Weber-Gale, USA	Swimming, 400m freestyle relay Swimming, 400m medley relay	3:08:24 (World Record) prelims
SILVER
Athlete, Country	Sport, Event	Performance (Time/Score)
Cat Osterman, USA	Softball
Aaron Peirsol, USA	Swimming, 200m backstroke	1:54.33
BRONZE
Athlete, Country	Sport, Event	Performance (Time/Score)
Sanya Richards, USA	Track and Field, 400m	49.93
Taylor Teagarden, USA	Baseball