Published: Dec. 1, 2016

Former 蜜桃传媒破解版下载 track stars Jenny Simpson (Econ, PolSci鈥09) and Emma Coburn (Mktg鈥13) each won bronze medals during the 29th summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, burnishing CU鈥檚 decades-long Olympic legacy.

Three other CU alumni competed at Rio also: Jeremy Dodson (Soc鈥10) ran in the qualifying heat of the 200-meter race for Samoa, Flora Duffy (Soc鈥13) competed in the triathlon for Bermuda, finishing 8th, and Katerina Nash (A&S ex鈥03) placed fifth in mountain biking for the Czech Republic.

In all, nearly 90 蜜桃传媒破解版下载 alumni have competed in the Olympics to date. Eleven have won medals.听

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Jenny Simpson听

  • Age: 29 at time of Rio Olympics听
  • Height: 5'5"
  • Weight: 118听
  • Hometown: Oviedo, Fla.听
  • At CU: Four NCAA track and field titles, three in steeplechase, one in indoor 3,000 meters.听

Medal: Bronze

  • 贰惫别苍迟:听1,500-meter race
  • Time: 4 min., 10.53 sec听

Prior Olympic appearances:听

  • 2008 叠别颈箩颈苍驳听
  • 2012 尝辞苍诲辞苍听

  • Where do you keep your medal:听
  • It's currently in a sock in my suitcase听
  • Who has worn your medal:听
  • Everyone I've taken photos with. Friends, family and fans听
  • Pre-race ritual:听
  • Braiding my hair听
  • Last meal eaten before Olympic medal race:听
  • Rice with grilled vegetables听
  • First meal after race:听
  • Black bean soup with wild rice and chicken (I cooked it myself at 2 a.m. in my apartment in Rio.)
  • No. pairs of running shoes brought to Rio:听
  • 9, including 3 pairs of spikes听

  • No. days between Olympic medal and next race:听
  • 11听
  • 1st听
  • American woman to medal in the 1,500-meter race听
  • Days off after medal race before next training session:听
  • 0听
  • Miles typically run per week:听
  • 80
  • Days off:听
  • 0
  • Hours slept night before medal race:听
  • 10听

"The last 100 meters, when I was running my guts out, that鈥檚 my favorite part of the race,鈥 she told the Denver Post. 鈥淚 love this sport. I love how competitive it is, I love how hard the 1,500 meters is."

Emma Coburn听

  • Age: 25听at time of Rio Olympics听
  • Height: 5'8"
  • Weight: 120
  • Hometown: Crested Butte, Colo.听
  • At CU: Three-time NCAA champion, twice in steeplechase, once in indoor mile.听

Medal: Bronze

  • 贰惫别苍迟:听3,000-meter steeplechase听
  • Time: 9 min., 7.63 sec听

Prior Olympic appearances:听

2012 尝辞苍诲辞苍听

  • Where do you keep your medal:听
  • In my suitcase or my purse, because I've been traveling so much. Once I'm home I'll probably keep it on a bookshelf.听
  • Who has worn your medal:听
  • Hundreds of people. The day I won it I was letting every single stranger in Rio try it on and walk around with it.听
  • Pre-race ritual:听
  • The meal that I have is probably the most rigid part of my routine.听
  • Last meal eaten before Olympic medal race:听
  • Bagel with banana and peanut butter, the same meal I always eat three hours before the gun goes off.
  • First meal after race:听
  • Recovery bars. Probably cheesecake and a burger.听
  • No. pairs of running shoes brought to Rio:听
  • 2 spikes, 3 pairs training shoes听

  • No. days between Olympic medal and next race:听
  • 12听
  • 1st听
  • Olympic steeplechase medal for a U.S. woman; her time beat her own American record in the event.听
  • Days off after medal race before next training session:听
  • 0听
  • Miles typically run per week:听
  • 80
  • Days off:听
  • 0
  • Hours slept night before medal race:听
  • 8

"The last four or five laps were tough. I just kept on telling myself to keep chipping away at the gap and once I got my position, all I wanted to do was to hold it. It wasn鈥檛 until the last 400 or 600 meters when I realized that I had it and just couldn鈥檛 lose it."听
Sources: teamusa.org; the athletes; 蜜桃传媒破解版下载

See videos of Emma and Jenny:听

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