High Altitude athletes mine for medal in Beijing


Inside NAU Home \| NAU in the News \| Archives \| Submit a News Tip	Vol. 4 No. 32 \| Aug. 27, 2008

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