Oregon high school athletes competing in 2024 Paris Olympic Games

Meet the six Olympians and two Paralympians representing Oregon at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Sam Brown | Jul 31, 2024

Ryan Crouser is one of eight Oregon athletes who qualified to represent Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympics or Paralympics. / Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

The 2024 Paris Summer Olympics are officially underway as the best athletes in the world gather in France looking for their shot at Olympic glory.

Eight athletes from Oregon will compete for Team USA at the Olympics and Paralympics.

For most of these athletes, spending time at an Oregon high school was part of their hard-fought journey to the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Here is a look at the former Oregon high school athletes in the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.

Oregon high school athletes competing for Team USA in 2024 Olympics

Taylor Averill*: (Volleyball), 2024 Olympian
Cameron Brink**: Mountainside/Southridge (3x3 Basketball), 2024 Olympian
Ryan Crouser: Barlow (Track and Field), 3-time Olympian; 2016, 2020, 2024
Peter Quinton: Grant (Rowing), 2024 Olympian
Jaida Ross: North Medford (Track and Field), 2024 Olympian
Magda Skarbonkiewicz: Homeschool (Fencing), 2024 Olympian

*Taylor Averill was born in Beaverton but attended high school in California at Branham High School.

**Cameron Brink was a standout at Stanford and was recently selected No. 2 overall by the Los Angeles Sparks in the 2024 WNBA Draft. She qualified for the 2024 Olympics but will not be able to participate after tearing her ACL in June.

Oregon high school athletes competing for Team USA in 2024 Paralympics

The 2024 Paralympics will take place August 28 through September 8 in Paris.

Below are the two Team USA athletes representing Oregon at the Paralympics in France this summer:

Dennis Connors*: (Para-Cycling), 2024 Olympian
Lindsey Zurbrugg: Homeschool (Wheelchair Basketball), 2-time Olympian; 2020, 2024

*Dennis Connors was born in Beaverton but there is no record of him attending high school in Oregon.

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Published Jul 31, 2024|Modified Jul 31, 2024

SAM BROWN

Sam Brown covers high school sports as well as NCAA football and basketball. Sam began his professional career as a high school sports reporter for The Tennessean in Nashville where he covered boys and girls prep sports full-time and helped cover Vanderbilt football, Tennessee Titans football and Nashville Predators hockey. He graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a double major in journalism and communication studies and currently lives in Seattle with his girlfriend and dog.