Olympians and Paralympians Made Here
The NCAA partners with the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committees on “Olympians Made Here” and “Paralympians Made Here,” campaigns designed to celebrate national team student-athletes and advance Olympic and Paralympic sport opportunities on college campuses across the country.
The impact of current and former student-athletes is clear at every Games, with college athletes serving as Olympians and Paralympians representing Team USA and countries around the world.
Visit this page to trace their impact and learn more about the athletes who can call an NCAA campus home.
The NCAA's longstanding branding tag line emphasizes that most of the nearly 500,000 college athletes will go pro in something other than sports.
A very small percentage, however, go pro in a different sport. A few of these rare athletes competed at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics, representing a less traditional part of the significant Olympic pipeline that is college sports.
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Beijing Bound
More than 200 incoming, current and former NCAA athletes competed at the Winter Olympics and Paralympics. They represent 21 countries across 5 continents. These students studied at 72 universities from all 3 divisions.
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148 current or former NCAA athletes competed in the 2018 Winter Games. They represented 21 countries across 6 continents. These students studied at 63 universities from all 3 divisions.
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