#HoyaOlympics: Georgetown at the Summer Games
Get to know the Hoyas participating in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, hear from experts about Olympic sponsorships and superstitions and look back to the archives for Georgetown at Olympics past.
Meet the Hoyas Participating in the Summer Games
Four Hoyas will play a part in the Paris Summer Olympics. The Olympians range from a track and field athlete representing Trinidad and Tobago, an American triathlete, a Puerto Rican women’s basketball player and an Angolan rower.
Hoyas at the 1900 Paris Olympics
The 2024 Olympics will not be the first time Hoyas will represent Georgetown at the Olympics in Paris. In the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris, three sprinters led by French and mathematics Professor Charles Martell competed on the Olympic stage.
Georgetown at the Summer Olympics
At least 40 Georgetown athletes have competed in previous summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, beginning with the 1900 Paris Olympics, and their achievements are complemented by other Hoyas who have contributed to the games as coaches, administrators, TV analysts and staff.
Why Are Athletes So Superstitious?
Dr. Judith Kupersmith, professor of psychiatry at the Georgetown School of Medicine, takes a look at Olympian superstitions.