If the University of Washington were its own country, it would have been tied for No. 16 in the total medal count at the Paris Olympics.
Current and former Huskies won 13 total medals at the games, the most in school history and the same as Uzbekistan, a country of 35.6 million people.
Eleven Husky rowers won medals at the Paris regatta, setting a program record that had stood since 1936, when the legendary Boys In The Boat won nine.
Those 11 medals were already one away from a school best of 12, set in 1936 and in 1984. Washington had to wait until the final day of the Olympics to clear that bar, however, as the women’s basketball tournament closed the games. Australia’s Sami Whitcomb won bronze and Team USA’s Kelsey Plum won gold to bring the Huskies to a lucky 13.
In total, the Huskies won two gold, two silver, and nine bronze medals. Plum and British eight rower Jacob Dawson won gold. Four rower Logan Ullrich of New Zealand and Dutch eight rower Gert-Jan van Doorn took silver. Bronze medals went to Whitcomb, men’s eight rowers Chris Carlson, Rielly Milne, Evan Olson, and Pieter Quinton of Team USA, British eight rower Holly Dunford, German quad rower Tabea Schendekehl, Kiwi four rower Phoebe Spoors, and Dutch singles rower Simon van Dorp.
The Huskies sent 29 total athletes across 12 different countries to the Paris Olympics in five different sports. In total, Washington sent sixteen rowers, six track and field athletes, three golfers, two basketball players, and two kayakers.
Two coaches also won medals: volleyball coach Tama Miyashiro won silver and rowing coach Michael Callahan won bronze, both with Team USA.