The list of athletes, coaches, administrators and media personnel with local connections at the 2016 Rio Olympics:
Basketball
Sebnem Kimyacoglu (Stanford, Pinewood) — Turkey
Diving:
Kristian Ipsen (Stanford)
Kassidy Cook (Stanford)
Golf:
Albane Valenzuela (Stanford) — Switzerland
Gymnastics:
Akash Modi (Stanford) — U.S. alternate
David Jessen (Stanford) — Czech Republic
Fencing:
Alexander Massialas (Stanford)
Vivian Kong (Stanford) — Hong Kong
Eileen Grench (Menlo Park) — Panama
Rowing:
Elle Logan (Stanford)
Grace Luzcak (Stanford)
Cherika Ukogu (Stanford) — Nigeria
Seth Weil (Menlo-Atherton)
Rugby:
Folau Niua (East Palo Alto)
Victoria Folayan (Stanford)
Sailing:
Helena Scott (Stanford)
Marion Lepert (Castilleja, Stanford)
Soccer:
Kelley O’Hara (Stanford)
Christen Press (Stanford)
Ali Riley (Stanford) — New Zealand
Swimming:
Brickelle Bro (Stanford)
Katie Ledecky (Stanford)
Maya DiRado (Stanford)
Simone Manuel (Stanford)
Lia Neal (Stanford)
Andi Murez (Stanford) — Israel
Greg Meehan (Stanford) — U.S. coach
Geoffrey Cheah (Stanford) — Hong Kong
Synchronized swimming:
Mariya Koroleva (Stanford)
Table Tennis:
Lilly Zhang (Palo Alto)
Track and field
Justine Fedronic (Stanford) — France
Katrina Stefani (Stanford) — Greece
Leroy Sims (Stanford) — U.S. team doctor
Amy Watt (Gunn)
Volleyball:
Kawika Shoji (Stanford)
Erik Shoji (Stanford)
Matt Fuerbringer (Stanford) — U.S. assistant coach
Foluke Akinradewo (Stanford)
Denise Shelton (Sacred Heart Prep) — team manager
Kerri Walsh Jennings (Stanford)
Water polo:
Tony Azevedo (Stanford)
Alex Bowen (Stanford)
Bret Bonanni (Stanford)
Ben Hallack (Stanford)
Maggie Steffens (Stanford)
Kiley Neushul (Stanford)
Mackenzie Fischer (Stanford)
Melissa Seidemann (Stanford)
KK Clark (Sacred Heart Prep)
Media:
Ros Gold-Onwude, NBC basketball reporter (Stanford)
Wolf Wigo, water polo (Stanford)
Ted Robinson, Play-by-Play (Menlo Park)
Heather Olson, Synchro (Stanford)
Notah Begay, Golf Channel (Stanford)
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Eileen Grench, who lives in Menlo Park, is representing Panama in fencing (sabre). She attended Ohio State University. Her father, Paul Grench, grew up in Palo Alto.
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Amy Watt, Gunn High School class of 2016, life time Palo Alto resident, will be representing USA in Rio 2016 Paralympics in track and field.