Megan Gustafson among Wisconsin, Minnesota Olympians to arrive in Paris
Port Wing native Megan Gustafson waives Spain's flag in front of the Eiffel Tower at the 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony 7/26/24. (Photo Courtesy: Megan Gustafson/X)
Port Wing, Wisconsin native Megan Gustafson has officially landed in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. She posted photos from Friday’s opening ceremony on ‘X’. The South Shore High School alum is competing for Spain’s women’s basketball team.
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She is joined in Paris by fellow Wisconsinite, Rice Lake native Kenny Bednarek, who is competing in the 100 meter and 200 meter track and field races. He won silver in the 200 meter in the 2021 Olympics.
Team USA is bringing 18 Wisconsin natives and 18 Minnesota natives to Paris. Among the Minnesotans are former Grandma’s Marathon champions Dakotah Lindwurm and Aaron Pike.
2024 Minnesota native Team USA Olympians:
- Suni Lee (St. Paul) – Gymnastics
- Dakotah Lindwurm (St. Francis) – Track & Field
- Payton Otterdahl (Rosemount) – Track & Field
- Matthew Wilkinson (Greenwood) – Track & Field
- Lara Dallman-Weiss (Shoreview) – Sailing
- Regan Smith (Lakeville) – Swimming
- Jordan Thompson (Edina) – Volleyball
- Alise Willoughby (St. Cloud) – Cycling
- Chuck Aoki (Minneapolis) – Wheelchair Rugby
- Josie Aslakson (Jordan) – Wheelchair Basketball
- Abby Bauleke (Savage) – Wheelchair Basketball
- Rose Hollermann (Elysian) – Wheelchair Basketball
- Skylar Dahl (Minneapolis) – Para-Rowing
- Summer Schmit (Stillwater) – Para Swimming
- Natalie Sims (Edina) – Para Swimming
- Mallory Weggeman (Eagan) – Para Swimming
- Aaron Pike (Park Rapids) – Para Track and Field, Para Nordic Skiing
- Ian Seidenfeld (Lakeville) – Para Table Tennis
2024 Wisconsin native Team USA Olympians:
- Kenny Bednarek (Rice Lake) – Track & Field
- Emily Sisson (Milwaukee) – Track & Field
- Tyrese Haliburton (Oshkosh) – Basketball
- Margherita Guzzi Vincenti (Hartland) – Fencing
- Payton Jacobson (Elkhorn) – Wrestling
- Maria Laborde (Kenosha) – Judo
- Mary Theisen-Lappen (Eau Claire) – Weightlifting
- Stephanie Roble (East Troy) – Sailing
- Lauren O’Connor (Belleville) – Rowing
- Nick Rusher (West Bend) – Rowing
- Sophia Vitas (Franklin) – Rowing
- Madeleine Wanamaker (Neenah) – Rowing
- John Boie (Milton) – Wheelchair Basketball
- Nate Hinze (Cedar Grove) – Wheelchair Basketball
- Talen Jourdan (Deerfield) – Wheelchair Basketball
- Becca Murray (Germantown) – Wheelchair Basketball
- Emily Oberst (Brookfield) – Wheelchair Basketball
- Jake Williams (Milwaukee) – Wheelchair Basketball