Arizona State University (ASU) has graduated a number of athletes. This includes graduates, non-graduate former students and current students of ASU who are notable for their achievements within athletics, sometimes before or after their time at ASU. Athletes in other sports can be found in the list of Arizona State University athletes; other alumni, including non-playing coaches and athletic administrators, can be found in the list of Arizona State University alumni.
ASU has produced 12 Olympians and an Olympic coach in diving as well as 67 Olympians in swimming, winning a total of three medals in diving and 31 in swimming. Chief among ASU alumni are Melissa Belote, who won three gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics, and Léon Marchand, who won four gold medals at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Bernard Wrightson is the only ASU diver to win Olympic gold.
Diving
+ Name Years played at ASU Notes Ref. 2006–2009 Represented Italy at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics Represented Austria at the 2008 and 2016 Summer Olympics Represented Zimbabwe at the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics Represented Sweden at the 2008 Summer Olympics Represented Canada at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics 1966–1968 Medalist representing the U.S. at the 1967 Pan American Games and 1968 Summer Olympics 2002–2005 Four-time NCAA diving champion; represented Finland at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics 1967–1968 1968 NCAA champion; represented the U.S. at the 1968 Summer Olympics 2016–2020 Diver; represented Egypt at the 2016 Summer Olympics 1960–1964 Eight-time national champion; represented the U.S. at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics 1962–1966 First ASU diver to be an NCAA champion (1966) or to win an Olympic gold medal (representing the U.S. in 1968)
Swimming
+ Name Years played at ASU Notes Ref. Represented Argentina at the 2000 Summer Olympics Represented Canada at the 1984 Summer Olympics Two-time Olympian representing Suriname 1978–1981 Represented Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics and 1979 Pan American Games Represented New Zealand at the 1988 Summer Olympics 2021–2024 Represented Puerto Rico in the 2020 Summer Olympics before competing for ASU 1979–1983 Represented Great Britain at the 1982 Commonwealth Games and 1984 Summer Olympics Represented Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics Represented Croatia at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics 1975–1979 Won three gold medals in swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics and was an Olympian in 1976 Represented Indonesia at the 1988, 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics Represented Sweden at the 1984 Summer Olympics Represented Hungary at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics 2001–2004 Represented the U.S. at the 2003 Pan American Games and the 2004 and 2006 World Championships Represented Canada at the 1972 Summer Olympics Represented Great Britain at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics 2012–2014 Romanian swimmer 1999–2000 Represented Hungary at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics Represented the U.S. at the 1988 Summer Olympics Represented Ecuador at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics Represented Ecuador at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics Represented Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Olympics 1978–1982 Previous to attending ASU, Olympic medalist representing Canada in 1976 Represented Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics Represented Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics 1968–1972 Gold medalist at the 1968 Summer Olympics Represented France at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics Represented Great Britain at the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics Represented Egypt at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics 2016–2020 Filipino-American swimmer Represented Great Britain at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics Represented Sweden at the 2000 Summer Olympics 2017–2020 Finnish swimmer Represented Hungary at the 2004 Summer Olympics Represented Hungary at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics 2022–2024 Hungarian swimmer Represented Iceland at the 1996 Summer Olympics Represented France at the 1988 Summer Olympics Represented Sweden at the 1992 Summer Olympics Represented Sweden at the 1996 Summer Olympics Represented Kuwait at the 2008 Summer Olympics Represented Canada at the 1996 Summer Olympics 2021–2024 Won five medals, four gold, representing France at the 2024 Summer Olympics Represented Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Olympics Represented Brazil at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics 1967–1971 Pan American Games medalist Olympic swimmer in 1992; graduated ASU in 2002 Represented Brazil at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics Represented Israel at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics Represented Sweden at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics Represented Hungary at the 2016 Summer Olympics 1981–1984 1983 NCAA champion; medalist at the 1984 Summer Olympics representing Sweden Represented New Zealand at the 1992 Summer Olympics Represented Sweden at the 1984 Summer Olympics Represented Brazil at the 1992 Summer Olympics Represented Brazil at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics Represented Panama at the 2000 Summer Olympics 2018–2020 Olympic medalist before transferring to ASU 1996–1999 Represented Venezuela at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics 2022–2024 Represented Hungary at the 2024 Summer Olympics 2021–2024 Australian swimmer Represented Serbia at the 2016 Summer Olympics Represented Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics Represented Argentina at the 2004 Summer Olympics Represented New Zealand at the 1992 Summer Olympics 2017–2019 Finnish swimmer Named to the 1980 Canadian Olympic team Represented Fiji at the 2024 Summer Olympics Represented Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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