Curt Tomasevicz's gold in the bobsled is the first Winter Games medal won by an athlete born and bred in Nebraska. Here is a list of Olympic medalists, Summer and Winter Games, either born in Nebraska or Iowa or who had a tie to either state:
NEBRASKA
GOLD
NAME, YEAR, SPORT, BORN,
Gary Lee Anderson, 1964, 1968, 3-position rifle shooting, Holdrege
George H. Baird, 1928, 400 relay, Grand Island
Eric Bergoust, 1998, Freestyle aerial skiing, Omaha
Bob Boozer, 1960, Basketball, Omaha
Glen Brand , 1948, Freestyle wrestling, Clarion, Iowa
Tom Brands, 1996, Freestyle wrestling, Omaha
Michael L. Bruner, 1976, Butterfly & 800 freestyle , Omaha
Trent Dimas, 1992, Gymnastics, Albuquerque, N.M.
Rulon Gardner, 2000, Greco-Roman wrestling, Afton, Wyo.
Marjorie Gestring, 1936, Springboard diving, Omaha
Charles Greene, 1968, 400-meter relay, Seattle
Jim Hartung, 1984, Gymnastics, Omaha
Penny Heyns, 1996, 100 and 200 breaststroke, South Africa
Francis C. Irons, 1908, Long jump, Fairbury
Scott Johnson, 1984, Gymnastics, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Launi Meili, 1992, Smallbore rifle, Lincoln
James Mikus (alternate), 1984, Gymnastics, Lincoln
Pablo Morales, 1984, 400 medley, Santa Clara, Calif.
Pablo Morales, 1992, 100 butterfly, Santa Clara, Calif.
Adam Pine 2000, 400, freestyle relay, Australia
Donald Quarrie , 1976, 200-meter dash, Jamaica
Willard T. Schmidt, 1936, Basketball, Omaha
William T. Smith, 1952, Freestyle wrestling, Omaha
Curt Tomasevicz, 2010, Four-man bobsled, Shelby
Lindsay Tarpley, 2004, Soccer, Omaha
SILVER
Therese Alshammar, 2000, 100 & 50 freestyle, Sweden
Juliene Simpson, 1976, Basketball, Roselle Park, N.J.
Sammie Henson, 2000, Freestyle wrestling, Lincoln
Nancy Lieberman-Cline, 1976, Basketball, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Matt Lindland, 2000, Greco-Roman wrestling, Milwaukie, Ore.
Pablo Morales, 1984, 100 butterfly & 200 individual medley, Santa Clara, Calif.
Merlene Ottey, 1996, 2000 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, 400-meter relay, Jamaica
Adam Pine, 2000, 400 medley, Ballina, Australia
Donald Quarrie , 1976, 100-meter dash, Jamaica
Donald Quarrie , 1984, 400-meter relay, Jamaica
Lisa Rohde, 1984, 1,000-meter quadruple sculls, Hubbard and Lincoln
with coxswain rowing
Julie Vollertsen, 1984, Volleyball, Palmyra
BRONZE
Therese Alshammar, 2000, 400 freestyle, Sweden
Robin Backhaus, 1972, 200 butterfly, Lincoln
Dan Brand, 1964, Wrestling, Lincoln
Terry Brands, 2000, Freestyle wrestling, Omaha
Brian M. Duensing, 2008, Baseball, Omaha
Lori Endicott, 1992, Volleyball, Willard, Mo.
Keith Gardner, 1960, 400 relay, Jamaica
Rulon Gardner, 2004, Greco-Roman wrestling, Afton, Wyo.
Charles Greene, 1968, 100-meter dash, Seattle
Guy V. Henry Jr., 1912, Equestrian, Fort Robinson
Penny Heyns, 2000, 100 breaststroke, South Africa
Emma Johnson, 1996, 800 free relay, Australia
Desmond D. Koch, 1956, Discus, Lincoln
Priscilla Lopes-Schliep, 2008, 100-meter hurdles, Lincoln
Merlene Ottey, 1980, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000 100-meter, 200-meter, 4x100 relay, Jamaica
John B. Rahm, 1904, Golf, Omaha
Ximena Restrepo, 1992, 400-meter dash, Colombia
Bill Scherr, 1988, Freestyle wrestling, Mobridge, S.D.
Curtis C. Shears, 1932, Fencing, Omaha
IOWA
GOLD
NAME, YEAR, SPORT, BORN
Mike Burton, 1968, swimming, Des Moines
Nawal El Moutawakel, 1984, 400 hurdles, Casablanca
Edward Ferdinand, 1912, athletics, Cherokee
Dan Gable, 1972, wrestling, Waterloo
Nancy Hogshead, 1984, swimming, Iowa City
Shawn Johnson, 2008, gymnastics, West Des Moines
Jacob Lindberg, 1912, athletics, Cherokee
Allie Morrison, 1928, featherweight wrestling, Marshalltown
Craig Oppel, 1988, 4x200 meter freestyle relay, Iceland
George Saling, 1932, 110 meter hurdles, Memphis, Mo.
Cael Sanderson, 2004, wrestling, Heber City, Utah
Doreen Wilber, 1972, archery, Jefferson
Frank Wycoff, 1928, 1932, 1936 4x100 relay Des Moines
SILVER
Natasha Kaiser-Brown, 1992, 4x400 relay, Des Moines
Nat Pendleton, 1920, Davenport
BRONZE
Chris Taylor, 1972, freestyle wrestling, Dowagia, Mich.
An earlier version of this chart listed incorrect medals for Donald Quarrie and Merlene Ottey
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