The United States Olympic Team will feature many athletes with Wisconsin roots in the Paris Games.
The US team has 18 competitors from the state, including some former local athletes.
Tyrese Haliburton, the 2018 Wisconsin Gatorade Player of the Year and Oshkosh Noth High School grad, will be a member of the Men’s Basketball team in France.
Nate Hinze, a 2-time Paralympic Games gold medalist in wheelchair basketball, is a UW-Whitewater graduate and a Cedar Grove native.
Madeline Wanamaker from Neenah will be competing in her second consecutive Olympic games, representing her country as part of the women’s rowing team.
There will also be nine former Wisconsin Badgers competing in Paris in various events.
They are highlighted by Rose Lavelle, who is a 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup Winner with the United States Women’s Soccer team.
The 2024 Paris games begin on July 24.