Australian Aborigine Olympians

Cathy Freeman
Mackay, Australia
Track and Field
1992 – Barcelona, Competitor
1996 – Atlanta, Silver
2000 – Sydney, Gold

Nova Maree Peris-Kneebone
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Women’s Field Hockey
1996 – Atlanta, Gold
2000 – Sydney, Competitor

Canadian Aboriginal Olympians

Tom Longboat
Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation,
Ontario, Canada
Marathon 1908 - Olympics, Gold

Alexander Wuttunee Deccoteau
Red Pheasant Indian Reserve,
Saskatchewan, Canada
Track and Field, 5000 metres 1912 – Stockholm, Sixth Place

Joe Benjamin Keeper
Norway House Cree Nation, Manitoba, Canada
Track and Field, 10,000 metres 1912 – Stockholm, Fourth Place

Sharon and Shirley Firth
Aklavik, Northwest Territories, Canada
Cross-Country Ski Team
1972 – Sapporo, Competitors
1976 – Innsbruck, Competitors
1980 – Lake Placid, Competitors
1984 – Sarajevo, Competitors

Roseanne Allen
Gwich’in First Nation, Canada
Cross-Country Ski Team 1972, Sapporo, Competitor

Alwyn morris
Kahnawake First Nation, Quebec, Canada
Canoe Racing 1984 - Los Angeles, Gold and Bronze

Angela Chalmers
Dakota, Manitoba, Canada
Track and Field 1992 – Barcelona, Bronze

Waneek Horn-Miller
Kahnawake First Nation, Quebec, Canada
Women’s Water Polo 2000 – Sydney, Competitor

Richard Peter
Coast Salish Nation,
British Columbia, Canada
Wheelchair Basketball Team 2000 – Sydney, Paralympic Gold
2004 – Athens, Paralympic Gold
2008 – Beijing, Paralympic Gold

Theoren Fleury
Métis, Manitoba, Canada
Men’s Hockey Team 2002 – Salt Lake City, Gold

Monica Pinette
Métis, British Columbia, Canada
Modern Pentathalon
2004 – Athens, 13th Place
2007 – Rio de Janeiro, Competitor
2008 – Beijing, Competitor

Native American Olympians

Frank Pierce(Seneca): 1904, did not finish in marathon

Frank Mount Pleasant(Tuscarora): 1908, 6th in long jump, 6th in triple jump

Andrew Sockalexis (Penobscot): 1912, 4th in marathon

Jim Thorpe(Sac and Fox/Potawatomi): 1912, gold medal in decathlon, gold medal in penthalon, 7th in long jump, 4th in high jump

Louis Tewanima(Hopi): 1908, 9th in marathon; 1912, silver medal in 10,000 meters, 16th in marathon

Clarence “Taffy” Abel(Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa): 1924, silver medal in hockey

Wilson “Buster” Charles Jr.(Oneida): 1932, 4th in decathlon

Ellison Myers “Tarzan” Brown(Narragansett): 1936, did not finish in marathon

Jesse “Cab” Renick(Choctaw): 1948, gold medal in basketball

Billy Mills(Sioux): 1964, gold medal in 10,000 meters, 14th in marathon

Ben Nighthorse Campbell(Northern Cheyenne): 1964, did not place after injuring knee in second round of judo

Henry Boucha(Ojibwa): 1972, silver medal in hockey

Cheri Becerra(Omaha Nation): 1996, bronze medal in 800 meter for women in wheelchairs; 2002 Paralympic’s, bronze and silver; 2000 fifth in 800 meter for women in wheelchairs; 2000 Paralympics, gold medals in 100-meter
and 400-meter races.

Naomi Lang(Karuk): 2002, 11th in ice dancing Sources: Native American Sports Council, U.S. Olympic Committee

 

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