A record breaking Olympic games for Kentucky Athletics

Masai Russell, of the United States, celebrates winning the women’s 100-meter hurdles final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW)- For the first time in school history, 11 Kentucky athletes took home 13 medals at an Olympic games.

Among them, nine gold medals were won by a current or former student-athlete at Kentucky. The same number of medals were contributed by American Wildcats to Team USA’s total count.

The list of winners are as follows.

• Bam Adebayo- Gold- Basketball- USA
• Devin Booker- Gold- Basketball- USA
• Anthony Davis- Gold- Basketball- USA
• Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone- Track and Field
  • Gold- Women’s 400m hurdles- USA
  • Gold- Women’s 4x400m Relay- USA
• Alexis Holmes- Gold- Track and Field- Women’s 4x400m Relay- USA
• Masai Russell- Gold- Track and Field- Women’s 100m Hurdles- USA
• Lee Keifer- Fencing
  • Gold- Women’s Individual Foil- USA
  • Gold- Women’s Team Foil- USA
• Daniel Roberts- Silver- Track and Field- Men’s 110m hurdles- USA
• Avery Skinner- Silver- Women’s Volleyball- USA
• Jasmine Camacho-Quinn- Bronze- Track and Field- Women’s 100m Hurdles- Puerto Rico
• Rhyne Howard- Bronze- Women’s 3×3 Basketball- USA