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Texas to Tokyo! From Luka Doncic to Simone Biles, meet the list of Texans headed to the Olympics

Texas colleges and high schools are well represented in Tokyo.
Simone Biles
Simone Biles and the U.S. Women’s Gymnastics team arrive for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games at Narita International Airport Thursday, July 15, 2021, in Narita, east of Tokyo.(Kiichiro Sato)

Texas has once again sent a strong contingent across the globe to compete in the Olympics, this time to Tokyo for the 2020 games.

There are dozens of Texans suiting up for Team USA, and a number of others representing other countries. If you spot someone we’ve missed, please let us know by emailing callie.caplan@dallasnews.com and tmagelssen@dallasnews.com.

Archery (1)

Mackenzie Brown; USA; Flint native

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Baseball (7)

Shane Baz; USA; Concordia Lutheran

Tim Federowicz; USA; former Ranger

Todd Frazier; USA; former Ranger

Scott Kazmir; USA; Cy Falls

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Ian Kinsler; Israel; former Ranger

Nick Martinez; USA; former Ranger

Simeon Woods-Richardson; USA; Fort Bend Kempner

Basketball (6)

Ariel Atkins; USA; Duncanville and Texas

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Luka Doncic; Slovenia; Dallas Mavericks

Allisha Gray; USA 3-on-3; Dallas Wings

Josh Green; Australia; Dallas Mavericks

Brittney Griner; USA; Baylor

Nicolo Melli; Italy; former Maverick

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Boxing (1)

Virginia “Ginny” Fuchs; USA; Bellaire Episcopal

Cycling (2)

Lawson Craddock; USA;Cypress Springs

Conor Fields ;USA; Plano native

Diving (3)

Alison Gibson; USA; Texas

Hailey Hernandez; USA; Southlake Carroll

Jordan Windle, USA, Texas

Fencing (3)

Courtney Hurley; USA; Northside Warren

Kelley Hurley; USA; Northside Warren

Anna Van Brummen; USA; Houston native

Golf (1)

Bryson DeChambeau; USA; SMU

Carlos Ortiz; Mexico; UNT

Gymnastics (2)

Simone Biles; USA; Spring resident

Jordan Chiles; USA; Spring resident

Karate (2)

Brian Irr; USA; Plano trained

Tom Scott; USA; Jesuit, TCU and UT-Dallas

Rowing (1)

Gia Doonan; USA; Texas

Rugby (1)

Kevon Williams; USA; Houston Westbury

Shooting (3)

Vincent Hancock; USA; Fort Worth resident

Phillip Jungman, USA; Caldwell native

Austen Smith; USA; Keller resident

Soccer (3)

Janine Beckie; Canada; Texas Tech

Jane Campbell; USA; Houston Dash

Kristie Mewis; USA; Houston Dash

Softball (1)

Cat Osterman; USA; Cypress Springs

Swimming (6)

Townley Haas; USA; Texas

Natalie Hinds; USA; Midland

Lydia Jacoby; USA; Texas commit

Drew Kibler; USA; Texas

Simone Manuel; USA; Fort Bend Austin

Erica Sullivan; USA; Texas commit

Table tennis (1)

Huijing Wang; USA; Sugar Land native

Taekwondo (1)

Paige McPherson; USA; Abilene native

Tennis (1)

Austin Krajicek; USA; Plano resident

Track and field (20)

Jordin Andrade; Cape Verde; Parker University

Ronnie Baker; USA; TCU

Trayvon Bromell; USA; Baylor

Ryan Crouser; USA; Texas

Teahna Daniels; USA; Texas

Tara Davis; USA; Texas

Bryce Deadmon; USA; Fort Bend Ridge Point and Texas A&M

Melissa Gonzalez; Colombia; Carrollton Creekview and Texas

Bryce Hoppel; USA; Midland

Ariana Ince; USA; Rice

Fred Kerley; USA; Taylor and Texas A&M

Benard Keter; USA; Texas Tech

Sally Kipyego; USA; Texas Tech

Annie Kunz; USA; Texas A&M

KC Lightfoot; USA, Baylor

Maggie Malone; USA; College Station resident

Jasmine Moore; USA;Mansfield Lake Ridge

Steffin McCarter; USA; Lampasas and Texas

Athing Mu; USA; Texas A&M star

Raevyn Rogers; USA; Houston Kincaid School

Gabby Thomas; USA; Texas

Volleyball (1)

Chiaka Ogbogu; USA; Coppell and Texas

Weightlifting (1)

Jourdan Delacruz; USA; Wylie native

Wrestling (1)

Tamyra Mensah-Stock; USA; Katy Morton Ranch

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