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Ryan Murphy picked up three more medals to increase his career to six.
Cal wins 16 medals at the Tokyo Games
The water was good for Cal Olympians once again.
At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Golden Bears won 16 medals, and all but two came from water sports. There were seven medals in swimming, five in rowing and two in women’s water polo.
58 athletes and coaches associated with Cal came to Tokyo for the Summer Games, including swimmers Ryan Murphywho added three more medals to his collection. Murphy, three-time gold medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, added his fourth gold medal of his career as part of Team USA’s 4 x 100m relay. Murphy also took the silver medal in the 200-meter back and the bronze medal in the 100-back.
On the women’s side, Weitzeil Abbey also won several medals – silver in the 400 layer relay and bronze in the 400 free relay. The 2020 Cal graduate now has four career medals after also winning two at the 2016 Summer Games.
The Sea Forest Waterway near central Tokyo was kind to Cal rowers, especially on the women’s side, where Golden Bears secured three medals, including two gold medals. Sydney Payne helped Canada win the gold medal in the women’s round of 16 Rosemary Popa and her Australian boat tasted victory in the women’s foursome. Two-time Olympian Caileigh Filmer also helped Canada get the bronze medal in the women’s pair.
The men won two bronze medals in rowing, with Joachim Sutton Third place in the men’s pair for Denmark and Jack Cleary the same in the foursomes for Australia.
Former women’s cal water polo standout Roser Tarrago cemented her Olympic legacy by helping Spain win the silver medal – the second of her career in her third Olympic Games. Four-time All-American Anna Illes won bronze with Hungary after finishing fourth in 2016.
The Golden Bears have now collected a total of 223 all-time medals dating back to the 1920 Summer Games in Antwerp, Belgium.
Click here for a list of Cal’s all-time medalists.
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