2024 Paris Olympics: Who Are the API Olympians Making Waves

Read our article to see which API athletes have made it to the podium at this year’s Summer Olympics! (“Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower 2024 (5)” by Ibex73 is licensed under CC BY 4.0.)

The 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games have now concluded, closing out with glorious fanfare on Aug. 11, 2024. This year’s Games included exciting competitions across 32 categories of sports, ranging from swimming to gymnastics to the newly-added breaking.

Asian and Pacific Islander athletes on Team USA and international teams have had an enormous impact, dominating top sporting events and winning people’s hearts everywhere. Here are all of the remarkable API athletes who have won big in Paris. 

Updated: Aug. 12, 2024; 12:00 p.m. PDT

USA

Artistic Gymnastics

  • Sunisa Lee – Women’s Team, Gold | Women’s All-Around, Bronze | Women’s Uneven Bars, Bronze
  • Asher Hong – Men’s Team, Bronze

Artistic Swimming

  • Megumi Field, Jacklyn Luu, Audrey Kwon, Calista Liu – Team Artistic Swimming, Silver

Fencing

  • Lee Kiefer – Women’s Foil Individual, Gold | Women’s Foil Team, Gold
  • Maia Mei Weintraub – Women’s Foil Team, Gold

Football

  • Jaedyn Shaw – Women, Gold

Rugby Sevens

  • Alena Olsen – Women, Bronze

Skateboarding

  • Nyjah Huston – Men’s Street, Bronze

Swimming

  • Torri Huske – Women’s 100m Butterfly, Gold | Women’s 100m Freestyle, Silver | Women’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay, Silver | Women’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay, Gold | Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay, Gold

Tennis

  • Rajeev Ram – Men’s Doubles, Silver

Volleyball

  • Micah Christenson, Micah Ma’a, Garrett Muagututia, Erik Shoji – Men, Bronze
  • Justine Wong-Orantes – Women, Silver

Australia

Cycling BMX Racing

  • Saya Sakakibara – Women, Gold

Skateboarding

  • Arisa Trew – Women’s Park, Gold

Brazil

Skateboarding

  • Augusto Akio – Men’s Park, Bronze

Canada

Breaking

  • Phil Wizard – B-Boys, Gold

Judo

  • Christa Deguchi – Women’s 57kg, Gold

Taekwondo

  • Skylar Park – Women 57kg, Bronze

China

Archery

  • An Qixuan, Li Jiaman, Yang Xiaolei – Women’s Team, Silver

Artistic Gymnastics

  • Zhang Boheng – Men’s All-Around, Silver | Men’s Horizontal Bar, Bronze
  • Xiao Ruoteng – Men’s All-Around, Bronze
  • Liu Yang – Men’s Rings, Gold
  • Zou Jingyuan – Men’s Rings, Silver | Men’s Parallel Bars, Gold
  • Qiu Qiyuan – Women’s Uneven Bars, Silver
  • Zhou Yaqin – Women’s Balance Beam, Silver
  • Liu Yang, Su Weide, Xiao Ruoteng, Zhang Boheng, Zou Jingyuan – Men’s Team, Silver

Artistic Swimming

  • Chang Hao, Feng Yu, Wang Qianyi, Wang Ciyue, Wang Liuyi, Xiang Binxuan, Xiao Yanning, Zhang Yayi, Cheng Wentao – Team, Gold
  • Wang Liuyi, Wang Qianyi – Duet, Gold

Athletics

  • Yang Jiayu – Women’s 20km Race Walk, Gold 
  • Zhao Jie – Women’s Hammer Throw, Bronze
  • Feng Bin – Women’s Discus Throw, Silver
  • Song Jiayuan – Women’s Shot Put, Bronze

Badminton

  • Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan – Women’s Doubles, Gold
  • Zheng Si Wui, Huang Ya Qiong – Mixed Doubles, Gold
  • He Bing Jiao – Women’s Singles, Gold
  • Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang – Men’s Doubles, Silver
  • Liu Sheng Shu and Tan Ning – Women’s Doubles, Silver

Boxing

  • Wu Yu – Women’s 50kg, Gold
  • Chang Yuan – Women’s 54kg, Gold
  • Yang Wenlu – Women’s 60kg, Silver
  • Yang Liu – Women’s 66kg, Silver
  • Li Qian – Women’s 75kg, Gold

Breaking

  • 671 – B-Girls, Bronze

Canoe Sprint

  • Sun Mengya and Xu Shixiao – Women’s Canoe Double 500m, Gold
  • Liu Hao and Ji Bowen – Men’s Canoe Double 500m, Gold

Cycling BMX Freestyle

  • Deng Yawen – Women’s Park, Gold 

Diving

  • Chang Yani and Chen Yiwen – Women’s Synchronized 3m Springboard, Gold
  • Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan – Women’s Synchronized 10m Platform, Gold 
  • Long Daoyi and Wang Zongyuan – Men’s Synchronized 3m Springboard, Gold
  • Lian Junjie and Yang Hao – Men’s Synchronized 10m Platform, Gold
  • Chen Yiwen – Women’s 3m Springboard, Gold
  • Quan Hongchan – Women’s 10m Platform, Gold
  • Xie Siyi – Men’s 3m Springboard, Gold
  • Chen Yuxi – Women’s 10m Platform, Silver
  • Wang Zhongyuan – Men’s 3m Springboard, Silver
  • Chang Yani – Women’s 3m Springboard, Bronze
  • Cao Yuan – Men’s 10m Platform, Gold

Golf

  • Lin Xiyu – Women’s Individual, Bronze

Hockey

  • Ye Jiao, Gu Bingfeng, Yang Liu, Zhang Ying, Chen Yi, Ma Ning, Li Hong, Ou Zixia, Dan Wen, Zou Meirong, He Jiangxin, Fan Yunxia, Chen Yang, Xu Wenyu, Zhong Jiaqi, Tan Jinzhuang, Yu Anhui – Women, Silver

Judo

  • Ma Zhenzhao – Women’s 78 kg, Bronze

Rhythmic Gymnastics

  • Ding Xinyi, Guo Qiqi, Hao Ting, Huang Zhangjiayang, Wang Lanjing – Group All-Around, Gold

Shooting

  • Sheng Lihao – Men’s 10m Air Rifle, Gold
  • Liu Yukun – Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions, Gold 
  • Xie Yu – Men’s 10m Air Pistol, Gold
  • Li Yuehong – Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol, Gold
  • Huang Yuting, Sheng Lihao – Mixed Team 10m Air Rifle, Gold
  • Qi Ying – Men’s Trap, Silver
  • Huang Yuting – Women’s 10m Air Rifle, Silver 
  • Zhang Qiongyue – Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions, Bronze
  • Wang Xinjie – Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol, Bronze
  • Jiang Yiting and Yyu Jianlin – Skeet Mixed Team, Bronze

Sport Climbing

  • Deng Lijuan – Women’s Speed, Silver
  • Wu Peng – Men’s Speed, Silver

Swimming

  • Pan Zhanle – Men’s 100m Freestyle, Gold
  • Tang Qianting – Women’s 100m Breaststroke, Silver
  • Xu Jiayu – Men’s 100m Backstroke, Silver
  • Wang Shun – Men’s 200m Individual Medley, Bronze
  • Zhang Yufei – Women’s 100m Butterfly, Bronze | Women’s 200m Butterfly, Bronze | Women’s 50m Freestyle, Bronze
  • Cheng Yujie, Wu Qingfeng, Yu Yiting, Yang Junxuan, Zhang Yufei – Women’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay, Bronze
  • Tang Muhan, Kong Yaqi, Ge Chutong, Liu Yaxin, Li Bingjie, Yang Junxuan – Women’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay, Bronze
  • Xu Jiayu, Qin Haiyang, Wang Changhao, Pan Zhanle, Sun Jiajun – Men’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay, Gold
  • Xu Jiayu, Tang Qianting, Zhang Yufei, Pan Zhanle, Qin Haiyang, Yang Junxuan – Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay, Silver

Table Tennis

  • Fan Zhendong – Men’s Singles, Gold
  • Chen Meng – Women’s Singles, Gold
  • Sun Yingsha – Women’s Singles, Silver
  • Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha – Mixed Doubles, Gold
  • Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Wang Chuqin – Men’s Team, Gold
  • Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu – Women’s Team, Gold

Taekwondo

  • Guo Qing – Women 49kg, Silver
  • Liang Yushuai – Men 68kg, Bronze

Tennis

  • Zheng Qinwen – Women’s Singles, Gold
  • Wang Xinyu and Zhang Zhizhen – Mixed Doubles, Silver

Trampoline Gymnastics

  • Wang Zisai – Men, Silver
  • Yan Langyu – Men, Bronze

Weightlifting

  • Hou Zhihui – Women’s 49kg, Gold
  • Luo Shifang – Women’s 59kg, Gold
  • Li Fabin – Men’s 61kg, Gold
  • Li Wenwen – Women’s 81kg, Gold

Wrestling

  • Cao Liguo – Men’s Greco-Roman 60kg, Silver
  • Meng Lingzhe – Men’s Greco-Roman 130kg, Bronze
  • Feng Ziqi – Women’s Freestyle 50kg, Bronze
  • Pang Qianyu – Women’s Freestyle 53kg, Bronze
  • Hong Kexin – Women’s Freestyle 57kg, Bronze

Great Britain 

Skateboarding

  • Sky Brown – Women’s Skateboarding, Bronze

Triathlon

  • Alex Yee – Men’s Individual, Gold | Mixed Relay, Bronze

Fiji 

Rugby Sevens

  • Joji Nasova, Joseva Talacolo, Jeremaia Matana, Sevuloni Mocenacagi, Iosefo Baleiwairiki, Ponipate Loganimasi, Terio Tamani Veilawa, Waisea Nacuqu, Jerry Tuwai, Iowane Teba, Kaminieli Rasaku, Selesitino Ravutaumada, Raisuqe Josaia, Filipe Sauturaga – Men, Silver

France

Surfing

  • Kauli Vaast – Men, Gold

Hong Kong

Fencing

  • Vivian Man Wai Kong – Women’s Épée Individual, Gold
  • Cheung Ka Long – Men’s Foil Individual, Gold

Swimming 

  • Siobhan Haughey – Women’s 100m Freestyle, Bronze | Women’s 400M Freestyle, Bronze

India 

Athletics

  • Neeraj Chopra – Men’s Javelin Throw, Silver

Hockey

  • Jarmanpreet Singh, Abhishek Nain, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Gurjant Singh, Sanjay Rana, Mandeep Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Lait Kumar Upadhyay, Sreejesh Parattu Raveendran, Sumit Walmiki, Samsher Singh, Raj Kumar Pal, Amit Rohidas, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Sukhjeet Singh – Men, Bronze

Shooting 

  • Manu Bhaker – Women’s 10m Air Pistol, Bronze
  • Sarabjot Singh and Manu Bhaker – Mixed Team Air Pistol, Bronze 
  • Swapnil Kusale – Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions, Bronze 

Wrestling

  • Aman Sehrawat, Men’s Freestyle 57kg, Bronze

Indonesia

Badminton

  • Gregoria Mariska Tunjung – Women’s Singles, Bronze

Sport Climbing

  • Veddriq Leonardo – Men’s Speed, Gold

Weightlifting

  • Rizki Juniansyah – Men’s 73kg, Gold

Japan

Artistic Gymnastics 

  • Daiki Hashimoto, Kazuma Kaya, Shinnosuke Oka, Takaaki Sugino, Wataru Tanigawa – Men’s Team, Gold 
  • Shinnosuke Oka – Men’s All-Around, Gold | Men’s Horizontal Bar, Gold | Men’s Parallel Bars, Bronze

Athletics

  • Haruka Kitaguchi – Women’s Javelin Throw, Gold

Badminton 

  • Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino – Mixed Doubles, Bronze
  • Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida – Women’s Doubles, Bronze

Breaking

  • Ami – B-Girls, Gold

Diving

  • Rikuto Tamai – Men’s 10m Platform, Silver

Equestrian 

  • Ryuzo Kitajima, Yoshiaki Oiwa, Kazuma Tomoto, Toshiyuki Tanaka – Evening Team, Bronze

Fencing 

  • Koki Kano – Men’s Épée Individual, Gold
  • Kyosuke Matsuyama, Kazuki Iimura, Takahiro Shikine, Yudai Nagano – Men’s Foil Team, Gold
  • Koki Kano, Kazuyasu Minobe, Masaru Yamada, Akira Komata – Men’s Épée Team, Silver
  • Sera Azuma, Yuka Ueno, Karin Miyawaki, Komaki Kikuchi – Women’s Foil Team, Bronze
  • Misaki Emura, Risa Takashima, Shihomi Fukushima, Seri Ozaki – Women’s Sabre Team, Bronze

Golf

  • Hideki Matsuyama – Men’s Individual Stroke Play, Bronze

Judo 

  • Natsumi Tsunoda – Judo, Women’s 48kg, Gold 
  • Hifumi Abe – Men’s 66kg, Gold
  • Takanori Nagase – Men’s 81kg, Gold 
  • Sanshiro Murao – Women’s 70kg,  Silver 
  • Haruka Funakubo – Women’s 57kg, Bronze
  • Ryuju Nagayama – Men’s 60kg, Bronze 
  • Soichi Hashimoto – Men’s 73kg, Bronze
  • Uta Abe, Haruka Funakubo, Natsumi Tsunoda, Saki Niizoe, Miku Takaichi, Akira Sone, Rika Takayama, Hifumi Abe, Soichi Hashimoto, Ryuju Nagayama, Sanshiro Murao, Takanori Nagase, Tatsuru Saito, Aaron Wolf – Mixed Team, Silver

Modern Pentathlon

  • Taishu Sato – Men’s Individual, Silver

Sailing

  • Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka – Mixed Dinghy, Silver

Skateboarding

  • Coco Yoshizawa – Women’s Street, Gold
  • Yuto Horigome – Men’s Street, Gold
  • Cocona Hiraki – Women’s Park, Silver
  • Liz Akama – Women’s Street

Sport Climbing

  • Sorato Anraku – Men’s Boulder & Lead, Silver

Swimming

  • Tomoyuki Matsushita – Men’s 400 Individual Medley, Silver 

Table Tennis

  • Hina Hayata – Women’s Singles, Bronze
  • Hina Hayata, Miwa Harimoto, Miu Hirano – Women’s Team, Silver

Wrestling

  • Kenichiro Fumita – Men’s Greco-Roman 60kg, Gold
  • Nao Kusaka – Men’s Greco- Roman 77kg, Gold
  • Akari Fujinami – Women’s Freestyle 53kg, Gold
  • Yui Susaki – Women’s Freestyle 50kg, Bronze
  • Nonoka Ozaki – Women’s Freestyle 68kg, Bronze
  • Yuka Kagami – Women’s Freestyle, 76kg, Gold
  • Kotaro Kiyooka – Men’s Freestyle 65kg, Gold
  • Daichi Takatani – Men’s Freestyle 74kg, Silver
  • Sakura Motoki – Women’s Freestyle 62kg, Gold

Kazakhstan 

Boxing

  • Nurbek Oralbay – Men’s 80kg, Silver
  • Nazym Kyzaibay – Women’s 50kg, Bronze

Judo

  • Yeldos Smetov – Men 60kg, Gold
  • Gusman Kyrgyzbayev – Men 66kg, Bronze

Shooting 

  • Alexandra Le and Islam Satayev – 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team, Bronze

Wrestling

  • Demeu Zhadrayev – Men’s Greco-Roman 77kg, Silver

Kyrgyzstan

Boxing

  • Munarbek Seiitbek Ulu – Men’s 57kg, Silver

Wrestling

  • Meerim Zhumanazarova – Women’s Freestyle 68kg, Silver
  • Zholaman Sharshenbekov – Men’s Greco-Roman 60Kg, Bronze
  • Akzhol Makhmudov – Men’s Greco-Roman 77kg, Bronze
  • Uzur Dzhuzupbekov – Men’s Greco-Roman 97kg, Bronze

Malaysia

Badminton

  • Lee Zii Jia – Men’s Singles, Bronze
  • Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik – Men’s Doubles, Bronze

Mongolia 

Judo

  • Baasankhuu Bavuudori – Women’s 48kg, Silver

New Zealand 

Athletics

  • Maddison-Lee Wesche – Women’s Shot Put, Silver

Cycling Track:

  • Team New Zealand – Women’s Team Sprint, Silver

Golf

  • Lydia Ko – Women’s Individual, Gold

Rugby Sevens 

  • Pouri-Lane Risi, Stacey Waaka, Manaia Nuku, Sarah Hirini, Michaela Blyde, Tyla King, Mahina Paul, Jazmin Felix-Hotham, Theresa Setefano, Portia Woodman-Wickliffe, Alena Saili – Women, Gold (Watch their Haka performance after winning here!)

North Korea 

Boxing

  • Pang Chholmi – Women’s 54kg, Bronze

Diving 

  • Jo Jin Mi and Kim Mi Rae – Synchronized 10-Meter Platform, Silver 
  • Kim Mi Rae – Women’s 10m Platform, Bronze

Table Tennis 

  • Ri Jong-sik and Kim Kum-yong – Mixed Doubles, Silver

Wrestling

  • Ri Se Ung – Men’s Greco-Roman 60kg, Bronze
  • Choe Hyo Gyong – Women’s Freestyle 53kg, Bronze

Pakistan

Athletics

  • Arshad Nadeem – Men’s Javelin Throw, Gold

Philippines 

Artistic Gymnastics

  • Carlos Edriel Yulo – Men’s Floor Exercise, Gold | Men’s Vault, Gold

Boxing

  • Aria Villegas – Women’s 50kg, Bronze
  • Nesthy Petecio – Women’s 57kg, Bronze

Singapore

Sailing

  • Maximilian Maeder – Men’s Kite, Bronze

South Korea

Archery

  • Lim Sihyeon – Women’s Individual, Gold
  • Nam Suhyeon – Women’s Individual, Silver
  • Kim Woojin – Men’s Individual, Gold
  • Lee Wooseok – Men’s Individual, Bronze
  • Kim Woojin and Lim Sihyeon – Mixed Team, Gold
  • Jeon Hunyoung, Lim Sihyeon, Nam Suhyeon – Women’s Team, Gold 
  • Kim Jedeok, Kim Woojin, Lee Wooseok – Men’s Team, Gold

Badminton

  • Kim Won-ho and Jeong Na-eun – Mixed Doubles, Silver 
  • An Se-young – Women’s Singles, Gold

Boxing

  • Im Aeji – Women’s 54kg, Bronze

Fencing

  • Oh Sanguk – Men’s Sabre Individual, Gold
  • Gu Bongil, Oh Sanguk, Park Sangwon, Do Gyeongdong – Men’s Sabre Team, Gold 
  • Yoon Jisu, Jeon Hayoung, Choi Sebin, Jeon Eunhye – Women’s Sabre Team, Silver

Judo

  • Mimi Huh – Women’s 57kg, Silver
  • Kim Minjong – Men’s 100kg, Silver
  • Kim Hayun – Women’s 78kg, Bronze
  • Lee Joonhwan – Men’s 81kg, Bronze
  • Huh Mimi, Jung Yerin, Lee Hyekyeong, Kim Jisu, Kim Hayun, Yoon Hyunji, An Baul, Kim Wonjin, Han Juyeop, Lee Joonhwan, Kim Minjong – Mixed Team, Bronze

Modern Pentathlon

  • Seong Sungmin – Women’s Individual, Bronze

Shooting 

  • Ban Hyojin – Women’s 10m Air Rifle, Gold
  • Oh Ye Jin – Women’s 10m Air Pistol, Gold
  • Kim Yeji – Women’s 10m Air Pistol, Silver
  • Yang Jiin – Women’s 25m Pistol, Gold
  • Cho Yeongjae – Men’s 25 Rapid Fire Pistol, Silver
  • Keum Jihyeon and Park Hajun – 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team, Silver 

Swimming 

  • Kim Woomin – Men’s 400m Freestyle, Bronze

Table Tennis

  • Lim Jonghoon, Shin Yubin – Mixed Doubles, Bronze
  • Shin Yubin, Jeon Jihee, Lee Eunhye – Women’s Team, Bronze

Taekwondo

  • Park Taejoon – Men’s 58kg, Gold
  • Kim Yujin – Women’s 57kg, Gold
  • Lee Dabin – Women’s 67kg, Bronze

Weightlifting

  • Park Hyejeong – Women’s 81kg, Silver

Taiwan

Artistic Gymnastics

  • Tang Chia-Hung – Men’s Horizontal Bar, Bronze

Badminton

  • Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin – Men’s Doubles, Gold

Boxing

  • Wu Shih Yi – Women’s 60kg, Bronze
  • Chen Nien Chin – Women’s 66kg, Bronze
  • Lin Yuting – Women’s 57kg

Shooting

  • Lee Meng Yuan – Skeet Men, Bronze

Weightlifting

  • Kuo Hsing-Chun – Women’s 59kg, Bronze
  • Liu Huanhua – Men’s 102kg, Gold

Thailand

Badminton

  • Kunlavut Vitdsarn – Men’s Singles, Silver

Boxing

  • Janjaem Suwannapheng – Women’s 66kg, Bronze

Taekwondo

  • Panipak Wongpattanakit – Women’s 49kg, Gold

Weightlifting

  • Theerapong Silachai – Men’s 61kg, Silver
  • Weeraphon Wichuma – Men’s 73kg, Silver
  • Surodchana Khambao – Women’s 49kg, Bronze

Uzbekistan

Judo

  • Diyora Keldiyorova – Women’s 52kg, Gold

See you all at the Los Angeles Games in 2028!