MICHIGAN, USA — Thirteen elite athletes from Michigan traveled to France for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games and returned home with four medals for the United States.
Three of the thirteen athletes brought medals home, including one with two bronze medals to hang around his neck. In total, Michigan athletes returned with one gold and three bronze medals.
The list below includes all of the Michiganders who brought home medals for the United States. There were several other athletes from Michigan who won medals for other countries at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Devin Booker - Grandville
Gold Medal 5v5 Men's Basketball
Grand Rapids native Devin Booker competed on the hardwood in Paris for the U.S. Men's Olympic Basketball Team for the second time in his career. And, also for the second time in his career, he brought home a gold medal.
Booker was instrumental in the United States' fifth consecutive gold medal in basketball, starting as a guard and scoring 15 points in the final match.
And despite the MVP award going to Lebron James, Team USA coach Steve Kerr highlighted Booker's performance throughout the Olympics.
“Devin Booker is an incredible basketball player,” Kerr said. “Nobody asked about him. He was our unsung MVP. I just wanted to say that.”
Booker, born in Grand Rapids, plays for the Phoenix Suns and completed his college career at the University of Kentucky. He lived in the West Michigan area through his freshman year in high school before moving to Missouri. Booker played on the Grandville High School basketball team during his freshman year.
Grant Fisher - Grand Blanc
Bronze Medal Men's 10,000m, Bronze Medal Men's 5,000m
Michigander Grant Fisher became the first American to medal in both the Men's 5,000m and 10,000m event, bringing home a bronze medal in both races.
Canadian-born Fisher grew up in Grand Blanc and while in high school he earned the honor of becoming the seventh American high school student to run a mile under four minutes.
The 2024 Paris Summer Games was the second trip to the Olympics for Fisher, who competed in Tokyo in 2021 but did not earn any medals.
Alena Olsen - Caledonia
Bronze Medal Women's Rugby Sevens
Caledonia native Alena Olsen helped the United States Women's Olympic Rugby Sevens Team bring home the team's first medal ever. Team USA earned a bronze after falling short in 2020 and 2016.
Olsen's first Olympic appearance was as a scrumhalf on the field. In her position, Olsen acts as a link between the forwards and the backs and will be responsible for making quick decisions and connecting plays on the field.
Olsen played volleyball and soccer in high school and didn't start playing rugby until she was an 18-year-old freshman at the University of Michigan.
She made her USA Rugby debut in 2019 in the Glendale Sevens where the USA won the tournament. She was also part of the U.S. sevens roster that finished fourth in the 2022 Rugby World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa.