Which NC cities are represented in 2024 Olympics? Interactive graphic shows which ones

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to remove Naya Tapper from the graphic of North Carolina Olympic athletes. Tapper is listed on the Team USA site as being from Beaufort, N.C., but her personal bio says she’s from Beaufort, S.C. Tapper did grow up in Charlotte and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

This year, the United States is sending nearly 600 athletes to Paris to compete in the Olympic Games.

And nearly a dozen of them — including Steph Curry, Holly Springs native Andrew Capobianco and Raleigh’s Veronica Fraley — are from North Carolina.

Team USA will face off against nearly 10,000 other athletes from more than 200 National Olympic Committees and the Refugee Olympic Team. This year, there are 32 sports in the games, including breaking, sport climbing, skateboarding and surfing.

Handball, football and rugby began July 24, but the official start of the games is July 26. The 19 days of competition will conclude Aug. 11. This is the third time that the French capital has hosted the Summer Games.

See where North Carolina’s 11 Olympic athletes are from, which sports they’ll compete in and how many medals they have.

Which North Carolinians are competing in 2024 Olympics?

• Kaylyn Brown: Born in Charlotte, competing in track and field
• Cierra Burdick: Charlotte resident, competing in 3x3 basketball
• Gianluca Busio: Greensboro native, competing in soccer
• Andrew Capobianco: From Holly Springs, competing in diving
• Anna Cockrell: Charlotte native, competing in track and field
• Steph Curry: Charlotte native, competing in basketball
• Veronica Fraley: From Raleigh, competing in track and field
• Evy Leibfarth: From Bryson City, competing in canoe slalom, kayak slalom and kayak cross
• Tommy Paul: Greenville native, competing in tennis
• Sammy Sullivan: From Fayetteville, competing in rugby

Which North Carolinians are competing in 2024 Paralympics?

The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will be held Aug. 28-Sept. 8. Around 4,400 athletes will compete in 22 sports.

• Hannah Aspden: Raleigh native, competing in Para swimming

• Carson Clough: Charlotte native, competing in Para triathlon

• Maria Liana Mutia: From Raleigh, competing in Para judo

• Morgan Stickney: From Cary, competing in Para swimming

• Evan Wilkerson: From Wake Forest, competing in Para swimming

If you’re watching the Olympics, you may also recognize some athletes from North Carolina universities. The News & Observer has previously written about swimmers from N.C. State, who will compete for Team USA and other countries.

Historically, the U.S. has excelled at track and field, swimming and shooting, with more gold medals in these categories than any other sports.

Since the first modern games in 1896 through the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, athletes from North Carolina have taken home six gold medals, according to The Sports Geek. That puts North Carolina No. 31 in a ranking of states with the most gold medals. Athletes from California have won the most gold medals, with 127.

Olympians come from almost every state in the U.S. this year; no members of the U.S. team are from North Dakota, Wyoming, West Virginia, Arkansas or Maine. The states with the most Olympians per capita are Colorado, Vermont and Hawaii.

This story was originally published July 26, 2024 at 7:00 AM with the headline "Which NC cities are represented in 2024 Olympics? Interactive graphic shows which ones."