The 2024 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event that occurred from 26 July to 11 August 2024 in France, with the opening ceremony having taken place on 26 July.

Now, after the event has concluded, we gathered some data regarding current and former students who excelled at the Olympics and would like to congratulate all of them for their achievements.

It is not an unusual fact that student-athletes take part in major sporting events and achieve top placements, winning medals. Although in many countries, data on dual career athletes is not available systematically, with the help of our members, we were able to identify some of the medallists, who are also successful in their academic careers and can be considered role models in dual careers.

The International University Sports Federation (FISU) reports that several athletes who previously competed at the Universiades / FISU World University Games performed magnificently in Paris 2024.
35 Paris 2024 medallists (47 medals in total) took part in the Chengdu 2021 FISU World University Games Summer last year. Many other former and current FISU athletes also shone on the world stage during the recent Olympic Games.

Regarding the most successful nations at the Olympics, athletes representing 91 countries received medals, 34 of them from Europe. Led by France and the Netherlands among the top 6, the successes of European athletes at this event cannot be overlooked.

EUSA would like to praise all the athletes and once again we would like to thank all our members for their effort to provide us with the information. Below you can find a list of student-athletes from Europe who have especially excelled in Paris.