Triathlon Mixed Relay team, working together with Katie Zaferes, Kevin McDowell, and Morgan Pearson to podium in the inaugural race. In her first Olympic appearance, Knibb clinched a silver medal as part of the U.S. Olympic Triathlon Team and earning a silver medal in an event that made its Olympic debut. The all-time medal breakdown at the Summer Olympics includes 20 gold, 17 silver, and eight bronze.Ĭornell women's cross country, track & field, and swimming & diving alumna Taylor Knibb '20 made history in more ways than one at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, becoming the youngest woman to ever qualify for the U.S. Knibb and Dake return to the states with hardware, as Knibb's silver medal in the Triathlon Mixed Relay and Dake's bronze in the 74-kilogram men's freestyle wrestling competition brings Cornell's all-time medal count to 63, including 45 at the Summer Games.

– Cornell has a long tradition of success at the Olympic games, and that was no different at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, as Cornell alumni Taylor Knibb '20, Kyle Dake '13, Michael Grady '19, Rudy Winkler '17, and Tracy Eisser '12 all made their alma mater, communities, and family and friends proud.

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