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Let the Games begin.
The 2024 Summer Olympics will begin soon, and any Illinois native needing an athlete to cheer for will have 36 athletes to cheer for in Paris.
There are some well-known athletes, such as Chicago native and current Los Angeles Laker Anthony Davis, but there are others, like Riverside, Illinois, native, volleyball star and first-time Olympian Dana Rettke, who will get a chance to experience the biggest sports stage the world has to offer.
Here are all the Olympic Athletes competing in the 2024 Paris Summer Games this July and August.
Olympics Athletes from Illinois
SARAH ADAM
SPORT: Wheelchair Rugby
HOMETOWN: Naperville, IL
KORBIN ALBERT
SPORT: Soccer
HOMETOWN: Grayslake, IL
KAMEL BEY
SPORT: Wrestling
HOMETOWN: Bellwood, IL
KENNEDY BLADES
SPORT: Wrestling
HOMETOWN: Chicago, IL
LAUREN CARLINI
SPORT: Volleyball
HOMETOWN: Aurora, IL
PETER CHATAIN
SPORT: Rowing
HOMETOWN: Winnetka, IL
OWEN CRAVENS
SPORT: Paratriathlon
HOMETOWN: Algonquin, IL
ANTHONY DAVIS
Olympian 2012
SPORT: Basketball
HOMETOWN: Chicago, IL
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Anthony Davis #3 of the Los Angeles Lakers looks to pass against Marcus Morris Sr. #31 of the LA Clippers during the third quarter of the game at The Arena at ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex on July 30, 2020 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. (Photo by
MARCO DELAROSA
Paralympian 2016
SPORT: Para Shooting
HOMETOWN: Chicago, IL
LAUREN DOYLE
Olympian 2016, 2020
SPORT: Rugby
HOMETOWN: Boody, IL
IXHELT GONZALEZ
Paralympian 2020
SPORT: Wheelchair Basketball
HOMETOWN: Chicago, IL
KENDALL GRETSCH
Paralympian 2018, 2020, 2022
SPORT: Paratriathlon
HOMETOWN: Downers Grove, IL
EVITA GRISKENAS
Olympian 2020
SPORT: Gymnastics
HOMETOWN: Orland Park, IL
RYAN HELD
Olympian 2016
SPORT: Swimming
HOMETOWN: Springfield, IL
THOMAS JAESCHKE
Olympian 2016, 2020
SPORT: Volleyball
HOMETOWN: Wheaton, IL
JOHN JAYNE
SPORT: Judo
HOMETOWN: Chicago, IL
JEFF JENDRYK
SPORT: Volleyball
HOMETOWN: Wheaton, IL
GRACE JOYCE
SPORT: Rowing
HOMETOWN: Northfield, IL
PAUL JUDA
SPORT: Gymnastics
HOMETOWN: Deerfield, IL
KEEGAN KNOTT
Paralympian 2020
SPORT: Para Swimming
HOMETOWN: Lake Villa, IL
CASEY KRUEGER
Olympian 2020
SPORT: Soccer
HOMETOWN: Naperville, IL
AHALYA LETTENBERGER
Paralympian 2020
SPORT: Para Swimming
HOMETOWN: Glen Ellyn, IL
TORI FRANKLIN
Olympian 2020
SPORT: Track and Field
HOMETOWN: Chicago, IL
COURTNEY LINDSEY
SPORT: Track and Field
HOMETOWN: Rock Island, IL
JEWELL LOYD
Olympian 2020
SPORT: Basketball
HOMETOWN: Lincolnwood, IL
CHUCK MELTON
Paralympian 2016, 2020
SPORT: Wheelchair Rugby
HOMETOWN: Richview, IL
ERIC NEWBY
Paralympian 2016, 2020
SPORT: Wheelchair Rugby
HOMETOWN: Nashville, IL
ANNA PEPLOWSKI
SPORT: Swimming
HOMETOWN: Germantown Hills, IL
JOSEF RAU
SPORT: Wrestling
HOMETOWN: Chicago, IL
ERIN REESE
SPORT: Track and Field
HOMETOWN: Mt. Prospect, IL
DANA RETTKE
SPORT: Volleyball
HOMETOWN: Riverside, IL
KELSEY ROBINSON-COOK
Olympian 2016, 2020
SPORT: Volleyball
HOMETOWN: Bartlett, IL
MAGGIE SHEA
Olympian 2020
SPORT: Sailing
HOMETOWN: Wilmette, IL
GABRIEL SLONINA
SPORT: Soccer
HOMETOWN: Addison, IL
JAYDEN ULRICH
SPORT: Track and Field
HOMETOWN: East Alton, IL
ZACH ZIEMEK
Olympian 2016, 2020
SPORT: Track and Field
HOMETOWN: Itasca, IL