Women’s field hockey added another loss to its record this past Sunday in a close game against Bucknell University at Baker Athletics Complex, falling to the Bison in a 2-1 loss.

Jackie Dubrovich, CC ’16, strode out under the glass dome of the Grand Palais on Thursday night. With twenty-foot-high images of her and her teammates behind her, Jackie set her sights on the final strip of her fencing career. She was set to face the Italians, a longtime dominant force in world fencing with two world champions on their team.

PARIS—Jackie Dubrovich, CC ’16, and her teammates took home Olympic gold from the women’s foil fencing team event on Thursday night. Her victory marks a historic moment for the United States, as it is the country’s first-ever gold medal in the team foil event.

As the best athletes in the world gather in Paris this month, seven Columbia Lions will stand among the international array of competitors battling for their chance at Olympic gold. Some are veterans, while others are first-timers who might have been in your Contemporary Civilization class last semester. Here are the details on all the current and former Columbia students competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

While most students spend their summers working, studying, or resting, Jacqueline Dubrovich, CC ’16, will spend hers in Paris fencing in the Olympics.

The Lions struck gold earlier this month as they traveled to Georgia to compete in the 2024 USA Archery Collegiate Target Nationals from May 16-19. First-years Eunice Choi and Michelle Ahn and junior Judith Gottlieb combined forces to take first in the women’s recurve team event.

On a Saturday morning in summer 2020, fresh out of a year of COVID restrictions, Maya Letona, CC ’24, walked up to 165-pound men’s wrestler Chimenum Tasie-Amadi, CC ’23. As her liaison to the team, they would embark on the first of many trips to the New York Regional Training Center for her first men’s wrestling practice.

The Lions showcased their dominance in the 2024 USA Archery Collegiate Target Regionals in Harrisburg, Virginia this past weekend, finishing on top of the podium in every division they competed in.

It was a triumphant week for the archery team at the Arizona Cup in Phoenix, where first-years Eunice Choi and Michelle Ahn made their mark in the U21 women’s recurve division. Choi, the tournament’s 2021 champion in junior women’s recurve, once again proved her mettle, emerging as the top seed among 40 archers with an impressive score of 631 and an average arrow count of 8.764. Ahn, who won the U21 women’s recurve division in 2022 and 2023, also showcased her skills, ranking third in the qualifying rounds with an arrow average of 8.458 and a total score of 609 .

In sixth grade, first-year recurve archer Eunice Choi began her career in the world of archery, fueled by her fascination with Korean Olympic archers. Inspired by the videos she watched, she pleaded with her mother to take her to a range. Initially, Choi’s parents were unsupportive of her interest in the sport.