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July 17, 2008
Did You Know... that at least one Penn athlete has participated in every Summer Olympics since the 1900 Paris games, and the 2008 Olympics in Beijing will be no exception? Tom Paradiso, C'02, and Susan Francia, C'04, qualified for the men's lightweight four and the women's eight, respectively. They will each make their Olympic debut representing the U.S. during the rowing events August 9 - 17 in Beijing.

Read the full article on both of these athletes.

See also "Penn in the Olympics" on the University Archives website.

How many famous Penn alums can you name? Donald Trump, Candace Bergen, Maury Povich, Harold Prince, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Charles Addams, John Taylor, Noam Chomsky, Ed Rendell, Owen Roberts, Arlen Specter... See full list.

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