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London Calling: SMU Alumni Compete In Olympics

SMU alumni will be among the athletes going for the gold in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

SMU alumni will be among the athletes competing in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London July 27-August 12. Watch these Mustangs go for the gold:

  • Laura Reback Bennett ’97 has qualified for the USA Triathlon team. This is Bennett’s second Olympics; she placed fourth in the 2008 Beijing Games. Bennett was a four-year NCAA All-American at SMU.
  • Former SMU tennis All-American Johan Brunstrom will represent Sweden in doubles competition. In 2001 and 2002, Brunstrom was an All-American in doubles at SMU and in singles in 2003.
  • This is the third Olympic Games for Anja Carman ’08 of Slovenia, who will compete in the 200-meter backstroke.
  • Swedish swimmer Lars Frolander will compete in his sixth Olympics in the 100-meter butterfly.
  • Sara Nordenstam ’06 will represent Norway in the 200-meter breaststroke. She won the bronze medal in the same event in Beijing.
  • Denisa Smolenova ’12 will race for Slovakia in the 100-meter butterfly.
 Therese Svendsen ’12 of Sweden will swim in the 200-meter backstroke and as a member of the 4X100 medley relay team.

> Read more about SMU’s Olympic connections here.

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