Olympic athletes are known as the greatest of athletes. Yet, perhaps the term student-athletes can be applied to many of them. Fully 34 of them have won a Rhodes Scholarship, one of the highest academic awards possible, to study at Oxford University in England. There are others than on this list, who competed at the Paralympics but our databases cover only the Olympic Games. Here is the list of Olympian Rhodes Scholars. More information on these can be found here or by following the links below.
Name | NOC | Sport | OlyYr | Oxford Yr-School |
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Ranjit Bhatia | IND | ATH | 1960 | 1957 Jesus College |
Graham Bond | AUS | GYM | 1956-64 | 1961 Balliol College |
Munroe Bourne | CAN | SWI | 1928-36 | 1932 University College |
Bill Bradley | USA | BAS | 1964 | 1965 Worcester College |
John Carleton | USA | CCS/NCO | 1924 | 1922 Magdalen College |
Angie Darby | AUS | MOP | 2008 | 2012 Christ Church College |
Eddie Eagan | USA | BOB/BOX | 1920-32 | 1922 New College |
Alan Hobkirk | CAN | HOK | 1976 | 1974 Jesus College |
Simon Hollingsworth | AUS | ATH | 1992-96 | 1997 Exeter College |
Don Johnson | CAN | ATH | 1924 | 1923 Balliol College |
Rosara Joseph | NZL | CYC | 2008 | 2006 St. John’s College |
Wilfred Kalaugher | NZL | ATH | 1928 | 1927 Balliol College |
Wilfred Kent-Hughes | AUS | ATH | 1920 | 1915 Christ Church College |
Desmond Koh | SIN | SWI | 1988-96 | 1995 Oriel College |
Charles Littlejohn | GBR | ROW | 1912 | 1909 New College |
Jack Lovelock | NZL | ATH | 1932-36 | 1931 Exeter College |
Selwyn Maister | NZL | HOK | 1968-76 | 1969 Magdalen College |
Murray McLachlan | RSA | SWI | 1960 | 1961 Wadham College |
Tom McMillen | USA | BAS | 1972 | 1974 University College |
Tucker Murphy | BER | CCS | 2010-14 | 2005 Merton College |
John Misha Petkevich | USA | FSK | 1968-72 | 1973 Magdalen College |
Edward Pitblado | GBR | ICH | 1924 | 1920 Queen’s College |
Arthur Porritt | NZL | ATH | 1924 | 1923 Magdalen College |
Eric Prabhakar | IND | ATH | 1948 | 1948 Christ Church College |
Mari Rabie | RSA | TRI | 2008 | 2010 St. Catherine’s College |
Bevil Rudd | RSA | ATH | 1920 | 1913 Trinity College |
Annette Salmeen | USA | SWI | 1996 | 1997 St. John’s College |
Malav Shroff | IND | SAI | 2004 | 1998 St. Peter's College |
Bill Stevenson | USA | ATH | 1924 | 1922 Balliol College |
Harvey Sutton | ANZ | ATH | 1908 | 1905 New College |
Norm Taber | USA | ATH | 1912 | 1913 St. John’s College |
PJ Thum | SIN | SWI | 1996 | 2002 Hertford College |
Alan Valentine | USA | RUG | 1924 | 1922 Balliol College |
Hugh Ward | ANZ | ROW | 1912 | 1911 New College |