Trojans in The Olympics
- USC has a reputation and long tradition of nurturing Olympic athletes. From the 1904 Summer Olympics through the 2004 games, 415 Trojan athletes have competed in the Games, taking home 122 gold medals (with at least 1 gold in every summer Olympics since 1912), 76 silver and 60 bronze.
- There have been more Trojans in the Olympics than from any other university in the world – if USC were its own nation in the Olympics, it would rank tied for 8th in the world in total gold medals earned, but only if you count each USC gold-medal winner individually and each country's team medals as a single medal . For instance, USC's three women's water polo 2012 gold medalists count as 3 medals by this method, whereas silver medalist Spain only counts one medal.
- While a student, Rebecca Soni won an Olympic gold medal for swimming the 200m breaststroke during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, setting a world record. She also received a silver medal in the 100m breaststroke and the 4x100m Medley Relay.
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