San Diegans represent 21 different sports or disciplines, meaning local athletes are competing in roughly half the Olympic program
Nevin Harrison, who won the gold medal in the 200-meter canoe sprint at the Tokyo Olympics, practices on Mission Bay. Ruby Lilley was 14, doing what she usually does, hanging out at the Prince Memorial Skatepark in Oceanside, dropping into the concrete bowl, twisting and flipping and spinning on her board, sandy brown hair flowing from the back of her helmet.“She was ripping,” Lilley said. “She looked so comfortable, just looked so good on the board. It looked very natural for her.
San Diego State produced the reigning gold medalist in men’s golf and a world championship silver medalist in women’s triple jump . USD claims a member of the Puerto Rico men’s basketball team and a medal favorite in women’s sport climbing . A Canadian skateboarder is set to enroll there next year.
There are women’s rugby players from University City High School and Fallbrook High School, two skateboarders from San Dieguito Academy and another skateboarder whose kids go there. Steffen Peters celebrates after he and Ravel took the lead with their ride in the Exquis World Dressage Masters. San Diego has always had a golden Olympic sheen, from Greg Louganis to Gail Devers. The interlocking rings became a more permanent fixture in the landscape when the U.S. Olympic Training Center opened in Chula Vista before the 1996 games, with grand plans to add a pool, gymnasium and more dormitories to make it the world’s pre-eminent warm-weather sports facility.
Before the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, nearly all of the center’s revenue came from the USOPC. Now about half does with the balance coming from college, professional and international sports entities, and that percentage could grow before the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. You’ve got a temperate climate. You’ve got an international airport nearby. You’ve got a sports culture. You’ve got a community that embraces the diversity of the Olympic program.“I call it the halo effect,” said Brian Melekian, president and COO of the Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Center. “You have the Olympians preparing to leave for Paris. You’ve also got 200 junior rowers here and an Australian rowing team at the same time. It all breeds on itself.
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