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Tokyo Olympics honour roll Bond University alumni and students finished the Tokyo Olympics with two gold and three bronze medals – a world-beating performance in per capita terms. With a combined student and living alumni population of 34,161, the University’s population per medal of 6832 eclipsed the best pocket rocket countries in the world including San Marino (three medals, 11,313 people per medal), the Bahamas (two medals, 196,625 per medal) and New Zealand (20 medals, 254,215 per medal).
Mat Belcher
Jean van der Westhuyzen
Class of 2001
Class of 2018
Bachelor of Commerce, Master of Project Management, Master of Valuation and Property Management
Bachelor of Business
Gold medal in the Men’s Two Person Dinghy - 470
3rd in the B final of the Kayak Single 1000m
Alex Graham
Elijah Winnington
Class of 2015
Current student
Bachelor of Sports Management, studying MBA, Georgina Hope Rinehart Scholarship
Bachelor of Business, Georgina Hope Rinehart Scholarship
Bronze medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay
7th in final of the 400m freestyle
Bronze medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay
7th in heat of the 200m freestyle
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Gold medal in the Kayak Double 1000m
Bronze medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay (heat swimmer)