These Olympians of mixed heritage are a great representation
of the global melting pot and multicultural Olympic spirit in action.
1.
Kayla Ross, who won a gold medal with the "Fierce
Five" U.S.
women's gymnastics team, has Japanese, African American, Filipino and Puerto
Rican heritage.
2. U.S. hurdler
Lolo Jones is of French, African-American, Native American and Norwegian
descent.
3. U.S. basketball
star
Carmelo Anthony was
born to a Puerto Rican father and an African American mother.
4. U.S. swimming star
Natalie Coughlin was born in Vallejo, California,
and is of Irish and one quarter Filipino heritage.
5. British golden girl
Jessica Ennis' father is from Jamaica and her
mother is English.
6. U.S.
swimmer and gold-medalist
Nathan
Adrian is of Chinese and European American descent.
7. Saudi Arabian runner
Sarah Attar shares both Saudi
and European American heritage.
8. Japan's
Koji Murofushi won a bronze
medal during the men's hammer throw final. He is of Japanese/Romanian
descent.
9. U.S. wrestler
and bronze-medalist
Clarissa
Chun is of Chinese/Japanese descent.
10. Silver medal-winning
gymnast
Marcel Nguyen of Germany has
Vietnamese and German heritage.
11. NBA superstar
Tony Parker plays for the
French national basketball team and has African-American and Dutch heritage.
12. U.S. freestyle
swimmer
Lia Neal is of
African American/Chinese descent.
13. Argentinian basketball player
Carlos Delfino is of
Argentine/Italian descent.
14. British 800m runner
Andrew Osagie shares both English and Nigerian heritage.
15. Australian basketball star
Elizabeth Cambage is of
European Australian and Nigerian descent.
16. Gold medal-winning
hurdler
Felix Sanchez of Dominican Republic
has both Spanish and African-Dominican heritage.
17.
Lindsay
Berg of the U.S.
volleyball team shares Hawaiian-Chinese-Portuguese and Lithuanian heritage.
18. American fencer
Alexander Massialas is of
Greek / Chinese descent.
19. U.S. freestyle
swimmer
Anthony Ervin has
African American, American Indian and Jewish heritage.
20. U.S. basketball
player
Diana Taurasi is of
Argentine/Italian descent.
Source :
http://sports.yahoo.com
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