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Leander Knight is a Retired NFL Player who returned to coaching in New Jersey and has given back to his hometown, East Orange, NJ and surrounding communities: Manchester Regional High School (Manchester, NJ) - first undefeated 9-0 season in 1996 and the first playoff berth in the school’s history; Weequahic High School (Newark, NJ) - first ...
- Hakeem Abdul-Saboor
- Kenny Agostino
- Alexei Bychenko
- Nathan Crumpton
- Kelly Curtis
- Sarah Escobar
- Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian
- Sarah Fillier
- Kimi Goetz
- Chloe Kim
Bobsled, United States Abdul-Saboor, an East Orange native, will return to the Olympics as a pusher for the bobsled team. He played football and basketball, and participated in track before his family relocated. Abdul-Saboor was an all-state running back and also competed in jumps, sprints and throws for Powhatan (Virginia) High School. His college...
Ice Hockey, United States Agostino grew up in the Flanders section of Mount Olive, playing hockey for the New Jersey Colonials. He was part of three NJSIAA titles at Delbarton, and graduated in 2010 as the school's all-time leading scorer, with 50 goals and 33 assists as a senior. He helped Yale win the NCAA title as a junior — the school's first i...
Figure skating, Israel Ukranian-born Bychenko, 33, will represent Israel in men's singles for the third time. He is the first Israeli singles skater to medal at the European Championships, claiming silver in 2016. Bychenko, who lives in Hackensack, finished 21st at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. He served as Israel's flag bearer four ye...
Skeleton, American Samoa A triple jumper at Princeton University, Crumpton tried bobsled before shifting to skeleton in 2012. He is ranked 26th in the world. Crumpton, who also represented American Samoa in the 100 meters in Tokyo, will become just the 140th person to compete in both the Summer and Winter Olympics.
Skeleton, United States A youth wrestler, Curtis captained the basketball and track teams at Princeton High School. The 2011 Penn Relays heptathlon champion while at Springfield (Massachusetts) College, Curtis was introduced to bobsled and skeleton by strength and conditioning coach Dr. Daniel Jaffe. Curtis earned the spot on Team USA with a career...
Alpine Skiing, Ecuador A dual citizen of immigrant parents, Escobar grew up in Sparta, but learned to ski in Stowe, Vermont, starting at age 3. She attended Waterville Academy in New Hampshire so she could continue to compete internationally. Escobar is a freshman at St. Michael's College in Vermont. A youth ski instructor, she has also worked as a...
Bobsled, Jamaica Born in Pequannock and raised in Wayne, Fenlator-Victorian is heading to her third Olympicsto compete in the two-woman bobsled as well as the debut of monobob. A Wayne Valley High School and Rider University alumna, she was a Team USA pilot at the 2014 Olympics, before becoming one of the first female Jamaican bobsledders in 2018. ...
Ice Hockey, Canada A Princeton University student who plays hockey alongside her twin sister Kayla, Sarah Fillier holds the rare distinction of having played for the U18, U22, and full women’s national team in the same calendar year: 2018. She scored her first senior international goal in Canada's 6-1 win over Sweden, the first player born in the 2...
Speedskating, United States After missing out on the Olympics twice before, Goetz has qualified in the 500 and 1,000 metersthis year. A Hunterdon Central alumna, Goetz started inline skating at age 9, and competed in the World Championships — but switched to ice in the hope of qualifying for the Olympics. She started short-track speedskating eight ...
Snowboard Halfpipe, United States A California native, Kim won the gold medal in the women's halfpipe at the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, when she was just 17 years old. Kim is also the only athlete in X Games history to earn three gold medals before turning 16. She was scheduled to be in Princeton's class of 2022, but attended for ju...
Jul 22, 2021 · Career medal winners. Meet the American athletes from New Jersey who are competing at the 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games.
Jan 23, 2007 · Althea Gibson, a sharecropper’s daughter, entered the world of sports when segregation severely limited opportunities for African Americans. She eventually became the first black athlete to cross the color line of international tennis and golf.
Players Born In East Orange (NJ), United States. Sort: Player (A-Z)
PlayerPosHtWtF6-9215F6-6-G5-10175PF6-8250East Orange, New Jersey (Other New Jersey schools) 7 total players, 1 active player
Ranking every high school New Jersey track and field team based on how much ground they cove...
