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Carrying the Torch: 50 Years of Dartmouth Women in the Olympics
3/13/2026 4:56:00 PM | Women's Basketball, Women's Cross Country, Women's Ice Hockey, Women's Rowing, Women's Rugby, Women's Soccer, Women's Track & Field, Skiing, Athletics
Dartmouth has sent Olympians to every winter games since the first in 1924 and every summer games since 1976, but the Big Green's Olympic history is more expansive than that, especially for women.
Julie H. Geer '75 was the first female to represent the Big Green on the world's biggest stage, competing for the United States' rowing team. Geer, who transferred to Dartmouth from Smith College when the institution opened its doors to women in 1972, was a trailblazer for Dartmouth women's rowing. In addition to competing on the Big Green's inaugural team and serving as captain, she later coached the team following her first Olympic appearance.
Geer was a member of the 1976, 1980, and 1984 U.S. rowing Olympic teams. The '80 Olympic games were not competed, however Geer rowed to sixth place finishes in both the '76 games in Montreal and the '84 games in Los Angeles.
Dartmouth's first female winter Olympics representative was Leslie Thompson '86. The three-time All-American with the Big Green competed in three Olympic Games, her first in 1988 in Calgary. She skied to her best career Olympic finishes in 1988, 25th overall in the 20 K and eighth overall in the 4x5 K relay.
In the 50 years since a female Dartmouth representative made her Olympic debut, 45 have followed in her footsteps. The Big Green's 46 female Olympians ranks third in the Ivy League while their 35 Winter Olympians leads the league, and these women continue to make history.
Elizabeth G. McIntyre '87 took home the Big Green's first medal at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Appearing in her second Olympic Games, McIntyre took home silver in moguls skiing.
Only four years later, two Dartmouth student-athletes combined for the Big Green's first gold. Gretchen Ulion '94 and Sarah Tueting '98 played women's hockey for Team U.S.A. defeating Canada 3-1 in the gold medal game.
Ulion scored three goals and added five assists in eight games across the tournament while Tueting posted a 1.15 goals against average and a .938 save percentage in four games.
Skiers lead the way among Dartmouth's Olympians, accounting for 35. This past Olympics in Milan, Italy, the Big Green saw three women on the course, including two making their Olympic debut.
Lauren Jortberg '20 for Team USA and Jasmine Drolet '25 for Team Canada each competed in their first Olympic Games, continuing on the success built in Hanover. Jortberg was a three-time All-America honoree in her career, also taking home All-East First Team honors as a sophomore.
Drolet, a three time All-American, won the 20K classic race at the 2024 national championship and impressed on the EISA circuit in her time in green.
In addition to Ulion and Teuting winning Dartmouth's first gold, they also make up 10 of the Big Green's Olympians. In 2026, the Big Green were represented by Laura Stacey '16, playing in her third Olympics for Team Canada and taking home Silver, and current goaltender Michaela Hesová, playing for Team Czechia.
Outside of playing on the world's biggest stage, Hesová has dominated between the pipes in her time in Hanover. She tallied 848 saves in her first-year campaign, breaking the single season program saves record, and posted a .922 save percentage, ranking her eighth all time. She's also helped Dartmouth to big wins, including defeating No. 7 St. Lawrence in the 2024-25 season and No. 9 Colgate early in the 2025-26 season.
The 2026 Winter Olympics also saw the Big Green's first bobsleigh Olympian, Bianca Ribi '18, a former women's soccer player representing Team Canada.
Biathlon is the only other winter sport to see female Big Green representation. Dartmouth had a biathlon athlete in every Olympic games from 1998-2018.
History has also been made for the women during the Summer Olympics.
Isalys Quiñones '19 is the only Dartmouth alum to have played women's basketball in the Olympics. Quiñones represented Puerto Rico at both the 2020 and 2024 Olympics in Tokyo and Paris. She ranks in the top-20 in program history in rebounds, grabbing 512 in her career in green.
Ariana Ramsey '22 made history as the first and only Dartmouth alum to compete in rugby in the Olympics. She represented Team USA in both the 2020 and 2024 Olympics, making history once again in 2024 when she won the United States' first women's rugby medal, taking home bronze after a 14-12 win over Australia. It was also the nations' first rugby medal since the men's 15s team won gold, 100 years prior in 1924.
The Big Green also have representation in women's soccer, as Kristin S. Luckenbill '01 took home gold with Team USA in Athens in 2004. Luckenbill is the first and only female to represent Dartmouth in women's soccer.
Alexi M. Pappas '13 and Abbey D'Agostino '14 are the only female track and field athletes to represent the Big Green, both making their Olympic debuts in Rio in 2016. Pappas competed for Greece after an impressive career with the Big Green, including an NCAA appearance in 2011.
D'Agostino's success began in Hanover as she is one of the most decorated track and field athletes in Dartmouth history. A seven-time individual national champion, 16-time Ivy League Champion, and a 12-time All-American, D'Agostino also won the 2014 Honda Award.
Known for her sportsmanship, D'Agostino, after tripping over an opponent in the 5,000 meter heat at the Olympics helped New Zealand's Nikki Hamblin up, continuing the race with a torn ACL, MCL and meniscus. Despite not achieving the outcome she had hoped, D'Agostino and Hamblin were each awarded the International Fair Play Award.
Rowers lead the way for Dartmouth's summer Olympics representation, having sent six athletes to represent their countries.
Geer led the way for women's rowing in1976, being followed by four additional athletes, including her sister Charlotte who all qualified for the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. While the 1980 Olympics were not played, the Geer's teamed up for the United States at the Los Angeles Games in 1984.
Molly Reckford '15 is the most recent Dartmouth alumna to row in the Olympics. The two-time Olympian was a walk on at Dartmouth, having earned her highest finish, fifth, in lightweight double sculls in Tokyo.
Winter Olympians will shift their focus to 2030 in the French Alps and Summer Olympians have their eyes set on Los Angeles in 2028. With the rich history of Olympic success and impressive student-athletes continuing to make an impact in Hanover, the future looks bright for the Big Green on the world's biggest stage.
Find more information on all of Dartmouth's Olympians here.
Julie H. Geer '75 was the first female to represent the Big Green on the world's biggest stage, competing for the United States' rowing team. Geer, who transferred to Dartmouth from Smith College when the institution opened its doors to women in 1972, was a trailblazer for Dartmouth women's rowing. In addition to competing on the Big Green's inaugural team and serving as captain, she later coached the team following her first Olympic appearance.
Geer was a member of the 1976, 1980, and 1984 U.S. rowing Olympic teams. The '80 Olympic games were not competed, however Geer rowed to sixth place finishes in both the '76 games in Montreal and the '84 games in Los Angeles.
Dartmouth's first female winter Olympics representative was Leslie Thompson '86. The three-time All-American with the Big Green competed in three Olympic Games, her first in 1988 in Calgary. She skied to her best career Olympic finishes in 1988, 25th overall in the 20 K and eighth overall in the 4x5 K relay.
In the 50 years since a female Dartmouth representative made her Olympic debut, 45 have followed in her footsteps. The Big Green's 46 female Olympians ranks third in the Ivy League while their 35 Winter Olympians leads the league, and these women continue to make history.
Elizabeth G. McIntyre '87 took home the Big Green's first medal at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Appearing in her second Olympic Games, McIntyre took home silver in moguls skiing.
Only four years later, two Dartmouth student-athletes combined for the Big Green's first gold. Gretchen Ulion '94 and Sarah Tueting '98 played women's hockey for Team U.S.A. defeating Canada 3-1 in the gold medal game.
Ulion scored three goals and added five assists in eight games across the tournament while Tueting posted a 1.15 goals against average and a .938 save percentage in four games.
Skiers lead the way among Dartmouth's Olympians, accounting for 35. This past Olympics in Milan, Italy, the Big Green saw three women on the course, including two making their Olympic debut.
Lauren Jortberg '20 for Team USA and Jasmine Drolet '25 for Team Canada each competed in their first Olympic Games, continuing on the success built in Hanover. Jortberg was a three-time All-America honoree in her career, also taking home All-East First Team honors as a sophomore.
Drolet, a three time All-American, won the 20K classic race at the 2024 national championship and impressed on the EISA circuit in her time in green.
In addition to Ulion and Teuting winning Dartmouth's first gold, they also make up 10 of the Big Green's Olympians. In 2026, the Big Green were represented by Laura Stacey '16, playing in her third Olympics for Team Canada and taking home Silver, and current goaltender Michaela Hesová, playing for Team Czechia.
Outside of playing on the world's biggest stage, Hesová has dominated between the pipes in her time in Hanover. She tallied 848 saves in her first-year campaign, breaking the single season program saves record, and posted a .922 save percentage, ranking her eighth all time. She's also helped Dartmouth to big wins, including defeating No. 7 St. Lawrence in the 2024-25 season and No. 9 Colgate early in the 2025-26 season.
The 2026 Winter Olympics also saw the Big Green's first bobsleigh Olympian, Bianca Ribi '18, a former women's soccer player representing Team Canada.
Biathlon is the only other winter sport to see female Big Green representation. Dartmouth had a biathlon athlete in every Olympic games from 1998-2018.
History has also been made for the women during the Summer Olympics.
Isalys Quiñones '19 is the only Dartmouth alum to have played women's basketball in the Olympics. Quiñones represented Puerto Rico at both the 2020 and 2024 Olympics in Tokyo and Paris. She ranks in the top-20 in program history in rebounds, grabbing 512 in her career in green.
Ariana Ramsey '22 made history as the first and only Dartmouth alum to compete in rugby in the Olympics. She represented Team USA in both the 2020 and 2024 Olympics, making history once again in 2024 when she won the United States' first women's rugby medal, taking home bronze after a 14-12 win over Australia. It was also the nations' first rugby medal since the men's 15s team won gold, 100 years prior in 1924.
The Big Green also have representation in women's soccer, as Kristin S. Luckenbill '01 took home gold with Team USA in Athens in 2004. Luckenbill is the first and only female to represent Dartmouth in women's soccer.
Alexi M. Pappas '13 and Abbey D'Agostino '14 are the only female track and field athletes to represent the Big Green, both making their Olympic debuts in Rio in 2016. Pappas competed for Greece after an impressive career with the Big Green, including an NCAA appearance in 2011.
D'Agostino's success began in Hanover as she is one of the most decorated track and field athletes in Dartmouth history. A seven-time individual national champion, 16-time Ivy League Champion, and a 12-time All-American, D'Agostino also won the 2014 Honda Award.
Known for her sportsmanship, D'Agostino, after tripping over an opponent in the 5,000 meter heat at the Olympics helped New Zealand's Nikki Hamblin up, continuing the race with a torn ACL, MCL and meniscus. Despite not achieving the outcome she had hoped, D'Agostino and Hamblin were each awarded the International Fair Play Award.
Rowers lead the way for Dartmouth's summer Olympics representation, having sent six athletes to represent their countries.
Geer led the way for women's rowing in1976, being followed by four additional athletes, including her sister Charlotte who all qualified for the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. While the 1980 Olympics were not played, the Geer's teamed up for the United States at the Los Angeles Games in 1984.
Molly Reckford '15 is the most recent Dartmouth alumna to row in the Olympics. The two-time Olympian was a walk on at Dartmouth, having earned her highest finish, fifth, in lightweight double sculls in Tokyo.
Winter Olympians will shift their focus to 2030 in the French Alps and Summer Olympians have their eyes set on Los Angeles in 2028. With the rich history of Olympic success and impressive student-athletes continuing to make an impact in Hanover, the future looks bright for the Big Green on the world's biggest stage.
Find more information on all of Dartmouth's Olympians here.
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