Oakland has a lot of ties to the Olympics.
H/T to the awesome book Home Field Advantage for this list of Olympians:
- Don Barksdale (basketball)
- Lloyd Skippy Baxter (figure skating)
- Marty Biles (T&F)
- The Crew Team from UC Berkeley: Hubert "Hub" Caldwell, Burt Jastram, Dave Turner and Ian Turner
- Rod Dedeaux (Baseball coach)
- Jim Hines (track and field)
- Mason Hartwell (T&F)
- James Grogan (figure skating)
- Marcus Jensen (baseball)
- Jason Kidd (basketball)
- Michael McRae (T & F)
- Bob Milano (baseball coach)
- Brick Muller (football)
- Ray Norton (T & F)
- Zoe Ann Olsen (swimming)
- Gary Payton (basketball)
- Al Robinson (boxing)
- James Robinson (T & F)
- Bill Russell (basketball)
- Ron Tomsic (basketball)
- Andre Ward (boxing)
- Al White (T & F)
- Archie Williams (T & F)
