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Members of the College have had a long history of engaging in a wide selection of sporting endeavours – from cricket to netball, football to frisbee, archery to rifle shooting – and some of them have gone on to international honours. The gallery below showcases some of our great sporting gems from the College Archive, followed by a table of our twenty-one Olympians to date.

These Olympians have participated in a wide variety of sports, including rowing (not a great surprise), ice hockey (more surprisingly), sailing, athletics, fencing, and hockey. The images below include indubitably our most celebrated Olympian, Harold Abrahams, whose 100m gold medal win in the 1924 Paris Olympics inspired this exhibition.

The fire to win << Back pages: the Archive >> Caian Olympians

Gallery

Four engraved metal medals.
An early 20th-century photograph of a hockey team.
A boat rudder painted with the royal, University, and College arms, the crew's names, and the details of a victory.
A printed form in a bound volume, completed by hand.
An early 20th-century photograph of an athletics team.
An early 20th-century photograph of an athletics team.
An oar blade painted with the College arms and the crew's names.
An oar blade painted with the College arms and the crew's names.
Caricature of a male skiier, illustrating a humorous text.
Caricature of a male rugby player in a blazer, illustrating a humorous text.
Caricature of a male boxer on his stool, illustrating a humorous text.
Caricature of a male rugby player, illustrating a humorous text.
Caricature of a male rugby player, illustrating a text.
Caricature of a male hockey player, illustrating a humorous text.