On Tuesday, August 27, 2024, basketball star Tyrese Haliburton returned to his hometown of Oshkosh after playing in the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games earlier this August.

Going from a North basketball player to winning a gold medal in the Olympics was

a long journey for Haliburton, and a hard one.

“ Last year I played in the FIBA World Cup, we lost, then they asked me to come back to play in the Olympics. It’s been a whirlwind of a time, but when I got asked, I was like of course, no questions. It was a lot of fun.”

At the Olympics, he learned many lessons from his older teammates, who have been in the sport far longer than Haliburton.

“My biggest thing was asking them a bunch of questions and learning more about their experiences. Being 24, a lot of my questions were like, ‘What are things you wish you knew when you were 24 years old?’ and ‘When did the turn of your career happen, and what led to that?’. That was big for me, to be able to peek in their brains and learn from those guys.”