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Sailor Louisa Chafee is such a Harry Potter fan she wore a golden snitch to the opening ceremony


Louisa Chafee is not just an amazing sailor who is trying to win gold for the United States, nor is she just the daughter of the governor of Rhode Island, Lincoln Chafee. She is also a Harry Potter fan.

Look at what she wore to the opening ceremony:

Yes, that's the golden snitch, a crucial part of quidditch. In case you're a muggle, a golden snitch is what must be caught to win a game of quidditch, the sport that really needs to be a part of the Olympics.

It doesn't end there. While a student at Brown, Chafee majored in folklore and wrote a thesis on dragons. Hopefully, Hagrid was her faculty advisor and she won a coveted internship working with Charlie Weasley in Romania. If she wins gold, there's only one way to celebrate: A feast in the great hall of Hogwarts.