Here Is The List Of Some Of The Well-Known Olympic Medalists And What Are They Doing Now

Published on 06/01/2020
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Gary Hall Jr.

Gary Wayne Hall, Jr. is a former competitive swimmer. His participation in 1996, 2000, and 2004 Olympic Games brought pride for the country he represented, the United States. In his entire career, he managed to win a total of 10 Olympic medals. Four of those medals were earned by the professional swimmer in the 1996 Summer Olympics. When he competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics, he was able to bag another four medals. He snatched a couple more medals in the 2004 Summer Olympics that was held in Athens, Greece. In the middle of 2001, he got married to Elizabeth Peterson and vowed to spend the rest of their lives together.

Gary Hall Jr.

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Amy Van Dyken

Amy Deloris Van Dyken is a former competitive swimmer. She let the whole world know her name when she won a total of four medals in the 1996 Summer Olympics that was held in Atlanta. By winning four medals, she had set a record for being the first woman to earn that number of medals in the whole history of the Olympics. In the 2000 Summer Olympics, she managed to bag two medals despite all of the injuries she was suffering from at that time. However, in the middle of 2014, she was involved in an ATV accident that made half of her body paralyzed. It was a very devastating moment for her. Well, years after the accident, she fully recovered and was seen competing in small CrossFit swimming competitions. Now, she is spending her time being a good wife to her husband, Tom Rouen, and being a national radio sports talk show co-host.

Amy Van Dyken

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