SakshiGeorge Foreman
Goerge Foreman forayed into the field of boxing in 1968 in Mexico City Summer and has claimed heavyweight Championship twice. Also known as “Big George” he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the World Boxing and International Boxing. He is being rated as the eighth greatest heavyweight champion till today by The International Boxing Research Organization. He signed his paper of retirement in 1977 and started working with fat-reducing George Foreman Grill. He was remunerated $137 million dollars by Salton, Inc in 1999 for using his name.
Mark Spitz
Mark Spitz a pro swimmer in 1968 Mexico City Olympics and 1972 Summer Olympics bagged nine gold medals in freestyle, butterfly and medley swimming competition. Sherm Chavoor an Olympic Gold Medalist has trained Mark. This member of International Swimming Hall of Fame gave up swimming as a career at the age of 22.
Gregory Louganis
Gregory Louganis is the owner of two gold medals that he achieved in 1984 and 1988 respectively at Summer Olympics in springboard and platform.He created history by being the first diver to be given the score of 10mby all the 7 judges. He is called “probably the greatest diver in history”. He came out publicly in 1994 but faced the biggest controversy of his life when people found out he is diagnosed with HIV. He roots for LGBT right. He also has written his biography named “Breaking The Surface”.
Gabrielle Douglas
Gabrielle Douglas an American artistic gymnast was only three years old when she started learning gymnastics with her sister and at the age of six, she was taking professional training. She had her first gold medal in 2011 in the World Artistic Championships in Tokyo, Japan. She brought another gold medal home in 2012 Summer Olympics London. In 2016 Olympics she was again medalled with gold.
Jacqueline Kersee
Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee is an American athlete who has been awarded thrice with a gold medal for her outstanding performance in the heptathlon, the long jump in the 1988 Seoul Olympics and in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. The founder of Jackie Joyner-Kersee foundation has scored 7,000 points in a heptathlon event that makes her first female to pull that off and is yet to be surpassed. Besides being a gold medallist she also holds a silver from Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 and a bronze from Atlanta Olympics 1996.
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen comes from Norway and is a professional biathlete. He has made the record of winning 44 medals in his career, not being even touched by any other fellow athlete. He has shown up in about six Winter Olympics from 1994. The Olympic Game of 1994 alone won him eight gold medals, four silver, and one bronze. He is popularly known as ‘The King of the Biathlon’. And this king is not planning on retirement in the near future.