ShivamBruce/Caitlyn Jenner
Jenner was awarded the unofficial title of “world’s greatest athlete” after winning the decathlon title in the Olympics games held at Montreal in the year 1976. He set a world record consecutively for the third time after his victory. Interestingly, in the year 2015 after undergoing a gender reassignment surgery Jenner became to be known as Caitlyn.
Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis won a total of 9 gold medals from the year 1979 to 1996 as a track and field specialist. He has a unique achievement of being one among only 3 Olympic athletes to have won 4 golds in a single event.
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Regarded as “The King of Biathlon”, Ole is the most awarded athlete when it comes to the Winter Olympics. He has a total of 44 medals all of which he has won as a participant in Biathlon World Championship.
Rulon Gardner
Rulon won the gold medal in the Summer Olympics held in the year 2000. His opponent in the final was Aleksandr Karelin, a Russian wrestler. The gold medal win in the Olympics for the USA made him the first wrestler to do so from the nation on an international level.
Birgit Fischer
Birgit Fischer has the unique achievement of being the youngest and the oldest canoeing champion in the world which she became at the age of 18 and 41 respectively. She has won a total of 8 gold medals throughout her career participating in 6 Olympic games.
Mike Eruzione
Mike Eruzione was playing as the captain of the USA’s Olympic hockey team in the famous game against the Soviet Union in the year 1980. The team of USA ended up winning the game and Mike became famous for scoring the winning goal in the match.