Olympic medalists are among the extraordinary human beings on the planet. Unsurprisingly, these outstanding individuals often continue to excel later in life. Check out some of the greatest Olympians and how they’re doing nowadays.
Simone Biles
Biles is considered one of the greatest gymnasts in the world, with four gold medals and many other gymnastics medals that make her the most decorated American gymnast. At age 19, she already made history as the first African-American gymnast to become the world all-around champion, aside from being the first female gymnast to win the three world all-around titles in a row. Since she brought home golds in Rio 2016, she took a break but couldn’t stay away from her sport forever. Biles won nonstop since the 2013 P&G Championships. Three years in a row, she became the world all-around champion and world floor champion. Biles became the world balance beam champion in 2014 and 2015, as well as the national all-around champion for four years in a row. With ten gold medals out of her remarkable fourteen total, she’s already reached greatness — and she’s still just a teen. With the Tokyo Olympics postponed until 2021, there’s still uncertainty over what will happen, but Biles will likely be the most prominent face of those competing.
Simone Biles
Ryan Lochte
Ryan Lochte has appeared in the media in recent years with several controversies, including one claim from the Brazilian police that the authorities vehemently denied and which cost him his spot on the US Team in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Despite this, he’s a champion swimmer that holds the record in the 200-meter and 400-meter individual medley. All in all, he has 12 Olympic medals to his name, six of them gold. Besides swimming, Lochte appeared on TV in 2019 for Celebrity Big Brother. Lochte is now a family man, a husband, and a father of two children.
Ryan Lochte