Professional athletes work as hard as they can to get to the top, but the truth is that job security is not all that high in the field. When it is time to retire, there are certain people who chose to stay in the sports world. However, other athletes chose a career that will probably surprise you! These individuals decide to take their skills to the fields of acting, business, and even music. Sometimes, they end up enjoying a more lucrative career than when they were in pro sports. Read on to learn more about former athletes who dominated other fields later in life!
These Retired Pro Athletes Are Now Doing Something Completely Different
Nastia Liukin
We all know that Michael Phelps dominated the swimming events during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Summer Games. When it comes to gymnastics, Nastia Liukin did the same thing. She was the U.S. women’s gymnastics team’s star who went on to win five medals. Among them was the gold medal for All-Around competition! The medals she won during the games put her at a tie with Shannon Miller for the most number of wins in a single Olympics. Meanwhile, her nine World Championship medals also tied her with Miller for the third-most rank in U.S. history. She later entered the television industry when she went on Dancing With the Stars in 2015 and worked as a motivational speaker for female athletes. In 2016, she and Mike Lombardi, her former hockey player husband, launched the Grander app, which connects Olympic hopefuls with role models and mentors.
Nastia Liukin