Kayla Harrison is an Olympic gold medalist judoka and motivational speaker, who is currently on her way to the Olympics in Rio to defend her London title. She won the Junior World Championship, and was runner-up the following year, making her the first American to ever compete in two Junior World Championships finals. Kayla won the gold medal in the... read full bio
Kelly Clark is an American snowboarder who has performed in the Olympic Games representing the United States. In her first year in the Olympics, Clark won Gold in Salt Lake City. She went on to participate in two more Olympic Games both of which she won Bronze in. Clark has also played in numerous Winter X Games and has taken... read full bio
Kent M. Ferguson is a retired diver from the United States. Kent Ferguson is known for popularizing the sport of Diving, which consists of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Post Fersuson career Diving became an internationally recognized sporting event that is now and forever will be apart of the Olympic Games.... read full bio
Kerri Strug vaulted into Olympic history with her courageous performance during the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. Kerri landed an unforgettable vault on an injured ankle to help the U.S. clinch its first Olympic gold medal in the team gymnastics competition. Kerri Strugs gut-wrenching performance in Atlanta earned her fame well beyond the gymnastics world. She was featured on the... read full bio
Kerri Walsh Jennings is an Olympic volleyball player, who along with teammate Misty May Treanor, has been a gold medalist in beach volleyball at three Summer Olympics. The pair is widely recognized as the greatest beach volleyball team of all time, having reached the number one ranking in the world at their peak. Kerri currently plays on the U.S. AVP... read full bio
Kikkan Randall is an American, Olympic champion cross-country skier. During the span of her career so far she has won 17 U.S. National titles, made 16 podiums in the Stage World Cup, has had 13 individual wins in the World Cup, won the United States first ever cross-country skiing gold medal at the Winter Olympics. Randall has won a Gold... read full bio
Former professional diver, Laura Wilkinson has won the World Cup and the World Championships, becoming the only woman in history to win all three coveted world titles in platform diving. She has won 19 US National Titles, been voted by the American public the US Olympic Spirit Award winner and was nominated for an ESPY award. Laura's passion for the... read full bio
Olympic gymnast Laurie Hernandez competed at the Rio Olympics as a part of the famed Gold medal-winning “Final Five” women’s gymnastics team. By winning the gold medal in the Team All Around, Hernandez became the first athlete born in the 21st century to win an Olympic gold medal. At Rio, she also won silver on the balance beam. Laurie competed... read full bio
Born in Odessa, little Lenny Krayzelburg was part of the Soviet Empire's Olympic training machine. At nine years old he was practicing five hours a day and destined for greatness. His parents were concerned about their son's future. They felt that his chances for success would be greater in America. In America, Krayzelburg found an aquatic home at the Westside... read full bio
Lisa Leslie is a retired professional women's basketball player. She played in the WNBA and is a three-time WNBA MVP and a four-time Olympic gold medal winner. She was the number seven pick in the 1997 inaugural WNBA draft. She followed a very impressive career at the University of Southern California with eight WNBA All-Star selections and two WNBA championships... read full bio
The most frequent holder of world records for the UK is Sebastian Coe, who is also regarded as the finest runner to ever represent his nation. Coe, a London native, started his athletic career with the Hallamshire Harriers team in Sheffield when he was 12 years old. His father served as the team's running coach. At the European Indoor Championship, when... read full bio
Before he lost his leg to cancer at 17, Marc Woods swam in local races, but never achieved his full potential. After the surgery, he stepped up his training, winning a race while still undergoing chemotherapy. Six months later, he was swimming faster with one leg than he ever had with two. Eighteen months later, he represented Great Britain for... read full bio
Margaret Hoelzer is an American former competition swimmer, former world record-holder and an Olympic medalist. Hoelzer was born in Huntsville, Alabama, and she starting swimming in the summer in their local Jones Valley Recreation Association, which she also coached for. Hoelzer later swam for her high school and went on to graduate from Auburn University. While studying at Auburn, Hoelzer... read full bio
Marla Runyon placed third in the qualifying trials for the Womens 1500 meters earning a spot on the 2000 U.S. Olympic team the first time a legally blind person has ever accomplished such a feat. Diagnosed with Stargardts Disease as a child, Marla has been legally blind for 20 years; but she refuses to consider her blindness a handicap.... read full bio
Marti Malloy is an Olympic bronze medalist joduka from the United States. At the age of sixteen, Malloy won a gold medal in her first senior international competition the Rendez-Vous Canada, where her high-ranking opponents included an Olympian and the previous years U.S. National Champion, as well as top athletes from Canada and Great Britain. She went on to win... read full bio
McKayla Maroney was a member of the Fierce Five," the US women's gymnastics team of 2012 London Olympics. She is considered one of the best female vaulter's in the world, even after setbacks including a broken nose and fractured toe. An unexpected slip on her last vault resulted in her Olympic silver in the individual competition. She became an internet... read full bio
Johnson, the greatest sprinter in the history of the 200 and 400 meter races, rose quickly and spectacularly through the ranks of track and field. He dominated the international arena, becoming a dual event world champion never previously seen, capturing an incredible 19 international gold medals without a single silver or bronze. Johnson set several records as an athlete, becoming the... read full bio
Michael Fred Phelps has won 16 Olympic medals - six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008. Phelps holds the record for the most gold medals won in a single Olympics. His unprecedented Olympic success in 2008 earned Phelps Sports Illustrated magazine's Sportsman of the Year award. After the 2008 Summer Olympics, Phelps started... read full bio
The famed American swimmer Michael Phelps is regarded as one of the greatest Olympians of all time, if not the very best. His distinguished career has been garnished with an astounding total of 28 medals, including an Olympic gold medal record-breaking 23 golds. It's impressive that he won 13 gold medals in the Olympics in individual competitions and an additional... read full bio
Michael Weiss is a former competitive and currently professional figure skater. He is a three-time national champion a two-time World bronze medalist, and two time Olympic team member. Weiss started the Michael Weiss Foundation, which gives scholarships to up-and-coming figure skaters. Weiss began skating at the age of nine. He competed 19 consecutive times at the U.S. Championships. He was... read full bio
