Amanda Beard is a seven-time Olympic medal-winning swimmer, known for overcoming many obstacles to achieve her dreams. Amanda devotes her time doing appearances for her Olympic Sponsors, speaking engagements for Breast Cancer awareness and talking with young swimmers throughout the United States about overcoming obstacles and setting high goals. She inspires women of all ages to be confident. Amanda... read full bio
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
A silver medalist in the slalom at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Billy Kidd was the first American man to earn an Olympic medal in alpine skiing. Both Kidd and Heuga were just 20 years old at the time. Kidd also took third in the combined, then a non-medal event in the Olympics. He finished 8th in the giant... read full bio
Currently the head women's swimming and diving coach at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Pablo Morales is best known for being an Olympic gold medalist in competitive swimming. He previously held the world record for the 100-meter butterfly, for nearly a decade. During his Olympic career, Pablo earned three gold medals and two silver medals. He assisted his team for the... read full bio
In todays world, individuals and businesses are facing challenges theyve yet to encounter. Mitch Gaylord, motivational keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and Olympic Gold Medalist, will share with your audience key insights and strategies to breakthrough unique challenges that face us today and help you turn personal and professional dreams into reality. Known for being the first American Gymnast in history... read full bio
Rafer Johnson is an American former decathlete, film actor and member of the Art of the Olympians. He was named Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year in 1958 and won the James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States in 1960, breaking that award's color barrier. He was chosen to ignite the Olympic Flame during... read full bio
Phil and his twin brother Steve were both world class ski racers, competing on the World Cup circuit from 1976-84. Starting with the 1978 season, Phil finished in the top three in the World Cup overall standings for six consecutive seasons, winning the title in the final three. Phil, Steve, and their seven siblings literally grew up at a ski... read full bio
Tom Dolan is a swimmer from the United States, who won a gold medal and silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Dolan held the world record in the 400 m individual medley longer than any other swimmer in history (eight years), including Tamas Darnyi, Alex Baumann, Jesse Vassallo, Charles Hickcox,... read full bio
Jessica Hardy is an American swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke and freestyle stroke. She currently holds the world record in the 50m breaststroke (short course), 50m breaststroke (long course), and the 100m breaststroke (long course). She has won a total of twenty-eight medals in major international competition, fourteen gold, nine silver, and five bronze spanning the Olympics, World and... read full bio
Brendan Hansen captured a gold medal, 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal in 4 x 100 meter relay, 100 meter and 200 meter breaststroke respectively in the 2004 Athens Summer Olympic Games. In 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games Brendan finished fourth in 100 meter breaststroke event whereas he earned a gold medal in 4 x 100 meter relay. This... read full bio
Amanda Borden is a retired American gymnast. She is best known for competing in the 1996 Summer Olympics. Borden was the team captain for the American gymnast team that won gold that year. Referred to as the Magnificent Seven, with all six other members submitting her name in the vote, including the more experienced Shannon Miller. Her vivacious personality and... read full bio
Amy Chow is a retired Gymnast and a member of the famous Magnificent Seven. She was the first Asian American woman to take an Olympic medal. Amy Chow began training in gymnastics at the age of 3 and was coached by Mark Young, and has competed in national and international competitions. Chow has two gymnastic... read full bio
FitzRandolph reached his goal of becoming an Olympic Gold Medalist. FitzRandolph has a myriad of accomplishments throughout his skating career. At the World Sprint Championships he won bronze overall, and a silver medal in the 1000m. FitzRandolph won the overall silver medal at the World Sprint Championships, winning gold in the 500m. A 6 time US National Sprint champion, FitzRandolph... read full bio
Rosalynn Sumners is a figure skater, who was a World Junior champion, three-time U.S. National champion, World champion, and Silver medalist at the Winter Olympics. She toured first with Disney on Ice, and then was one of the original cast members of the Stars on Ice tour. Though born in Palo Alto, California, Sumners was raised Edmonds, Washington, learned to... 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
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
Chris Thorpe is a luger who competed in three Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the men's doubles. Thorpe also won two silver medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Championships. He won the overall Luge World Cup men's doubles title.... read full bio
Todd Eldredge became the U.S. Novice National Champion. Todd had won his first senior level U.S. National Championship. A bronze medal at the World Championships, and he was well on his way to the Olympics. He went on to take the silver medal at the World Championships. Afterwards, Todd placed the silver medal around his father's neck as a show... read full bio
Tommy Moe became the first American skier to win two medals in the Olympics by claiming gold and silver honors. He competed for the U.S. team at the Olympics in France, but finished no higher than 18th in his three events. Moe took a hiatus from the pressure of competitive skiing before rededicating himself to training. He earned his first... read full bio
Heather Richardson is a professional speed skater, who has been competing for ten years and counting. She currently holds the world record in the 2x500m, the sprint combination, and the 1500m, as well as the American record in the 500m. Previously, she held the 1000m world record. Heather represented the United States at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, where she... read full bio
