From Markham, Ontario, comes the outstanding badminton player Michelle Li. Li has made a name for herself in the badminton community thanks to her many accomplishments. Li's most noteworthy achievement was in 2014 when she won the gold medal in women's singles badminton at the Commonwealth Games and became the champion. She became the first Canadian to win an individual gold... read full bio
Katarina Witt is a gold medal-winning Olympic figure skater, and a very accomplished World Champion having won several of them, and already a six-time European Champion in figure skating. No longer an active competing skater, she just finished her coverage of the Sochi Olympics, for which she was a commentator with Billy Bush, for Access Hollywood. The reviews of her... read full bio
Gymnast and two-time Olympian Aly Raisman was a member and captain of both the famed “Fierce Five” and “Final Five” U.S. women’s Olympic gymnastics team, which both took home gold. At the Olympics in London, Aly also won the gold medal in the floor competition and the bronze medal on the balance beam, making her the most decorated American gymnast... 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
Allyson Felix had one of the best performances ever by an American woman at the Olympics, bringing home three gold medals. Felix emerged as the new American Female sprinter to watch going into the Athens Olympic Games and she did not disappoint, bringing her country home a silver medal in the 200-meter race. She has gone on to become not... read full bio
Artistic gymnast Simone Biles is the 2016 Olympic individual all-around, vault and floor Gold medalist. Biles was a member of the Gold medal-winning team dubbed the Final Five at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. She also won the bronze medal for the balance beam during the Rio Olympics. Simone is a four-time world all-around champion, three-time world floor champion, two-time... read full bio
Track and field athlete Sanya Richards-Ross, formerly known as Sanya Richards, is a Jamaican-American who made an enduring impact on the sport. Richards-Ross, who was born on February 26, 1985, ran internationally for the United States in the 400-meter sprint, winning multiple honors and making a reputation for himself in the sports community. The extraordinary accomplishments Richards-Ross made in the 400... 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
