The Most Famous Olympic Champions of All Time – Where are They Today?
Kerri Strug, 43
Keri Strug is a retired gymnast from Arizona. She is renowned as an Olympian hero of the Women’s All-Around Gymnastics Event in 1996 at the Atlanta Games. Keri was a member of the “Magnificent Seven” and was remembered for her outstanding performance in the vault, even though her ankle got injured. She was carried by her coach Bela Karolyi to the podium.
After Keri retired from the Olympics games as a hero, she appeared in various talk shows. She later completed her master’s degree in sociology from Stanford. Strug is currently working as a program manager for the U.S Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Shawn Johnson, 29
Shawn Johnson was in gymnastics from the age of three. She is best known as the Olympic balance gold medalist and team all-around and as a floor exercise silver medalist in 2008. Shawn also won a gold medal on the women’s balance team and three silver for the women’s gymnastics team.

In 2012, Shawn announced her retirement from gymnastics due to her knee surgery. Besides her professional career, she is also indulged in various charity works. Additionally, she is also an author and entrepreneur. Shawn married football player Andrew East in 2016, and in 2019, the couple welcomed their first daughter in the world.
Kristi Yamaguchi, 49
Kristi Yamaguchi is a former figure skater. She won the Olympic championship in 1992; besides, she is also a two-time World champion and the 1992 United States Champion of figure skating. Yamaguchi also established a Foundation for children to provide funds for after-school programs, computers, and clothes for underprivileged children.

Apart from this, she is an author, philanthropist, and founder of the Always Dream Foundation. In 2009, Yamaguchi won the sixth season of the reality TV show named Dancing with the Stars. Additionally, Yamaguchi also appears occasionally as a figure skating analyst on NBC during the Olympics. She married hockey player Bret Hedican and has two daughters Keara and Emma.
Alicia Sacramone, 33
Alicia Sacramone is a retired American gymnastic, well known as the second-most decorated American gymnast in the record of world championships with 10 medals. Alicia started her training in gymnastics when she was eight years old. In the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing, she competed at the age of 20 and became part of the U.S Olympic women’s team.

Besides, she also worked as a designer for the men’s fashion company named Tank Farm in 2009. Sacramone married the former NFL quarterback Brady Quin in 2014. Now, she is a mother of three adorable daughters, and they are happily living in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Larisa Latynina, 86
At the age of 21, Latynina made her Olympic debut in 1956 at the Melbourne Olympic Games.

She is an Olympian for life and the only woman in gymnastics who has won an all-around medal in more than two Olympiads. Additionally, Latynina won an individual event (floor exercise) in more than two Olympiads. She was the world record holder for 18 gold medals in the Olympics.
In 1966, Latynina retired and became a coach of the Soviet Union’s Women’s Gymnastics team. Under her training, the Soviet women won the gold medal in the Olympics in 1968, 1972 and 1976. At present, Latynina, the pride of the former Soviet Union, lives in Russia.
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