Category: Hall of Fame

Bruce Baumgartner

Bruce Baumgartner captured medals -- including two gold medals -- in four consecutive Olympic Games, becoming just the fourth American to do so.

Shirley Babashoff

Shirley Babashoff won three Olympic gold medals and six silver medals, but might be better known for her willingness to speak out against suspected doping by East German swimmers.

Evelyn Ashford

Evelyn Ashford won four gold medals and one silver medal while competing in four Olympic Games.

Muhammad Ali

He won a gold medal at the Rome 1960 Olympic Games while known as Muhammad Ali, but perhaps his most iconic moment came when lighting the Olympic Flame at the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games.

Tenley Albright contracted polio at age 11 and doctors wondered whether she would walk again. Six years later, she won an Olympic silver medal in figure skating and would win gold four years after that.

Bobby Joe Morrow

Bobby Joe Morrow won gold medals in the 100- and 200-meter dashes and the 4×100-meter relay at the Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games.

Edwin Moses

Edwin Moses won 122 consecutive races in the 400-meter hurdles, including two Olympic gold medals.

Sammy Lee

Diver Sammy Lee overcame racial prejudice while growing up to become the first Asian-American man to win an Olympic gold medal.