Mark Spitz
Mark Spitz is a swimmer who won nine Olympic gold medals, a silver medal, and a bronze medal in four years. He also won five Pan American gold medals, 31 Amateur Athletic Union titles, and eight National Collegiate Athletic Association titles. He won seven gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, a record that he held until Michael Phelps won eight medals in 2008. Spitz became a stockbroker in 2002 and now gives around 25 motivational speeches per year all over the world.
Mark Spitz
Natalie Coughlin
Natalie Coughlin became the first woman to swim the 100-meter backstroke in under a minute while at the University of California. In addition, she became the first American female athlete to win six medals in a single Olympiad and the first woman to win gold in the 100-meter backstroke in two consecutive Olympics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Natalie Coughlin
