Famous Olympians

• Eaton, Ashton

  Gold medalist and three-time world champion decathlete

• Fosbury, Dick

  The high jumper who came up with the Fosbury Flop

• Holm, Eleanor

  The Olympic swimmer kicked off the 1936 American team for partying

• Jenner, Caitlyn

  The Olympic decathlete who transitioned from man to woman 

• Kumaritashvili, Nodar

  The luger killed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver

• McFadden, Tatyana

  The wheelchair racer who won the Boston, New York, Chicago and London Marathons in 2013

• Owens, Jesse

  The black sprinter who won four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics

• Phelps, Michael

  The swimmer who won a record 28 Olympic medals

• Thorpe, Jim

  Star athlete in track and field, football and baseball

• Zaharias, Babe Didrikson

  The Hall of Fame golfer who also ran track and played baseball, tennis and billiards

See: Index by Occupation