Rulon Gardner
Rulon Gardner
Rulon E. Gardneris an American Olympian who competed in the 2000 Olympic games, winning the gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling upon defeating Russian Aleksandr Karelin, who was undefeated in 13 years of international competition. It was also the first Olympic gold medal won by an American Greco-Roman wrestler in a full international field...
ProfessionWrestler
Date of Birth16 August 1971
CityAfton, WY
everyday turned
Everyday I turned a 'you can't' into a 'you can,'
dreaming glorious growing harry horrific including kids moments opportunity potential school sit teachers
When you're in school growing up, you have teachers who sit and read to these kids, and what better opportunity to sit and read a story - one that's not fake. It's not a dreaming story. It's not Harry Potter. It's a real-life story, with glorious moments to horrific moments, including the frostbite - and what better way to show kids their potential than with a real-life story?
destroy maybe mess people physically sister stay sure visit
Make sure the people of Laramie stay healthy, or my sister Marcella will come visit you, ... With my sister, physically maybe (she can be overpowered), but mentally, psychologically she will destroy you. I don't mess with my sisters. You think I'm tough, you should mess with my family.
awareness book bring coming helps hopefully somebody wrestling
This way, somebody can have the keepsake or whatever, but then also it helps out wrestling and hopefully bring a little more awareness to the book coming out,
book family history knew special stories
It's my mom. She wanted her impact, and it's the family history that makes the book so special because a lot of the stories I never knew before we did the book,
bother tried
I tried not to let it bother me.
decided stay
We decided that we wanted to stay away from it and just tell the story as a wrestler,
excited recognize spent time
We're encouraged, but we recognize that it is a process. We're excited to be in the county. We've spent considerable time working through issues, but we feel we've addressed every concern.
stress reality trying
There is enough reality in my life, so I try not to read things that have too much stress.
senior brother school
In high school, I didn't get the chance to wrestle varsity until my senior year because I had an older brother who was better than me.
reading taught needed
We were taught instead of just reading about life we needed to go out and live it.
Every day I turned a 'you can't' into a 'you can.'
sports jobs done
I grew up on a farm and I always learned when you work you go forward, you don't stop and say, well, I'll take a break. You always go forward and get the job done.
years helping individual
How do you beat an individual who hasn't been beaten in 13 years? With the help of others.