This had been a bad year for Olympic swimmer Janet Evans. Today her record speed in the 800 meter, which had stood for 20 years, was broken. She also was eliminated from "Celebrity Circus" before they reached the final three. One of the judges on that show was Mitch Gaylord, a medal-winning gymnast from the 1984 Olympics. He once earned a perfect 10 in the Olympics, and he gave at least one on the show.
Bruce Jenner was the Olympic decathlon winner in 1976. But today he's known as the step-father on "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" on E! Bruce is hardly knew to reality shows. Back in 1977 he was on something called "Celebrity Battle of the Sexes" and was the host of "Battle of the Network Stars" in 1978. More recently, he appeared on "Dancing with the Stars" and "Identity".
Another Olympic athlete on "Dancing with the Stars" was Apolo Ohno. He was also on "Project Runway" last week when they did the Olympic uniform challenge.
"Celebity Apprentice" had two Olympians: Jennie Finch gold medalist Softball team member in 2004 and Lennox Lewis who earned his gold medal in boxing at the 1988 Olympics.
Back to the reality shows that depict people's lives. Peggy Fleming, 1968 figure skating gold medalist was on last week's "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List". Surely there are more, but these are all I can come up with right now.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Olympian Reality Stars
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