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.
"Rulon E. Gardner" is an United States/American Olympian who competed in the 2000 Olympics/2000 Olympic games, winning the gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling upon defeating Russian Aleksandr Karelin, who was previously 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.
Gardner was also a contestant on the The Biggest Loser: Couples 4/11th season of the Biggest Loser, which aired in 2011.
More Rulon Gardner on Wikipedia.I wasn't trying to start an incident, so after a few minutes I tucked [the flag] back into my backpack.
Look, their [banner] was already up here. We wish they had taken it down. Please give me your flag.
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.
How do you beat an individual who hasn't been beaten in 13 years? With the help of others.
We decided that we wanted to stay away from it and just tell the story as a wrestler.
I will not give you my flag.
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.
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?
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