Your Favorite Olympians: Where Are They Now?

Missy Franklin

Missy Franklin is a record-setter, that's for sure. She set two world records, two American records, and one Olympic record at the London Games. She won bronze and four golds in 2012. Franklin retired in 2018. She got married in 2019 and had her first child in 2021.

Chloe Kim

Chloe Kim was the youngest woman to win an Olympic snowboarding medal in 2018. She was 17 and took home the bronze. She was also a decorated X Games athlete and was the first American to win gold in snowboarding at the Winter Youth Olympic Games. She won three ESPYs: in 2018. She was accepted to Princeton but deferred the offer a year because she wanted to study science. She lives in LA with her boyfriend, skateboarder Evan Berle.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.