Dan Jansen
Dan Jansen had a difficult journey to Olympic gold. He failed to get a medal in 1984, 1988, and 1992. Finally, in 1994, he got a gold medal and a world record. He now works as a commentator and hockey coach.
Nikolai Andrianov
Nikolai Andrianov has 15 medals under his name, which was a record until Michael Phelps went and smashed it with his 28 medals 40 years later. He medaled in every men's gymnastics event including floor, rings, vault, parallel bars, pommel horse, horizontal bar, all-around, and teams. AFter the Olympics, he went on to teach and coach children in the sport. He passed away in 2011 at the age of 58.