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,'
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,
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?
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.
stress reality trying
There is enough reality in my life, so I try not to read things that have too much stress.
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.
decided stay
We decided that we wanted to stay away from it and just tell the story as a wrestler,