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Peggy Fleming, 69
Then: The graceful and athletic Fleming, who turns 70 this year, won a gold medal in figure skating at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Olympic Games. She was the only American to bring home the gold that year.
Now: Her post-Olympic life was filled with professional skating, television specials and broadcasting for ABC. Fleming was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1998, and recovered. She and her physician husband, Greg Jenkins, ran a California winery and made a rosé called Victories to help raise money for breast cancer awareness. They recently sold their California home and vineyard, and moved to Colorado to be near their oldest son and his children.
Then: The graceful and athletic Fleming, who turns 70 this year, won a gold medal in figure skating at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Olympic Games. She was the only American to bring home the gold that year
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Dan Jensen, 52
Then: Jansen, the youngest of nine children, is one of the most inspirational Winter Olympians of all time. He failed to win a speed skating medal at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics, but placed fourth in one race. His sister died of leukemia the day of his first race at the 1988 Calgary Olympic Games, and he fell in both his events. He competed in 1992, but again failed to win a medal. He tumbled again in the 500-meter race at the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics. But he won gold in the 1,000 meters, setting a world record. Pull up the YouTube video of him coming over the finish line in Lillehammer and see if you can avoid crying like a baby.
Now: He has worked as a speed skating commentator on TV and is now mentoring U.S. speed skater Mitch Whitmore of Wisconsin — a top American athlete appearing in the upcoming Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Jansen is married to Karen Palacios Jansen, and has two daughters from a previous marriage.
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Mike Eruzione, 63
Then: At the 1980 Lake Placid Olympic Games, Eruzione and the U.S. team were up against the mighty Soviet Union in a semifinal of the hockey tournament. The Soviets had won the last four Olympic gold medals and were enormous favorites. But the gutsy Eruzione scored the winning goal with 10 minutes to go. Nine minutes and 56 seconds later came one of the most famous calls in sports, offered up by broadcaster Al Michaels in the waning seconds of the game: “Do you believe in miracles?” The American team went on to beat Finland and won the gold medal, setting off years of “Miracle on Ice” movies.
Now: Eruzione has worked as a broadcaster for the New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers of the NHL. He’s director of special outreach at Boston University. He’s still a guy who knows how to wield a stick, having recently challenged USA hockey bureaucrats by demanding more financial support for the U.S. women’s hockey team.
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