Olympians Who Sold the Medal won at the Olympic Games
1)Jesse Owens(USA)
Jesse Owens sold one of his four gold medals from the 1936 Berlin games for £1.11million
Jesse Owen won 4 Hold Medals in the 100 M,200M,Long Jump and 4x100 Relay
2)Wladimir
Klitschko(Ukraine)
Another famous athlete to have sold an Olympic gold medal is boxer Wladimir Klitschko, who was the heavyweight boxing champion at the 1996 Atlanta games.
Another famous athlete to have sold an Olympic gold medal is boxer Wladimir Klitschko, who was the heavyweight boxing champion at the 1996 Atlanta games.
The
Ukrainian, competing for his country in their first ever Olympics as an
independent nation, sold the medal for around £666,000 ($1m) to put
towards helping children in his country to get into sport.
3)Anthony Ervin(USA)
Anthony Ervin who won the Gold Medal in the 50m freestyle at the 2000 Sydney Games. Despite this success, he retired from the sport in 2003 at the age of 22, saying that he "needed to kind of figure out my own life … unhindered, unfettered from the discipline of being a competitive, professional swimmer.” He put his gold medal on eBay in 2004, donating the $17,101 it earned to victims of the Indian Ocean Tsunami
4) Otylia Jedrzejczak(Poland)
Before she even qualified for the 2004 Athens Olympics 10 years ago, Otylia Jedrzejczak declared that any gold medals she won would be donated to charity.
When she found herself at the top of the winner's stand not long after, she made good on the promise. Her medal from the 200m butterfly went for more than $80,000 and benefited a Polish charity that helps kids with leukemia. "I don't need the medal to remember," she said. "I know I'm the Olympic champion. That's in my heart."
3)Anthony Ervin(USA)
Anthony Ervin who won the Gold Medal in the 50m freestyle at the 2000 Sydney Games. Despite this success, he retired from the sport in 2003 at the age of 22, saying that he "needed to kind of figure out my own life … unhindered, unfettered from the discipline of being a competitive, professional swimmer.” He put his gold medal on eBay in 2004, donating the $17,101 it earned to victims of the Indian Ocean Tsunami
4) Otylia Jedrzejczak(Poland)
Before she even qualified for the 2004 Athens Olympics 10 years ago, Otylia Jedrzejczak declared that any gold medals she won would be donated to charity.
When she found herself at the top of the winner's stand not long after, she made good on the promise. Her medal from the 200m butterfly went for more than $80,000 and benefited a Polish charity that helps kids with leukemia. "I don't need the medal to remember," she said. "I know I'm the Olympic champion. That's in my heart."
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