All-Around Olympic Gold Metal Winner, Gabby Douglas. Image Source: Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images On NPR.
There was a time when you could also win an Olympic gold metal in art — this would be my winner!
“It was International Olympic Committee founder Pierre de Coubertin’s great dream to marry the aesthetic with the athletic—thus, every Olympics between 1912 and 1948 awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals to artists.” — ASHLEY FETTERS
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