#5 The Fabulous Five
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To participate in the Olympic games is a big honour in itself and winning a medal at the Olympics, the grandest occasion of them all is every athlete’s dream. But what if an athlete wins medals in both the summer and winter Olympics? That could well be called the pinnacle of glory, and only five Olympians have achieved that feat.
Eddie Eagan was the first athlete to win medals at both the Summer and Winter Olympics and he holds the elusive record of winning gold medals in both versions of the Olympic games. Eagan won the bronze medal for boxing in Antwerp 1920 and gold for Bobsleigh (four men) in Lake Placid 1932. Jacob Tullin Thams of Norway won the gold for Ski Jumping in Chamonix 1924 and silver for sailing in Berlin 1936.
Christa Luding-Rothenburger won medals for speed skating in three different Winter Olympic Games and won a silver medal for cycling in Seoul 1988. Canadian athlete Clara Hughes has won a couple of bronze medals for cycling in Atlanta 1996 and has won medals for speed skating at three different winter Olympic games.
Fifth and last in the last is Lauryn Williams of the USA. She won a silver medal at Sochi 2014 and a gold and another silver in London 2012 and Athens 2004 respectively.
