Serena Williams
Serena’s Olympic achievements include doubles gold at Sydney 2000, doubles gold at Beijing 2008, and singles and doubles gold at London 2012. Since Serena’s last Olympic triumph, all she has done is take home 10 Grand Slam titles, tie the knot with Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, become a mom to a daughter, and continue to be the best among the female tennis players in the world in her 30s. Currently, Serena has one less Grand Slam title compared to Margaret Court, who has the most all-time.
Serena Williams
Ian Thorpe
At the start of the century, Thorpe, the Australian ‘Thorpedo’, became a swimming sensation and was the hometown hero at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000, walking away with three golds — including the 4×200 and 4×100 free relays and the 400 m freestyle. The conquering hero went on to continue his winning streak in Athens in 2004, capturing a gold medal once more in the 400 free and winning another gold medal in the 200 m free. Thorpe also started the charity Ian Thorpe’s Fountain for Youth, which is an organization that aims to raise funds for childhood illnesses research. In a televised interview in 2014, he came out as gay and until June 2019, was in a relationship with Ryan Channing. Through his swimming prowess charitable and works, Thorpe was awarded Member of the Order of Australia.
Ian Thorpe
