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Rulon Gardner Won't Die

04/02/2021

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1hr 29min

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Documentary

STORY

The astonishing true story of Rulon Gardner, a dairy farmer from Wyoming who shocked the world at the Sydney Olympics, overcoming 2000 to 1 odds by defeating a Russian wrestler who hadn't lost a single match in 13 years. Months after winning his gold medal, Rulon's toe was amputated from severe frostbite after a near-death wilderness stranding in sub-zero temperatures. Then with 9 toes - and after surviving a near-fatal motorcycle accident, Rulon won another medal at the next Olympics, only to survive a plane crash by swimming two miles in a freezing lake. Finally, after ballooning to 500 lbs., Rulon won America's heart competing on a season of The Biggest Loser only to lose his life savings and retreat into obscurity after getting swindled in a real estate deal that cost him his Olympic medals.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Rulon Gardner
  • Bob Costas
  • Katie Couric
  • Alexander Karelin
  • Matt Lauer

    Directors

  • Adam Irving
  • Diego Hurtado de Mendoza

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Mandalay Sports Media

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Rulon Gardner

Himself

Bob Costas

Katie Couric

Alexander Karelin

Matt Lauer

Jay Leno

Brian Williams

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