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That man is none other than the great Greg Louganis. Winning five medals (four gold) over the course of three Olympic Games has made Louganis synonymous with the sport of diving.
As a 16-year-old at the 1976 Montreal Games, Louganis gave U.S. fans a taste of what was to come of the young man from California. He took home the silver medal in the 10-meter platform.
Louganis returned to the biggest stage eight years later at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984, winning two gold medals in both the 10-meter platform and 3-meter springboard. That performance should have cemented him in Olympic lore, but Louganis wasn't yet finished.
At the 1988 Games in Seoul, Louganis repeated his performance from the '84 Games. He once again earned the same two golds for his country, 12 years after his first Olympic medal.
Louganis' legend is added to by his five World Championship golds as well as his out-of-the-pool exploits. In 1994, Louganis revealed to the world that he had known that he was HIV positive since right before the '88 Games. The following year, he co-wrote his autobiography which detailed his thrilling life story.
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