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Four times Olympic gold medalist Greg Louganis, Widely considered one of the best American divers, recently revealed that he sold part of his hardware to help facilitate his move to Panama.
Louganis, 65, shared the news on a Facebook post during the weekend, admitting that he decided to sell his house and three auctions from Your medals Because “I needed money.”
The legendary US diver. Uu. Greg Louganis won four Olympic gold medals and became the first man in Olympic history to sweep diving events in consecutive games. (IMAGN)
“I told the truth; I needed the money. While many people may have built business and have sold them to get profits, I had my medals, so I am grateful,” said his publication.
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“If I had proper management, I may not have been in that position, but what is done is done; lives and learns.”
Louganis sold three medals, two gold medals of the 1984 and 1988 games and a silver of the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games, during an auction this summer. According Swimswam, The auction earned Louganis more than $ 430,000.
He previously tried to sell his medals in an auction in 2022 and again in 2023.
Greg Louganis in Action during the male springboard competition of the Seoul Olympic Games in 1988 in the Indoor Jamsil pool on September 20, 1988. (George Long/USA Today Red)
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Louganis said in his position that he hopes that the sale of his home and the precious medals will help him be in this new beginning.
“Now I can discover who Greg Louganis is? Without the distraction and noise of the outside. At least this is my goal, and hey, I may not find it. I think I can find it sometimes, at times, my goal is to live it! Discover, allow and nurture that human spirit through the experiences of life.”
Greg Louganis, of the United States diving team, prepares for immersion during the competition at the Seoul Summer Games in 1988 on September 19, 1988. (Pascal Rondeau/Getty images)
Louganis won his first medal in 1976 when he took second place in the male platform event of 10 meters at 16. He won gold both in the 3 -meter springboard events and the 10 -meter platform in the 1984 games in Los Angeles and defended those titles in Seoul in 1988.
Louganis became the first man in Olympic history in sweeping diving events in consecutive games, and many believed that if it were not for the American boycott in 1980, it would have been three consecutive Olympic Games.
