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Rulon Gardner Won't Die (2021)
89 min | Documentary

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Rulon Gardner Won't Die (2021)

89 min | Documentary

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 ...See moreThe 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. See less

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Bob Costas Self Self See fewer	BASEketball (1998)
Katie Couric Self Self See fewer	Zoolander 2 (2016)
Rulon Gardner Self Self See fewer	Sydney 2000: Games of the XXVII Olympiad (2000)
Philip Hersh Self Self See fewer	The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame... (2005)
Aleksandr Karelin Self - Russian Greco-Roman Wrestler (as Alexander Karelin) Self - Russian Greco-Roman Wrestler (as Alexander Karelin) See fewer	Barcelona 1992: Games of the XXV Olympiad (1992)
Jim Lampley Self Self See fewer	Southpaw (2015)
Matt Lauer Self Self See fewer	Land of the Lost (2009)
Jay Leno Self Self See fewer	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
Joe Posnanski Self Self See fewer	The Diamond King (2025)
Brian Williams Self Self See fewer	Election Night Live with Brian Williams (2024)