Rulon Gardner Man Myth or Legend??

Rulon Gardner was an olympic wrestler for the united states of america. he was one of the greatest heavyweights in the sport. he is credited for beating the soviet legend Alexander Karelin, who was previously unbeaten in his life. Not only was Gardner a great wrestler but he was also a great outdoorsman with superb survival skills because he has been in 3 life threatening disasters and has walked out unharmed. this man is a legend and is a great hero to look up to.

Karelin pronounced "crellan" was the soviets best wrestler ever. this man was undefeated his entire life. he had won 4 olympic golds in freestyle and greco and has won the world tournament like 7 times. he was deemed unbeatable. Rulon was a farm boy who grew up working on his parents farm, he wrestled as a hobby but became quite good and went through college and so on as a wrestler. he eventually made it to the olympic team for the USA. no one thought that Rulon had a chance beating the soviet at all and figured he would take the silver if they made it to the finals. Rulon was smart and studied the soviet's best 5 moves and drilled the counters to them for months until the olympics, and when they finally faced in the finals he beat the soviet by 1. this was one of the greatest upsets in wrestling history. after that match he retired and became a coach.

if you think thats great you wont believe what happened next.

Rulon has been in three near death experiences and has survived them all. some people refer to him as superman.

In 2000 he was flying a plane with his friends and crashed it in a lake at the arizona and utah border, he helped his wounded friend and swam for over and hour in 44 degree water until found by a fisherman.
In 2002, he went snowmobiling in Wyoming and got stranded overnight after falling from a 50-foot cliff onto a frozen water hole and breaking through. He hopped back on his ride but couldn’t make it out, so he spent the night in the field as his body temperature dropped to 88 degrees.
In 2004, his motorcycle slammed into a car and he went across the hood. He got up and rode away.

This man is truly a legend and deserves his nickname "Superman"