Rulon Gardner Won't Die
- Documentary
Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 2, 2021
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Mandalay Sports Media
- Director
- Adam Irving
- Writer
- Adam Irving
- Producer
- Adam Irving,Diego Hurtado de Mendoza
- Cinematography
- Travis LaBella
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt12280646