Olympic athletes returning to jobs as teachers, realtors, consultants – Insider

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During Track and Field Olympic trials in June, sprinter Gabby Thomas shocked even herself when she ran the second-fastest 200-meter time in history. Only the iconic Florence Griffith Joyner, aka Flo-Jo, has run it faster, which she did in 1988.

At her first Olympics, Thomas, a 24-year-old Massachusetts native, earned bronze for the same race and silver anchoring the US women's 4 x 200 relay an accomplishment for which, she said, she felt "so blessed."

But Thomas isn't just an exceptional athlete she's also a Harvard-educated scholarearning her master's degree in epidemiology. She's said she wants to work in healthcare administration to eliminate healthcare disparities and "just save the world, basically."

While some Olympic athletes like Thomas have or are pursuing prestigious careers outside of athletics because they want to, others have to take jobs to pay the bills.

Here's what six Olympic athletes, who each competed in Tokyo for Team USA, are heading home to:

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August 11th, 2021
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