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Before They Were Stars

Happy 18th Birthday Gabby Douglas: Check out the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Before the Fame!

By Nina Hämmerling Smith on August 2, 2012

Happy 18th Birthday to Gabby Douglas! Take a look at some of Team USA’s shining stars before they were stars…

Before They Were Stars

Snakkle Celebrates London 2012 by Looking Back at Some of Our Favorite Summer Olympians Before They Were Famous

By Katherine Butler on April 26, 2012

Cue John Williams’s “Olympic Fanfare”—who’s excited for the 2012 London Olympics this summer? From Bruce Jenner’s 1976 decathlon win to gymnast Mary Lou Retton’s 1984 perfect-10 vault to swimmer Dara Torres’s 2008 triumph at 41, we are celebrating the upcoming Games with some superstars of past summers. Check out these nine Olympians and where they are today.