the year, 2001 Inducted as a Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, 2010 Published works Gardner, Rulon and Bob Schaller (2005). Never Stop Pushing: My Life from a Wyoming Farm to the Olympic Medals Stand, Da Capo Press. References External links Rulon Gardner's page from the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum "Nine minutes: How the Sydney Olympics changed wrestler Rulon Gardner's life", Deseret Morning News, February 11, 2007 Gardner's Biggest Loser profile 1971 births Living people Sportspeople from Wyoming People from Afton, Wyoming Brigham Young University–Idaho alumni American male sport wrestlers Nebraska Cornhuskers wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in wrestling Olympic gold medalists for the United States in wrestling Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Championships medalists Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States American male mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists from Wyoming Heavyweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing Greco-Roman wrestling James E. Sullivan Award recipients Pan American Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games 20th-century American people 21st-century American people