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Shirley Babashoff was a US swimmer and a Michael Phelps of her day in many ways. Unfortunately she never won an individual gold medal at the Olympics because she was always up against the cheating East Germans. Instead of winning gold medals at the 1976 Olympics, she picked up a bunch of silvers, was branded a "loser" by the media, and instead of reaping the benefits of endorsements, eventually wound up being a mailman.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Babashoff