halfelfhalfreindeer@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWho do you know that peaked way too early in life? What was their peak?message-squaremessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWho do you know that peaked way too early in life? What was their peak?halfelfhalfreindeer@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareacrobaticpenguin23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoEric Heiden 5 gold medals at just 21 years old. Retired shortly afterward to dabble in cycling and then become a mundane orthepedic surgeon. Also Jerry Mather’s aka ‘The Beaver’ still milking his long ago celebrity decades later.
minus-squareassassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThat’s still an impressive CV by any measure.
Eric Heiden 5 gold medals at just 21 years old. Retired shortly afterward to dabble in cycling and then become a mundane orthepedic surgeon.
Also Jerry Mather’s aka ‘The Beaver’ still milking his long ago celebrity decades later.
That’s still an impressive CV by any measure.