Mark Spitz and more golden TV Olympians
Swimmer Mark Spitz shows five of the gold medals he won at the Munich Olympics. (August 31, 1972) Credit: AP, 1972
As the Olympics continue into their final week, here are five gold medalists who parlayed their triumphs into prime-time appearances of another sort:
1. MARK SPITZ -- The swimmer who won seven gold medals at the 1972 Games appeared in a 1974 episode of the action drama "Emergency," playing a character who accidentally shot his wife (played by Spitz's real-life wife, Suzy).
2. SUMMER SANDERS -- The two-time 1992 Olympic gold-medalist swimmer hosted the Nickelodeon game show "Figure It Out" (1997-99), co-hosted "Skating With Celebrities" (2006) and appeared on "The Celebrity Apprentice" (2010).
3. KERRI WALSH-JENNINGS -- The 2004 and '08 beach volleyball medalist had a guest-starring role in a 2006 episode of "CSI: Miami" along with several other AVP Volleyball players.
4. NASTIA LIUKIN -- The 2008 gold-medal gymnast appeared in a "Gossip Girl" episode that year, sharing a scene with Chuck (Ed Westwick) and Blair (Leighton Meester) at the Snowflake Ball.
5. SHAWN JOHNSON -- Another 2008 gold-medal gymnast, she appeared in two episodes of "The Secret Life of the American Teenager" (2008 and 2010) and will be back this fall on the all-star edition of "Dancing With the Stars" (she won the show's eighth season in 2009).
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