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For six years, I kept my five Olympic medals wrapped in a plastic bread bag beneath my bed.

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Mary Lou Retton
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: January 24
Artistic Gymnast
Gymnast
Fairmont
West Virginia
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Bread
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Medals
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Wrapped
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