In the Milwaukee airport, we were right behind Garrett Weber-Gale in the security line.Who is Garrett Weber-Gale, you ask?
He won two Olympic gold medals as part of the U.S. 4 X 100 relay team (the awesome relay race where Michael Phelps, Weber-Gale, Cullen Jones and Jason Lezak bested the French) and the 4 X 100 medley. And, he's from Milwaukee!
www.gwgswims.com
http://swimming.teamusa.org/athlete/athlete/922
www.garrettwebergale.blogspot.com
To be honest, I didn't recognize him until the TSA agent was inspecting his two gold medals. On the flight, we sat in the row right in front of him. We didn't ask for his autograph, because you never really want to bother someone who must get bothered all the time!
You should have asked for an autograph or struck up a conversation. Happens to me all the time and I really don't mind. Except when it becomes just too crushing because of the shear volume of requests.
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