Rulon Gardner Won't Die
2021, English. Directed by Adam Irving.
The astonishing true story of Rulon Gardner, a dairy farmer from Wyoming who shocked the world at the Sydney Olympics, overcoming 2000 to 1 odds by defeating a Russian wrestler who hadn't lost a single match in 13 years. Months after winning his gold medal, Rulon's toe was amputated from severe frostbite after a near-death wilderness stranding in sub-zero temperatures. Then with 9 toes - and after surviving a near-fatal motorcycle accident, Rulon won another medal at the next Olympics, only to survive a plane crash by swimming two miles in a freezing lake. Finally, after ballooning to 500 lbs., Rulon won America's heart competing on a season of The Biggest Loser only to lose his life savings and retreat into obscurity after getting swindled in a real estate deal that cost him his Olympic medals.
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- 1h 29m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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- 2 April 2021
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Adam Irving
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Rulon Gardner Won't Die runs 89 minutes (1h 29m).
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Rulon Gardner Won't Die isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 2 April 2021. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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If you liked Rulon Gardner Won't Die, try A Toxic Love Story, The Class of ‘92, Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press.
Who directed Rulon Gardner Won't Die?
Rulon Gardner Won't Die (2021) was directed by Adam Irving and stars Rulon Gardner, Bob Costas, Katie Couric.