Anthony Ervin

The Olympic swimmer reveals the wild and challenging journey that took place between two gold medals. Anthony Ervin is an Olympic swimmer who won the gold at nineteen-and that may be one of the least interesting things about him. An athlete of Jewish and African-American descent who is also a practicing Buddhist, he auctioned off the medal he won in Sydney to help raise funds for victims of the 2004 tsunami. He had grown up battling Tourette's syndrome,...