Competing in the Olympics is a dream come true for any athlete. What's even more amazing is how many of these sports superstars are actually balancing a whole other career alongside their Olympic training.
Here's what 19 current and former Olympic athletes do as their day jobs:
1. American basketball player and two-time gold medalist Angel McCoughtry is a former ice cream shop owner and current Head of Culture at Players TV.
2. Irish judoka Ben Fletcher is a horticulturist.
3. Singaporean rower Aisyah Rafaee was a student development officer at a polytechnic institute, and she's currently a grad student at Springfield College.
4. French windsurfer and bronze medalist Pierre Le Coq is a dentist.
5. Australian shooter Paul Adams is a registered nurse.
6. Japanese canoe slalom competitor Kazuki Yazawa is a Buddhist priest.
7. Canadian marathon runner Lanni Marchant is a criminal defense attorney in the US.
8. Japanese hockey player Ami Nakamura works as a shop assistant at the Yokohama Anpanman Children's Museum.
9. Irish badminton player Scott Evans is a fashion entrepreneur who works with his partner, Camilla Hosbjerg, the founder of Denmark-based clothing brand Hosbjerg.
10. Colombian rugby player Nathalie Marchino was a sales account manager for Twitter during her first Olympics, and now she works with Figma.
11. Zimbabwean archer Gavin Sutherland is a builder.
12. Spanish karate champ Paula Rodriguez is a military firefighter.
13. American marathon runner Jared Ward is a math professor at Brigham Young University.
14. Portuguese trampoline gymnast Ana Rente is a doctor.
15. American bobsledder Christopher Fogt is an army officer.
16. Canadian pistol shooter Lynda Kiejko is a civil engineer at the power transmission company Altalink.
17. American figure skater Polina Edmunds, who competed in the 2014 Sochi Olympics, is now a podcast host and social media marketing professional.
18. British curler Thomas Muirhead is a sheep farmer.
19. And finally, British curler Glen Muirhead is also a sheep farmer who works and competes alongside his brother Thomas.
