Tenley Albright – 85 years old

Net worth: $5 Million

Some people just shine bright that one field of expertise is not enough, one of whom is Tenley Albright. She wasn’t just an ordinary woman as she earned credit for being the first American Olympian to bag a gold medal in singles figure skating and also the first woman to win a World  Championship. Her greatness did not just stop there; the Olympian studied medicine at Harvard Medical School after she retired as an athlete and went on to become a surgeon.

When she was ten years old, the young athlete was diagnosed with polio. In 1946, treatments for this deadly disease were a shot in the dark. However, after remaining inactive for the following months, she skated her way back to the ice and won her first-ever title. It is worth noting that she won her first silver medal at the 1952 Olympics and eventually bagged a gold in the 1956 Olympics. Currently, Dr. Albright is a professor at her alma mater and is continually making strides to eradicate the poliovirus.