Olympic Athlete Movies

Mika Myllylä was a national icon and Olympic hero whose fall from grace shook Finland. Through decades of home videos, a deeply personal story...

This short film presents several athletes preparing for the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

An Olympic hopeful marathon runner hopes his success will be the answer to his marriage woes and other personal problems.

Five-time Olympic medalist and Native Hawaiian Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku shattered records and brought surfing to the world while...

In 2014, in Donetsk, Renaud Lavillenie broke the pole vault world record held by the legendary Sergei Bubka. Since then, the French pole vaulter has...

In 1936, 18 African American athletes dubbed the "black auxiliary" by Hitler defied Nazi Aryan Supremacy and Jim Crow Racism to win hearts and medals...

A young man aspiring for recognition of his talents battles against his estranged father's sentiment towards him as the father deals with his own...

Breaking the Surface is about the tough times Greg Louganis had on his way to becoming one of the world's top Olympic divers.

While young and in her prime, Nadia decides to retire from pro swimming after the Olympic Games; to escape a rigid life of sacrifice. After her very...

The story of Norwegian speed-skating gold medalist Johann Olav Koss, who founded the non-profit organization Right to Play, which brings sports to...

This film presents a unique behind-the-scenes look into the lives and training of two of the world’s top figure skaters, Evgenia Medvedeva and...

Swimming superstar Missy Franklin was destined for greatness at an early age, but it wasn't until the arrival of Veteran Kara Lynn Joyce that those...

For one year, Léon Marchand allows cameras to follow him through competitions, studies, family life, and growing fame. Through an intimate...

Having suffered as a boy under a brutal Communist-era coach, champion Hungarian gymnast Miklos moves to Canada years later in search of a new start -...

With never-before seen home video, this film recounts the paranoid downward spiral of John E. du Pont and the murder of Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz.

Berlin 36 is a 2009 German film telling the fate of Jewish athlete Gretel Bergmann in the 1936 Summer Olympics. She was replaced by the Nazi regime...

A documentary about Swedish Discus champion Ricky Bruch as he prepares for the 1984 Olympics. The film highlights Bruch's obsessive behavior...

At the Munich Olympics of 1972, John Akii Bua, from the impoverished African country of Uganda, powered round the inside lane in the 400m hurdles,...

Polo and Domingo spend their last days together between Ciudad Mendoza and Cordoba, in Veracruz, Mexico, before Domingo moves to another city for...