I got a chance to catch up with swimmer and Olympian, Gary Hall, who also shared his thoughts on his time at Children's Congress (watch the highlights of the town hall).After being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1999, Gary was told by doctors that he would never again be able to compete at the same level that won him four Olympic medals in swimming, including two gold, at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Gary proved his doctors wrong by winning his first individual gold at the 2000 Olympics and again in 2004. At the age of 29, Gary became the oldest male in 80 years to win gold for the U.S. Olympic Team. This year, Gary will be a role-model panelist at Town Hall during Children's Congress.
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