For many Olympic athletes, able to reach the Games is already achieving a life goal. A dream that many had to share with a conventional job for years and months of athletic preparation.
These are people who are now returning to stop. Below, learn what some athletes do to earn a living and, in some cases, to fund the Olympic dream.
The marketing girl
Born in Colombia and raised in Switzerland, Nathalie Marchino works in the marketing department of Twitter, California.
She played for the selection of rugby seven of Colombia. At 35, it is one of the most experienced athletes on the team. In the past, also played for the US team rugby seven.
In Rio, she had a discreet participation in five matches. The Colombian team was eliminated in the first round.
"Combining my work with the rugby is part of my reality for so long that I've accepted that's right," he said of the grueling hours that divides between sports and employment.
"going from house to house"
Born in Iran and refugee in Belgium, Rahaleh Asemani had guaranteed his trip to the Games, but until two days before the competition, did not know which country would represent.
She considered to represent the Olympic team of refugees, when he finally got his registration as a Belgian.
"I work as a portfolio, home run at home delivering letters," said the athlete, who reached the semifinals of taekwondo category less than 57 kg, but lost the fight for the bronze medal.
The hectic meditation
The Japanese Kazuki Yazawa says his main occupation is to study Buddhism, and using free time to practice canoeing. He has challenged his strength and dexterity in K1 slalom competition in Rio, which took him to 11th place in the semifinal.
When not swimming against strong currents and eddies, Yazawa is dedicated to an occupation and less hectic: prepare to be a Buddhist priest.
"I decided that this would be my main job and my life as a paddler would be in my spare time," he said before traveling to Rio.
prodigious hands
Michelle Carter maintains a professional makeup studio in the United States, which devotes his time when not throwing the metal ball of 4 kg shot put.
Michelle Carter's hands are powerful. She won the gold medal in Rio thanks to a release of 20.63 meters away, more than 20 cm above the mark of his nearest rival.
When not training with weight, Carter holds slender brushes in her studio professional makeup. In addition, it has its own product line, Shot Diva.
"I believe that when someone takes time to care for yourself, your confidence is increasing," said Carter.
Business analysts
The American Maya Dirado was one of the most successful athletes in Rio: won gold in the 200 m back, gold in the relay 4x200 m free, silver in the 400 m individual medley and bronze in the 200m individual medley.
But Dirado swimmer is also a business analyst graduated from Stanford University. You work for a consulting firm in California, where back in September.
Other victors professionals (in sport and beyond)
The also American Gwen Jorgensen won gold in the women's triathlon in Rio Games. Since 2010, however, she works as an accountant in a company of the city of Milwaukee, USA.
In turn, Gerek Meinhardt, bronze with the team of American fencing in Rio, acts as a risk analyst for a consulting firm in San Francisco.
He graduated with honors from the University of Notre Dame, where he did a masters degree in administration. In 2014 was the world's number 1 in fencing.
The companion fencing team Miles Chamley-Watson also won bronze, it is a professional model.
Another case of athletes with conventional work is Matthew Abood, Australian swimmer in Rio won the bronze medal in the relay 4x100 m freestyle. He divides his time training in pools and working as a business analyst at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
And, although not brought medals home, Canadian runner Lanni Marchant, lawyer graduated from the University of Ottawa and the University of Michigan, competed the race of 10,000 meters and the marathon.
With the help of public
Interestingly, the US, the country that won more medals at the Olympic Games Rio, do not have a government program to support their athletes. This caused some asked financial help on the internet.
Through a crowdfunding site, Jeremy Taiwo requested donations to raise $ 15,000 to fund spending in Rio, where competed the decathlon. Grossed $ 54,000.
Athletes like Taiwo, who want to devote full time to their sport, need sponsors.
The player paralympic soccer Gregory Brigman also called online help, but the response has been very different: the goal of $ 6000, managed $ 2,600.
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