Why rulon gardner left biggest loser

His announcement came as a surprise to fellow contestants and the trainers on NBC's weight-loss competition show. An NBC spokesperson said Gardner "is not doing interviews at this time," and calls to his Logan gym went unanswered.

NBC released a statement that "Rulon chose to leave the show for personal reasons and we respected his wishes. We wish him well. He weighed pounds when he competed in the Olympics. Searchers found him the next morning. Perhaps his lowest point came when he filed for bankruptcy in He had to sell his gold and bronze medals, which he has since recouped, and auctioned off other memorabilia.

His lifelong battle with his weight was not off limits. He has said his goal is to get back close to his wrestling weight of About the same time he was hired as head wrestling coach at Herriman Utah High School.

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I got my health back, I got my fitness and I got my life back, and that was the real reason I was coming to 'The Biggest Loser. NBC officials said Wednesday that Gardner would not take part in its weekly media conference call, where departing players take questions from the media. Fellow trainer Bob Harper said the move was unprecedented. This guy was on a roll. When Gardner started the show, he tipped the scales at pounds. As of the April 19 episode in New Zealand, he weighed Fresh off the departure from the show Gardner released a statement Wednesday through his marketing firm shedding light on his future plans.

I went on the show to get my life and my health back and I have accomplished that goal," the year-old said in his statement.

Another exciting outcome is that I am strongly considering a return to competitive wrestling. Gardner added fuel to a wrestling comeback by consenting to an interview with USA Wrestling's Gary Abbott, who wrote a Wednesday piece for themat. Gardner said he is focused on maintaining his health, his marriage, his business and wrestling. The article also states this past weekend Gardner returned to the wrestling room at the U.

There he trained with national Greco-Roman coach Steve Fraser and other athletes. Surely he had obligations to NBC from the start, and apparently, he wanted to get free of them as soon as he had gotten what he wanted from the network.

Are you kidding me? His departure from the show aired on April 26, but it was taped several months earlier than that. If we knew precisely when he severed those ties and then we did the math leading up to these Facebook announcements, I bet we would have a pretty good idea how long that non-compete clause lasted. He is launching a lot of new projects, and NBC is clearly not getting a piece of any of them. He goes on to speak to the famous chip-eating episode, which is sure to make his fans happy.

But, what also comes through is his bitterness. These are his beefs. But he already told us above that he only watched 20 minutes of the whole season. This is just non-sensical, ill-tempered, petulance. One or the other. Not both. I knew the chips were an issue for fans of the show, but why are they such an issue for Rulon? No matter. One of the wonderful things about The Biggest Loser is that fans become emotionally engaged in the journeys of its contestants.