Gold Medalist Olympians Turned Entertainers

Several gold-medalist Olympians are hitting the small screen in some form this season.

Swimmer Michael Phelps is slated to host Saturday Night Live and has secured a cameo role on HBO's hit series Entourage. Misty May Treanor will be trying her hand at dancing on Dancing With the Stars. Gymnast Nastia Liukin will be guest-starring on Gossip Girl, one of her favorite shows.

However, along with television, Liukin will be having some other resume-building endorsements under her leotard. She is slated to appear in campaigns for Cover Girl and Vanilla Star Jeans, launch a denim line (Nastia Liukin Gold), and have her face printed on Wheaties boxes worldwide. Say, she sounds like the most successful Olympian-turned-entertainer case.

I read somewhere that Shawn Johnson has been rumored to make an appearance on television. Secret Life, perhaps? Maybe it's just a rumor... however, she is slated to do a Cover Girl ad campaign with Liukin.