If the experience of past Olympians is any guide, gold-medalist swimmer Missy Franklin is likely to be swimming in money at some point after she heads home to Colorado from the London games. The teenager has defied conventions in nearly every aspect of her path to London, where she has already won three gold medals and one bronze. Now Franklin, 17, will forgo immediate fortunes in endorsements and prize money to remain an amateur.

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