Editing George Foreman (section)

===1968 Summer Olympics===
[[File:George Foreman and Lyndon Johnson 1968.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Foreman with President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] in 1968]]

Foreman won a gold medal in the [[Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics|boxing/heavyweight division]] at the [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City Olympic Games]]. In the finals, Foreman defeated the Soviet Union's [[Jonas Čepulis]];  the referee stopped the fight in the second round.<ref name=sweet>{{cite web |title=Foreman Fondly Remembers "Geezers At Caesars" |author=Fernandez, Bernard |publisher=The Sweet Science |url=http://www.thesweetscience.com/feature-articles/21925-foreman-fondly-remembers-geezers-at-caesars |date=January 12, 2016 |access-date=September 3, 2016 |archive-date=April 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404160948/http://www.thesweetscience.com/feature-articles/21925-foreman-fondly-remembers-geezers-at-caesars |url-status=live }}</ref>  Čepulis' face was already bleeding in the first round from Foreman's punches, and had to take a [[standing eight count]] early in the second round.<ref name=espn>{{cite web |title=Frazier & Foreman clinch gold |work=ESPN.co.uk |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/onthisday/sport/story/312.html |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=September 3, 2016 |archive-date=September 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919205808/http://en.espn.co.uk/onthisday/sport/story/312.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Čepulis, fighting out of [[Lithuania]], was a 29-year-old veteran with a 12-year-long amateur career, having over 220 fights in his record, quite experienced, and 10 years older than Foreman.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Walker |first=Rhiannon |date=October 26, 2016 |title=George Foreman wins gold in 1968 heavyweight title match |url=https://andscape.com/features/george-foreman-wins-gold-in-1968-heavyweight-title-match/ |access-date=March 22, 2025 |website=Andscape |language=en-US}}</ref>

* Round of 16: defeated [[Lucjan Trela]] (Poland) on points, 4–1
* Quarterfinal: defeated [[Ion Alexe]] (Romania) referee stopped contest, 3rd round
* Semi-final: defeated [[Giorgio Bambini]] (Italy) by a second-round knockout
* Final: defeated [[Jonas Čepulis]] (Soviet Union) referee stopped contest, second round

After winning the gold-medal fight, Foreman walked around the ring carrying a small [[Flag of the United States|U.S. flag]] and bowing to the crowd.<ref name=sweet/><ref name=espn/> Foreman maintained that earning the Olympic gold medal was the achievement he was most proud of in his boxing career, more so than either of his world titles.<ref name="houstonchronicle1"/>