Even for Olympic gold medalists, financial security isn’t guaranteed. Just ask Lauryn Williams. The Olympic track and bobsled champion earned $200,000 a year at age 20, yet by 30, she was interning for $12 an hour.

Despite being the first American woman to medal in both the Summer and Winter Olympics , her post-Olympic opportunities were scarce.

“There’s this misconception that because I’m the first to do this thing—and still no one else has done it—that I’m booked all year long for speaking engagements,” she told CNBC Make It . “I get things here or there, but I can’t make a living from it.”

“The news coverage came, but the sponsors didn’t. I made $80,000 the year I became the first American woman to medal in the Summer and Winter Olympics.”

It’s why, despite making sporting his

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