Retton’s Life After Retiring From The Gymnastics Scene
Retton retired from gymnastics at the “Ripe old age of 18” after briefly attending college at the University of Texas, Austin. Retton then did quite a few commercials, appeared in television shows and movies. She was a popular speaker, and she was the spokesperson for the Wheaties box cereal brand.
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Mary Lou Retton is also a motivational speaker and television commentator. She is now 53 years and is back home in Texas with her family. In a recent Houston sports Q’d up interview, she was asked about her primary job now, to which she said that it is “being a mother.”