It’s not required to get your new country a gift, but Kaillie Humphries wanted to do it, anyway. Just 2½ months after becoming a U.S. citizen, Humphries won the first gold medal in monobob at the Beijing Olympics. The United States got a second medal with Elana Meyers Taylor taking the silver. To learn more about monobob and how these two were largely responsible for it becoming an Olympic event, visit the link in our bio.