He was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal .
Gault qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team and would have participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow had the United States not boycotted the event .
Gault was Gault of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal .
Gault qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team and would have participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow had the United States not boycotted the event .