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Jenny Thompson. Jennifer Beth Thompson (born February 26, 1973) is an American former competition swimmer and anesthesiologist. She is one of the most decorated Olympians in history: twelve medals, including eight gold medals, in the 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer Olympics. Thompson, a Massachusetts native who calls Dover, New Hampshire, her ...
Dara Grace Torres (born April 15, 1967) is an American former competitive swimmer, who is a 12-time Olympic medalist and former world record-holder in three events.Torres is the first swimmer to represent the United States in five Olympic Games (1984, 1988, 1992, 2000 and 2008), and at age 41, the oldest swimmer to earn a place on the U.S. Olympic team.
2015 Toronto. 4×100 m freestyle. 2015 Toronto. 50 m freestyle. Natalie Anne Coughlin Hall (born August 23, 1982) is an American former competition swimmer and twelve-time Olympic medalist. While attending the University of California, Berkeley, she became the first woman ever to swim the 100-meter backstroke (long course) in less than one minute.
Mark Andrew Spitz (born February 10, 1950) is an American former competitive swimmer and nine-time Olympic champion. He was the most successful athlete at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, winning seven gold medals, each in world-record time. This achievement set a record that lasted for 36 years, until it was surpassed by fellow American ...
Jenny Thompson is one of the most decorated female Olympic swimmers. Jenny Thompson. Harry How / Getty. ... In all, the swimmer has 11 medals — nine gold, one silver, and one bronze.
List of top Olympic gold medalists in swimming. Swimming at the Summer Olympics. List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women) List of Asian Games medalists in swimming. References. [edit] International Olympic Committee results database. Wallechinsky, David (2000).
The only other swimmers to break 16 minutes were Anastasiia Kirpichnikova of France (15:52.46) and Isabel Gose of Germany (15:53.27). ... Jenny Thompson and Natalie Coughlin for the most ever by a ...
This is a complete list of women's World Championships medalists in short-course swimming from 1993 to 2021. 50 metre freestyle. Year Gold ... Jenny Thompson