Dara Torres

Dara Torres

Torres waves to the crowd after winning a silver medal in 50-meter freestyle at the 2008 Olympics.
Personal information
Full name	Dara Grace Torres
Nickname	"DT"
National team	United States
Born	(1967-04-15) April 15, 1967 (age 57) Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	150 lb (68 kg)
Website	DaraTorres.com
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly, freestyle
Club	Culver City Swim Club Mission Viejo Nadadores
College team	University of Florida
Coach	Randy Reese Mark Schubert Richard Quick
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  United States Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 4 4 4 World Championships (LC) 0 1 0 Pan Pacific Championships 3 0 0 Pan American Games 1 0 0 Total 8 5 4 Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles 4×100 m freestyle 1992 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle 2000 Sydney 4×100 m freestyle 2000 Sydney 4×100 m medley 1988 Seoul 4×100 m medley 2008 Beijing 50 m freestyle 2008 Beijing 4×100 m freestyle 2008 Beijing 4×100 m medley 1988 Seoul 4×100 m freestyle 2000 Sydney 50 m freestyle 2000 Sydney 100 m freestyle 2000 Sydney 100 m butterfly World Championships (LC) 1986 Madrid 4×100 m freestyle Pan Pacific Championships 1987 Brisbane 100 m freestyle 1987 Brisbane 4×100 m freestyle 1987 Brisbane 4×100 m medley Pan American Games 1983 Caracas 4×100 m freestyle

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. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she competed in the 50-meter freestyle, 4×100-meter medley relay, and 4×100-meter freestyle relay, and won silver medals in all three events.

Torres has won 12 Olympic medals (four gold, four silver, four bronze), one of three women with the most Olympic women's swimming medals. The others are fellow Americans Jenny Thompson and Natalie Coughlin. Torres won five medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics, when at age 33, she was the oldest member of the 2000 U.S. Olympic swim team. She has also won at least one medal in each of the five Olympics in which she has competed, making her one of only a handful of Olympians to earn medals in five different Games.