Natalie Coughlin

Natalie Coughlin Hall

Coughlin in 2018
Personal information
Birth name	Natalie Anne Coughlin
Full name	Natalie Anne Coughlin Hall
Nickname	Nat
National team	United States
Born	(1982-08-23) August 23, 1982 (age 41)[1] Vallejo, California, U.S.
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight	139 lb (63 kg)
Spouse	Ethan Hall (2009–present)
Website	NatalieCoughlin.com
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke, butterfly, freestyle, individual medley
Club	California Aquatics
College team	University of California, Berkeley
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  United States International aquatics competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Summer Olympics 3 4 5 World Championships (LC) 8 7 5 World Championships (SC) 2 5 1 Pan Pacific Championships 11 4 1 Pan American Games 1 2 1 Total 25 22 13 Summer Olympics 2004 Athens 100 m backstroke 2004 Athens 4×200 m freestyle 2008 Beijing 100 m backstroke 2004 Athens 4×100 m freestyle 2004 Athens 4×100 m medley 2008 Beijing 4×100 m freestyle 2008 Beijing 4×100 m medley 2004 Athens 100 m freestyle 2008 Beijing 100 m freestyle 2008 Beijing 200 m medley 2008 Beijing 4×200 m freestyle 2012 London 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 2001 Fukuoka 100 m backstroke 2001 Fukuoka 4×200 m freestyle 2003 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle 2005 Montreal 4×200 m freestyle 2007 Melbourne 100 m backstroke 2007 Melbourne 4×200 m freestyle 2011 Shanghai 4×100 m medley 2013 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle 2001 Fukuoka 4×100 m medley 2003 Barcelona 4×100 m medley 2005 Montreal 4×100 m medley 2005 Montreal 100 m freestyle 2007 Melbourne 4×100 m freestyle 2007 Melbourne 4×100 m medley 2011 Shanghai 4×100 m freestyle 2001 Fukuoka 50 m backstroke 2005 Montreal 100 m backstroke 2005 Montreal 4×100 m freestyle 2007 Melbourne 100 m butterfly 2011 Shanghai 100 m backstroke World Championships (SC) 2010 Dubai 100 m backstroke 2014 Doha 4×50 m mixed free 2010 Dubai 4×100 m freestyle 2010 Dubai 4×100 m medley 2014 Doha 4×50 m freestyle 2014 Doha 4×100 m freestyle 2014 Doha 4×50 m medley 2010 Dubai 100 m freestyle Pan Pacific Championships 2002 Yokohama 100 m freestyle 2002 Yokohama 100 m backstroke 2002 Yokohama 100 m butterfly 2002 Yokohama 4×200 m freestyle 2006 Victoria 100 m freestyle 2006 Victoria 4×100 m freestyle 2006 Victoria 4×200 m freestyle 2006 Victoria 4×100 m medley 2010 Irvine 100 m freestyle 2010 Irvine 4×100 m freestyle 2010 Irvine 4×100 m medley 2002 Yokohama 4×100 m freestyle 2002 Yokohama 4×100 m medley 2006 Victoria 50 m freestyle 2006 Victoria 100 m backstroke 2010 Irvine 100 m backstroke Pan American Games 2015 Toronto 4×100 m medley 2015 Toronto 100 m freestyle 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—ten days before her 20th birthday in 2002. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she became the first U.S. female athlete in modern Olympic history to win six medals in one Olympiad, and the first woman ever to win a 100-meter backstroke gold in two consecutive Olympics.^[2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she earned a bronze medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay.

Coughlin's success has earned her the World Swimmer of the Year Award once and American Swimmer of the Year Award three times. She has won a total of sixty medals in major international competition, twenty-five gold, twenty-two silver, and thirteen bronze spanning the Olympics, the World, the Pan Pacific Championships, and the Pan American Games.