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Dara Grace Torres (born April 15, 1967) is an American (United States) swimmer. She is the first swimmer from the United States to compete in five Olympics (Olympic Games): 1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, and 2008. She competed in the 2008 Olympic Games in the 50 meter freestyle, 4�100 medley relay, and 4�100 freestyle relay and won the silver medal in all three of these events.
Torres has won twelve Olympic medals (four gold, four silver, four bronze), five of which she won in the Sydney Olympics in 2000 (2000 Summer Olympics), a feat made all the more impressive by the fact that, at age 33, she was the oldest member of the US 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.
On August 1, 2007, at the age of 40 (just 15 months after giving birth to her first child), she won gold in the 100 meter freestyle at the U.S. Nationals (USA Swimming) in Indianapolis, her 14th win at these events. On August 4, she broke her own American record in the 50 meter freestyle, 26 years after she first set the American record at just 15 years old.
Swimmername: Dara Torres
Fullname: Dara Grace Torres
Allias Name: DT
Nationality: USA
Strokes: Butterfly (Butterfly stroke), freestyle (Freestyle swimming)
Date of birth: 1967-04-15
Birth Location: Jupiter, Florida, Jupiter, Florida, United States, USA
Height: 5 ft 11 in
Weight: 150 lb
Medaltemplates: MedalSport Women's swimming (Swimming_(sport)) MedalCountry the USA MedalCompetitionOlympic Games MedalGold 1984 Los Angeles (1984 Summer Olympics) 4�100 m freestyle (Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay) MedalGold 1992 Barcelona (1992 Summer Olympics) 4�100 m freestyle (Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay) MedalGold 2000 Sydney (2000 Summer Olympics) 4�100 m freestyle (Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's 4x100 metre freestyle relay) MedalGold 2000 Sydney 4�100 m medley (Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's 4x100 metre medley relay) MedalSilver 1988 Seoul (1988 Summer Olympics) 4x100 m medley (Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay) MedalSilver 2008 Beijing (2008 Summer Olympics) 4�100 m freestyle (Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay) MedalSilver 2008 Beijing 50 m freestyle (Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 50 metre freestyle) MedalSilver 2008 Beijing 4�100 m medley (Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay) MedalBronze 1988 Seoul 4�100 m freestyle (Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay) MedalBronze 2000 Sydney 50 m freestyle (Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's 50 metre freestyle) MedalBronze 2000 Sydney 100 m freestyle (Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre freestyle) MedalBronze 2000 Sydney 100 m butterfly (Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre butterfly) MedalCompetitionWorld Championships (LC) (FINA World Aquatics Championships) MedalSilver1986 Madrid (1986 World Aquatics Championships)4x100 m freestyle MedalCompetitionPan American Games MedalGold 1983 Caracas (1983 Pan American Games) 4x100 m freestyle (Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games) MedalCompetitionPan Pacific Championships (Pan Pacific Swimming Championships) MedalGold 1987 Brisbane (1987 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships) 100 m freestyle MedalGold 1987 Brisbane 4x100 m freestyle MedalGold 1987 Brisbane 4x100 m medley