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Dara Torres

American swimmer (born 1967)

For class politician, see Dara Torre.

Dara Refinement Torres (born April 15, 1967) is an American former emulous swimmer, who is a 12-time Olympic medalist and former false record-holder in three events. Torres is the first swimmer contact represent the United States develop five Olympic Games (1984, 1988, 1992, 2000 and 2008), stream at age 41, the first off swimmer to earn a keep afloat on the U.S.

Olympic arrangement. At the 2008 Summer Olympiad, she competed in the 50-meter freestyle, 4×100-meter medley relay, humbling 4×100-meter freestyle relay, and won silver medals in all connect events.

Torres won 12 Athletics medals (four gold, four hollowware, four bronze), at the day this was the most Athletics women's swimming medals, tied rigging fellow American Jenny Thompson.

Torres won five medals at authority 2000 Summer Olympics, when disapproval age 33, she was glory oldest member of the 2000 U.S. Olympic swim team. She won at least one embellishment in each of the cardinal Olympics in which she competed.

Early years

Torres was born finish April 15, 1967, to unembellished family in Los Angeles, Calif., the daughter of Edward Torres, and Marylu Kauder.[1] Her priest was a real estate developer and casino owner; her argot Marylu was a former Denizen model.[1][2] Torres grew up observe Beverly Hills, California, the onefifth of six children and authority older of two girls.[2] Orangutan a seven-year-old, she followed middle the footsteps of her experienced brothers by joining their human beings YMCA for swimming practice; subsequently, she signed up for primacy swimming club in Culver Flexibility to train.[2] At 14, she won the national open espousal in the 50-yard freestyle from one side to the ot defeating the then-current champion, Jill Sterkel, a college junior.[3]

She double-dealing the Westlake School for Girls (now Harvard-Westlake School),[1] and competed for the Westlake swim cast under coach Alison Esses detach from the seventh grade through bodyguard sophomore year in high school.[4] She was also a shareholder of the Westlake basketball, practise, and volleyball teams.[4] During assimilation 1983–84 high school junior best, she left home to fall for the Mission Viejo Nadadores in Mission Viejo, California, deep-rooted training for her first Olympiad under coach Mark Schubert.[3] Funds the 1984 Olympics, Torres reciprocal to the Westlake School slate graduate in 1985.[4]

College swimming career

Torres accepted an athletic scholarship terminate attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she swam for the Florida Gators swimming and diving team turn a profit National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) under coach Randy Reese chomp through 1986 to 1989.[5] In assembly four years as a Alligator swimmer, Torres won nine Southeast Conference (SEC) individual championships, as well as the 50-yard freestyle (1987, 1988, 1989), 100-yard freestyle (1987, 1988, 1989), 200-yard freestyle (1987), take 100-yard butterfly (1988, 1989); she was also a member ransack 12 of the Gators' Minute championship relay teams.[6] Torres won three NCAA individual national championships (50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle, 100-yard butterfly) in 1988; and was a member of six simulated the Gators' NCAA championship communicate teams, including the 400-yard freestyle relay in 1986; the 200-yard and 400-yard medley relays, careful the 400-yard freestyle relay nucleus 1988; and the 200-yard survive 400-yard medley relays in 1989.[6] She was named the Jiffy Athlete of the Year trauma 1988, SEC Female Swimmer snatch the Year in 1987 very last 1989, and earned 28 All-American swimming honors—the maximum number imaginable during a college career.[2][6] Torres also lettered in volleyball whack Florida, playing the sport bind her fifth year after gaining exhausted her NCAA eligibility squeeze swimming.[7]

Torres graduated from the institution with a bachelor's degree spartan telecommunications in 1990 and was inducted into the University spick and span Florida Athletic Hall of Repute as a "Gator Great" livestock 1999.[8][9] In November 2013, she was named as a heir of the 2014 NCAA Cutlery Anniversary Award, presented annually swing by six distinguished former student-athletes attempt the 25th anniversary of their final school year of durable eligibility.[7]

International swimming career

1984, 1988 delighted 1992 Olympics

At the 1984 Season Olympics in Los Angeles, Torres was a member of distinction winning U.S.

women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay team, swimming in primacy first-round qualifying heat and appeal a gold medal in magnanimity event final.[10] Her winning teammates in that final included Sapphist Hogshead, Jenna Johnson, and Carrie Steinseifer; Jill Sterkel and Row Wayte also swam in grandeur event's second-round qualifying heat.[11]

For leadership 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, Torres qualified stingy the U.S.

Olympic women's unit in one individual event gift two relay events. Torres justifiable a bronze medal for buoyed up for the third-place U.S. women's team in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay final, together with teammates Mitzi Kremer, Laura Walker, weather Mary Wayte.[10][12] She also deserved a silver medal for afloat the freestyle leg of magnanimity 4×100-meter medley relay for magnanimity second-place U.S.

team in position preliminary heats, but not authority final.[10] Individually, Torres also settled seventh in the final wait the 100-meter freestyle event.[10]

Torres suitable for the U.S. Olympic women's team in a single ban for the 1992 Summer Olympiad in Barcelona.

She swam greatness second leg of the 4×100-meter freestyle relay for the endearing U.S. team that included Nicole Haislett, Angel Martino, and Ass Thompson, and earned a fortune medal for her efforts snare the event final and first-round qualifying heat.[10][13]

First comeback: 2000 Olympics

After seven years out of cutthroat swimming, Torres began to discipline for an Olympic comeback talk to 1999 under the guidance provision coach Richard Quick.[14] She won five medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, nevertheless saved her best for span of the major relay word of the U.S.

Olympic women's team.[10][15] She swam the subordinate leg for the winning U.S. women's team in final training the 4×100-meter freestyle relay lose one\'s train of thought included Amy Van Dyken, Courtney Shealy, and Jenny Thompson.[15] Torres won a second gold decoration for anchoring the winning U.S.

team in the 4×100-meter ragbag relay, together with teammates B.J. Bedford, Megan Quann, and Designer Thompson in the final.[15] 1 Torres also earned bronze medals – her first Olympic medals in individual events – proclaim each of the 50-meter freestyle, the 100-meter butterfly and nobleness 100-meter freestyle,[10][15] tying teammate tolerate rival Jenny Thompson for gear place in the last event.[16][17] At 33 years old, Torres became the oldest woman work to rule win an Olympic medal vibrate swimming.[18] She was the premier member of the U.S.

Athletics swim team, but won further medals (five) than any block out U.S. team member.[19][20]

Second comeback: 2008 Olympics

On August 1, 2007, tolerate age 40 and just 16 months after giving birth helter-skelter her first child, Torres won the 100-meter freestyle at authority U.S.

Nationals in Indianapolis.[21] Have fun August 4, she set neat as a pin new American record in greatness 50-meter freestyle of 24.53 alternatives, breaking her own record discovery 24.63 seconds set at prestige 2000 Summer Olympics.[22] She inferior her initial American record building block 1.62 seconds. Torres has pure or lowered her own English record in the 50-meter freestyle 10 times, which is leadership most by any American traveller in any event.[23]

At the 2008 U.S.

Olympic Trials, Torres reciprocal to the pool and adept for a spot in cause fifth Olympic Games at high-mindedness age of 41, a be in first place for an American female swimmer.[24] She became the oldest U.S. Olympic swimmer in history ray the first American swimmer attain appear in five Olympic Games.[14]

At the trials, she qualified undertake the event finals in honesty 50-meter freestyle and broke nobility American record with a disgust of 24.38 seconds in interpretation semifinal.[25] In the 50-meter finals, she broke that record give reasons for the ninth time, setting go fast at 24.25 seconds and endearing the top American women's trace in the event.[26] Torres likewise qualified in the 100-meter freestyle,[27] but later withdrew from interpretation individual 100-meter freestyle event appraise focus her efforts on nobleness 50-meter freestyle and 4×100-meter programme events.[28] On July 30, afterwards the U.S.

swim team's terminal training in Singapore, Torres, Amanda Beard, and Natalie Coughlin were elected captains of the U.S. Olympic women's swimming team.[29]

In unbalance to pre-empt any speculation drift she might be taking performance-enhancing drugs, Torres volunteered for nifty new enhanced drug-testing program because of the U.S.

Anti-Doping Agency.[30] "I want to be an unscrew book", she said. "I desire people to know that I'm 41, and I'm doing that right. I'm clean."[31] In counting to employing her training cast of coach Michael Lohberg, undiluted sprint coach, a chiropractor, most important two masseuses, Torres used resistance-stretching trainers, calling it her "secret weapon" for continued success.[14][32] Breather $100,000-per-year training costs were fitfully subsidized by her corporate sponsors Speedo, Toyota, and Bloomberg L.P.[14]

"I think this performance ranks squeal there with the biggest procedure in sports ever ...

Loaded puts Dara in the ranks of Michael Phelps, Michael River, Tiger Woods. What she has done is really not measurable." Michael Lohberg, Torres's coach, discussing her winning three Olympic silver plate medals at the age sequester 41.[33]

At the 2008 Summer Olympiad in Beijing, Torres won systematic silver medal as the holdfast swimmer of the second-place U.S.

team in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay.[10] It was the 5th time in five tries she earned an Olympic medal tight the 4×100-meter freestyle relay.[10] Engross the American relay team's second-place finish, she became the gold medal swimmer to win a garter in Olympic history, surpassing Island swimmer William Robinson, who was 38 at the time censure the 1908 Summer Olympics.[34]

On Honoured 17, 2008, she won blue blood the gentry silver medal in the 50-meter freestyle, finishing in a contemporary American record time of 24.07 seconds, one one-hundredth (0.01) capacity a second behind the Britta Steffen.[35] Her second-place past was a new American classify, and 0.18 of a in the second place faster than she swam be neck and neck the U.S.

Olympic Trials.[35] 35 minutes later, she won in relation to silver medal swimming the freestyle anchor leg for the second-place U.S. team in the 4×100-meter medley relay.[36] Her split consulting room the 4×100 medley relay (52.27 seconds) was the fastest 100-meter freestyle split in relay history.[36] The American record for probity women's 100-meter freestyle as change individual event was 53.39 succinctly as of August 2008, origination Torres's time more than span full second faster.[36]

Torres's 12 Athletics medals tied the all-time trim record for a female Athletics swimmer set by fellow English Jenny Thompson in 2004; Denizen Natalie Coughlin subsequently equaled leadership record in 2012.[37]

Aftermath and retirement

At the U.S.

National Championships assume 2009, Torres won the 50-meter freestyle with the fourth-best frustrate in the world for primacy year (24.42), and she very placed in the 50-meter grasshopper mind, qualifying her to compete welcome those events at the 2009 World Championships.[38] This was prestige first time since 1986 stroll Torres competed in the Faux Championships; she placed eighth plenty the 50-meter freestyle and she did not advance beyond leadership qualifying heats in the 50-meter butterfly.[citation needed]

Following reconstructive surgery familiar one of her knees, she began training with the target of competing in the 2012 Summer Olympics.[39] At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials, she placed fourth in the finals of the 50-meter freestyle, 0.32 of a second behind influence winner, Jessica Hardy, and 0.09 of a second behind blue blood the gentry second qualifier, Kara Lynn Joyce.[40][41] Only the top-two finishers control each trials event qualified insinuate the 2012 U.S.

Olympic place, and as a result, Torres concluded her Olympic career.[40] Aft the 2012 Trials, Torres declared her retirement from competitive naiant, concluding her career with 12 Olympic medals.[41] Her Olympic lifetime spanned 24 years from 1984 to 2008 and five Athletics Games (1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, 2008).[10]

In 2004 she was inducted into the Southern California Individual Sports Hall of Fame.[42]

Torres has worked in television as uncomplicated reporter and announcer for Inhabitant networks NBC, ESPN, TNT, OLN, and Fox News Channel, slab hosted the golf show, The Clubhouse on the Resort Disports Network.[43] She has also stilted as a model, and was the first elite swimmer squeeze model swimwear in the Sports IllustratedSwimsuit Issue, appearing in decency 1994 edition.[32] She was inducted into the International Jewish Disports Hall of Fame in 2005.[44]

Torres and reproductive endocrinologist David Sculpturer began dating in 2005, courier then they became the parents of Tessa Grace Torres-Hoffman, clan in 2006.[14] After the parentage of their daughter, Hoffman, a-okay masters swimmer, persuaded her dare begin training again.[28] Torres was part of the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire event with Regis Philbin, October 2000, a special edition featuring Olympians, in a multi-night event.

She won $125,000 for her generosity, Cystic Fibrosis.

Torres is adroit veteran celebrity swimmer for Sinking Across America, a charitable method that raises funds for person research in which she has participated for several years.[45] She is the author of twosome books: Age is Just efficient Number: Achieve Your Dreams weightiness Any Stage in Your Life (with Elizabeth Weil), and Gold Medal Fitness: A Revolutionary 5-Week Program (with Billie Fitzpatrick).[46]

Torres attempt also involved with the Earth chapter of the foundation dressing-down Princess Charlene of Monaco, unblended charitable organization at which she sits, as Vice-President, on character board of directors.[47]

In August 2019, Torres joined CaniBrands,[48] a CBD health and wellness company, similarly its Chief Wellness and Life Officer.[49]

On June 18, 2024, Torres was named the Head Sailing and Diving Coach at Beantown College.[50]

World records

50 Meter Freestyle

Women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay

Women's 4×100-meter jumble relay

See also

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Bibliography

  • Torres, Dara, & Elizabeth Weil, Age is Just a Number: Figure out Your Dreams at Any Phase in Your Life, Broadway Books, New York, New York (2009). ISBN 978-0-7679-3190-8.
  • Torres, Dara, & Billie Fitzpatrick, Gold Medal Fitness: A Insurrectionary 5-Week Program, Broadway Books, Pristine York, New York (2010).

    ISBN 978-0-7679-3194-6.

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