Dana Vollmer

Dana Vollmer
Vollmer in 2009
Personal information
Full nameDana Whitney Vollmer[1]
National team United States
Born (1987-11-13) November 13, 1987 (age 36)
Syracuse, New York, U.S.
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight150 lb (68 kg)
Websitewww.danavollmer.com Edit this at Wikidata
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, freestyle
ClubCalifornia Aquatics
College teamUniversity of California, Berkeley;
University of Florida
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  United States
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 5 1 1
World Championships (LC) 4 4 2
World Championships (SC) 2 2 2
Goodwill Games 0 0 1
Pan Pacific Championships 5 1 0
Pan American Games 3 0 0
Universiade 1 1 0
Total 20 9 6
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m butterfly
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2007 Melbourne 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shanghai 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shanghai 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2013 Barcelona 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2007 Melbourne 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2007 Melbourne 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2009 Rome 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2011 Shanghai 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Rome 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Barcelona 100 m butterfly
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2004 Indianapolis 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2004 Indianapolis 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2010 Dubai 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2010 Dubai 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Indianapolis 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Dubai 100 m butterfly
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Victoria 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2010 Irvine 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2010 Irvine 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2010 Irvine 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2010 Irvine 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2010 Irvine 100 m freestyle
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2003 Sto Domingo 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2003 Sto Domingo 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2003 Sto Domingo 4×100 m medley
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2005 Izmir 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2005 Izmir 50 m butterfly
Goodwill Games
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Brisbane 4×100 m medley

Dana Whitney Vollmer (born November 13, 1987) is a former American competition swimmer, five-time Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal as a member of the winning United States team in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay that set the world record in the event.[2] Eight years later at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Vollmer set the world record on her way to the gold medal in the 100-meter butterfly, and also won golds in the 4×100-meter medley relay and 4×200-meter freestyle relay. She won three medals including a gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Vollmer won a total of thirty two medals in major international competitions, including nineteen gold medals, eight silver, and five bronze, spanning the Olympics, the World Championships, the Pan American Games, the Pan Pacific Championships, and the Goodwill Games, making her one of the most decorated female Olympians in swimming.

  1. ^ "Dana Vollmer biography". The Biography Channel. Archived from the original on March 23, 2018. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
  2. ^ "US Women Break the Oldest World Record in the Book, the 800 Freestyle Relay". Swimming World Magazine. August 18, 2004. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2011.