Dara Torres

Dara Torres
Smiling Torres in navy blue bathing suit with white stars, waving to crowd
Torres waves to the crowd after winning a silver medal in 50-meter freestyle at the 2008 Olympics.
Personal information
Full nameDara Grace Torres
Nickname"DT"
National teamUnited States
Born (1967-04-15) April 15, 1967 (age 57)
Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight150 lb (68 kg)
WebsiteDaraTorres.com
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, freestyle
ClubCulver City Swim Club
Mission Viejo Nadadores
College teamUniversity of Florida
CoachRandy 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
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney 50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney 100 m butterfly
World Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place 1986 Madrid 4×100 m freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold medal – first place 1987 Brisbane 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1987 Brisbane 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1987 Brisbane 4×100 m medley
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 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 four women with the most Olympic women's swimming medals. The others are fellow Americans Katie Ledecky, 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.