Dara Torres

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Olympic medal record
Women's Swimming
Gold Los Angeles 1984 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Bronze Seoul 1988 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Gold Barcelona 1992 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Gold Sydney 2000 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Gold Sydney 2000 4x100m Medley Relay
Bronze Sydney 2000 50m Freestyle
Bronze Sydney 2000 100m Freestyle
Bronze Sydney 2000 100m Butterfly

Dara Grace Torres (born April 15, 1967 in Los Angeles, California) was the first American swimmer to compete in four Olympics: 1984, 1988, 1992 and 2000. She has won nine Olympic medals, including four golds, and won five medals alone in 2000, the Games in which she was the eldest member on the team with her 33 years.

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[edit] Early career

Torres attended Westlake High School (now Harvard-Westlake School) under coach Darlene Bible, where she set CIF records that remain to this day[citation needed]. Torres is featured in the book Gold in the Water by P.H. Mullen, which describes her comeback for the 2000 Olympics under coaches Richard Quick and Dick Jochums.

She subsequently attended the University of Florida, where she received 28 All-American honors.

[edit] Post-swimming career

Since concluding her swimming career, Torres has worked on television as a reporter and announcer for American networks such as NBC, ESPN, TNT, OLN and Fox News Channel. She now hosts the golf show the Clubhouse on the Resort Sports Network. She is also a sometime model, having appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 1994.

[edit] Trivia

  • Torres is Jewish on her father's side.
  • She and her husband have a daughter named Tessa.

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