Tara Kirk

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Competitor for United States
Olympic medal record
Women's Swimming
Silver	2004 Athens	4 × 100 m medley relay

Tara Kirk (born July 12, 1982 in Bremerton, Washington) is an Olympic swimmer in the United States. She set the world short course meters record in the 100 meter breaststroke, winning the event at the 2004 Women's NCAA Championships swimming for Stanford University. In the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Tara won a silver medal swimming in the pre-lim heats of the 400 Medley Relay.

Kirk still holds the American Record in the 100-yard and 200-yard Breaststrokes, set in 2006, as well as the American Record in the 50 short-course meter breaststroke (30.29). Kirk, along with fellow American Olympian Megan Jendrick, are the only two women to swim 100-yard breaststroke in under fifty-nine seconds. Kirk previously held the 100 short-course meter breaststroke world record at 1:04.79 but this was beaten by Leisel Jones on August 28, 2006. Kirk was named the "Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year" and took home the Honda-Broderick Cup for 2003-2004. She was also a recipient of the NCAA Top Eight Award as a member of the Class of 2005.

Tara Kirk's younger sister, Dana Kirk, joined her on the 2004 USA Women's Olympic Swimming team, becoming the first set of sisters to swim on the same US Olympic Team.