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Dara Torres
American swimmer (born )
For the politician, see Dara Torre.
Dara Grace Torres (born April 15, ) is an American former competitive swimmer, who is a time Olympic medalist and former world record-holder in three events.
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Torres is the first swimmer to represent the United States in five Olympic Games (, , , and ), and at age 41, the oldest swimmer to earn a place on the U.S. Olympic team. At the Summer Olympics, she competed in the meter freestyle, 4×meter medley relay, and 4×meter freestyle relay, and won silver medals in all three events.
Torres won 12 Olympic medals (four gold, four silver, four bronze), at the time this was the most Olympic women's swimming medals, tied with fellow American Jenny Thompson. Torres won five medals at the Summer Olympics, when at age 33, she was the oldest member of the U.S.
Olympic swim team. She won at least one medal in each of the five Olympics in which she competed.
Early years
Torres was born on April 15, , to a family