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Dana Vollmer

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Dana Vollmer is the 202nd most popular swimmer (up from 205th in 2024), the 12,251st most popular biography from United States (up from 13,252nd in 2019) and the 85th most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Dana Vollmer ranks 202 out of 709. Before her are Sandra Morgan, Roland Schoeman, Enith Brigitha, Boy Charlton, Allison Schmitt, and Georg Hoffmann. After her are Matt Vogel, Kaye Hall, Ulrike Tauber, Melissa Belote, Jon Henricks, and Ian O'Brien.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Dana Vollmer ranks 195. Before her are Mădălina Diana Ghenea, Park Jeong-min, Polina Gagarina, Serkan Çayoğlu, Katie Leung, and Shay Mitchell. After her are James Johnson, Noboru Nakayama, Magdalena Neuner, James Maynard, Takahide Kishi, and Nando de Colo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dana Vollmer ranks 12,254 out of 20,380. Before her are Hope Emerson (1897), Brandon Call (1976), Ana Ortiz (1971), Renée Richards (1934), Walter Lord (1917), and Ted Demme (1963). After her are Lydia Lunch (1959), Hugh Marlowe (1911), Fannie Lou Hamer (1917), Chris Frantz (1951), Troy Ruttman (1930), and Edward Andrews (1914).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Dana Vollmer ranks 85. Before her are Sybil Bauer (1903), Bill Smith (1924), Helen Wainwright (1906), Susan Pedersen (1953), Missy Franklin (1995), and Allison Schmitt (1990). After her are Matt Vogel (1957), Kaye Hall (1951), Melissa Belote (1956), Jerry Heidenreich (1950), Jane Barkman (1951), and Leo Goodwin (1883).

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