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Dara Torres

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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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Dara Torres is the 310th most popular swimmer (down from 264th in 2024), the 16,197th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,350th in 2019) and the 114th most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Dara Torres ranks 310 out of 709. Before her are Silvia Poll, Lukman Niode, Jon Olsen, Daniela Hunger, Anders Holmertz, and Teófilo Yldefonso. After her are Mirna Jukić, Nina Zhivanevskaya, Carolyn Waldo, George DiCarlo, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, and Ben Proud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Dara Torres ranks 861. Before her are Dmitry Shevchenko, Makoto Atsuta, Gundars Vētra, Remigija Nazarovienė, Jan Behrendt, and Mounir Boukadida. After her are Nikolay Bukhalov, Carolyn Lawrence, Laima Zilporytė, Hanna Tetteh, Heavy D, and Andreas Heraf.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dara Torres ranks 16,204 out of 20,380. Before her are Hal Sparks (1969), Alondra de la Parra (1982), Kirstjen Nielsen (1972), Bryan Clay (1980), Errol Spence Jr. (1990), and Steve Sampson (1957). After her are Mike D (1965), David Pryor (1934), Coco Austin (1979), Josie Totah (2001), Nick Oliveri (1971), and Romeo Miller (1989).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Dara Torres ranks 114. Before her are John Naber (1956), Martín López-Zubero (1969), Sharon Wichman (1952), Angel Martino (1967), Bruce Furniss (1957), and Jon Olsen (1969). After her are George DiCarlo (1963), Ryan Lochte (1984), Robert Finke (1999), Nancy Hogshead-Makar (1962), Nicole Haislett (1972), and Rebecca Soni (1987).

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