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Natalie Coughlin

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Natalie Anne Coughlin Hall (born August 23, 1982) is an American former competition swimmer and twelve-time Olympic medalist. While attending the University of California, Berkeley, she became the first woman ever to swim the 100-meter backstroke (long course) in less than one minute. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she became the first U.S. female athlete in modern Olympic history to win six medals in one Olympiad, and the first woman ever to win a 100-meter backstroke gold in two consecutive Olympics. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, in her third and final Olympic appearance, she earned a bronze medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Natalie Coughlin is the 118th most popular swimmer (up from 466th in 2019), the 8,640th most popular biography from United States (up from 18,576th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Natalie Coughlin ranks 118 out of 709. Before her are Ada Kok, Gilbert Bozon, Ginny Duenkel, Géza Kádas, Perry McGillivray, and William Yorzyk. After her are Claudia Kolb, Andrea Pollack, Frances Schroth, Lance Larson, Charles Devendeville, and Oleksandr Sydorenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Natalie Coughlin ranks 130. Before her are Timo Glock, Brad Jones, Vassilis Spanoulis, Tory Lane, Jack Swagger, and Dan Stevens. After her are Damon Wayans Jr., Jaroslav Plašil, LA Knight, Philippe Gilbert, Lizzy Caplan, and Charlie Cox.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Natalie Coughlin ranks 8,642 out of 20,380. Before her are Tom Hayden (1939), Busby Berkeley (1895), Israel Putnam (1718), Mikaela Shiffrin (1995), Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884), and Jenna Fischer (1974). After her are Outram Bangs (1863), Claudia Kolb (1949), Shemp Howard (1895), Conrad Nagel (1897), Erin Moriarty (1994), and Judi Brown Clarke (1961).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Natalie Coughlin ranks 53. Before her are Ethel Lackie (1907), Matt Biondi (1965), Lynn Burke (1943), Ginny Duenkel (1947), Perry McGillivray (1893), and William Yorzyk (1933). After her are Claudia Kolb (1949), Frances Schroth (1893), Lance Larson (1940), Adolph Kiefer (1918), Cathy Ferguson (1948), and Brenda Helser (1924).

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