Dara Torres

Dara Torres after winning the silver medal in the 50 - meter freestyle race at the Olympic Games of Beijing

Dara Grace Torres ( born April 15, 1967 in Beverly Hills ) is an American swimmer and Sportkommentatorin.

Career

It is the only U.S. swimmer who at five Olympic Games (1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, 2008) took part, while she won four gold, four silver and four bronze medals. It is also the oldest winner of an Olympic swimming medal ever. In the summer of 2008 she was able to qualify as a U.S. champion in the 100 meters as well as vice- champion in the 50 meter freestyle for her fifth Olympic Games.

At 14, she swam her first world record at age 17 she was Olympic champion in her hometown of Los Angeles. At 25, she stopped with the sport and then used seven years later to participate in the Olympic Games in Sydney and get 5 more medals. In April 2006, she gave birth to her daughter Tessa. Your qualification for the Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing owe their own information for a specific stretching method. In Beijing she won in the categories 4 x 100 -meter freestyle relay, 50 meter freestyle and 4 x 100 -meter medley relay one silver medal.

Torres was the first athlete that occurred in the swimsuit issue of Sports Illustrated next to the usual models and therefore is regarded as one of the most glamorous women athletes of her generation.