Missy Franklin

Melissa " Missy " Jeanette Franklin ( born May 10, 1995, Pasadena, California) is an American swimmer.

At the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai and 2013 in Barcelona she won nine titles. At the Olympic Games in London in 2012, she won the 100 and 200 meter backstroke and the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay and the 4 × 100 -meter medley relay gold medal and bronze in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay.

• 2.4.1 Summer Olympic Games 2012

Life

At the urging of her mother, Franklin began at the age of five years to swim. Her parents both have Canadian citizenship, so she has dual American and Canadian citizenship. She is coached by her coach Todd Schmitz since the age of seven. When her favorite athlete Franklin indicates Natalie Coughlin.

Swimming career

Early career

At the age of thirteen, Franklin took part in the Olympic test runs of the United States. They do not managed to qualify for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Her best result was the 37th place in the 100m freestyle.

2010

At the national championships in 2010 Franklin participated in six different runs. There, she qualified for the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in 2010, by being each second over 100 m and 200 m backstroke. At the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in 2010 she won the 100m back to fourth place, the finale did not make more than 50 and 200 m backstroke, however. Their first international medals it secured at the Short Course World Championships 2010 in Dubai. In the 200 m backstroke she took second place behind the French swimmer Alexianne Castel. She also won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 - meter relay team for their performance in the heats. At the ceremony for the Golden Goggle Awards she won for her performance in 2010, the Breakout Performer of the Year Award.

2011

2011 World Championships

Under the Swimming World Championships in Shanghai in 2011, she won a total of five medals, including three golds, one silver and one bronze. In her first race, the 4 × 100-meter medley relay, Franklin won a silver medal with Natalie Coughlin, Jessica Hardy and Dana Vollmer in 3:34,47. Your first medal as an individual athlete, she won the 50m backstroke, in which she took behind the Russian Anastasia Valerevna Sujewa and Japanese Aya Terakawa bronze. A short time later, Franklin participated in the 4 × 200-meter part - medley relay with Dagny Knutson, Katie Hoff and Allison Schmitt and won gold ahead of Australia and China with 7:46,14. Franklin's best time of 1:55,06 was faster than the best time of Federica Pellegrini in the 200m individual backstroke, won the ( 1.55,58 ) the Italian. After she set up the national record in the semi-finals in 200m backstroke ( 2:05,90 ), Franklin dominated the field with a time of 2:05,10, which they broke and gold won her own national record. It was Franklin's first international holdings and their time in the final was the third best of all time. Shortly after her finals she took the 200 m backstroke along with Natalie Coughlin, Rebecca Soni and Dana Vollmer at the 4 × 100-meter medley relay and won gold ( 3:52,36 ) with more than three seconds ahead of second-placed China. The freestyle distance she put back the fastest in 52.79. The final time of 3:52,36 for the medley relay was the second- fastest performance of all time, just behind the Chinese world record with 3:52,19. For her performance at the World Championships, she won various titles, including the Golden Goggle Award.

National Championships 2011

Three days after the world championships, she flew to Palo Alto, California, to participate at the national championships of the United States. There, she participated in four individual events in part, besides, she was part of the 4 × 100 - and 4 × 200 - meter relay. The first national title of her career, she won in the 100m backstroke and freestyle. In Medley about 200 m, it was fourth, while they occupied twelfth place about 50 m freestyle.

2012

Summer Olympic Games 2012

At the Olympic Summer Games in London Franklin appeared as the first swimmer ever at a total of seven competitions. She won four gold medals and one bronze, making it the most successful athlete of the Games. Their victories celebrated in races over 100 and 200m backstroke, as well as part of the 4 × 100 - meter individual medley and the 4 × 200-meter freestyle relay. Bronze she won the 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay. About the 200 meters backstroke ( 2:04,06 min ) and the 4 × 100-meter medley relay ( 3:52,05 min) she put on two new world records.