Natalie Coughlin
Natalie Coughlin ( born August 23, 1982 in Vallejo, California) is an American swimmer.
Career
Originally Coughlin is from Concord. The psychology student at the University of California, Berkeley is one of the best back swimmers in the world. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, she won two gold medals: 100m backstroke and the American 4 × 200 meters freestyle relay. In addition to two other relay silver medals they could also over 100m freestyle win the bronze medal and was with five medals in Athens one of the most successful American athletes.
In the swimming world championships in 2005 in Montreal, she was with the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay world champion. She also won the silver medal in the 100 m freestyle, but had to on their special range of 100 m backstroke as the reigning Olympic gold medalist with Bronze settle behind Kirsty Coventry and Antje Schulte bush.
In the swimming world championships in 2007 in Melbourne, she won a total of five medals; including the gold in the 100m backstroke and the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay.
Your third Olympic gold medal won Coughlin again at 100 m backstroke competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. You undercut thereby Although their world record time of 18 February 2008 and thus swam a new America record, but did not reach the time of Kirsty Coventry, who set a new world record in the semis, but in the final won only silver. In addition, it was used in all three U.S. relay and won with this 2x silver ( 4x100m freestyle and 4x100m medley ) and 1x bronze in the 4x200m freestyle relay. Two more bronze medals she reached the 100m freestyle and 200m individual medley.