Dara Torres is the first American swimmer to compete at four Olympic Games (2000, 1992, 1988, 1984). At the age of 33, she was the oldest member on the 2000 U.S. Olympic swimming team. She has won nine Olympic medals, including four golds, and won five medals alone in 2000, the Games in which she was the eldest member on the team.
Dara Torres won gold medals in the 4x100m medley relay and the 4x100m freestyle relay at the 2000 Olympic Games. She also won bronze medals in the 100m freestyle, 50m freestyle and 100m butterfly.
Torres retired after the 1992 Olympic Games and made a comeback in 1999. She finished first in the 50m freestyle and second in the 100m freestyle at the 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials. She won a gold medal and set a world record as part of the 400m freestyle relay team at the 1992 Olympic Games, in which she was the U.S. swimming team’s captain. She won a bronze medal in the 400m freestyle relay and a silver in the 400m medley relay at the 1988 Olympic Games. At the 1984 Olympic Games, Torres won a gold medal in the 400m freestyle relay.
In 1991, she received the Summer Nationals Kiputh Award and the Comeback Award. She was a 28-time All-America in college. Dara Torres has worked for CNN and NBC Sports and provided television commentary for ESPN, TNT, Fox News and Fox Sports. She serves as a spokesperson for the Tae-Bo workout videotapes and is also a sometime model, having appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 1994.

Name:
TORRES, Dara
Other names:
TORRES, Dara Grace
Born:
15 April 1967
Birthplace:
Los Angeles (United States)
Nationality:
United States

Olympic Games:
Gold: 4
Bronze: 5

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