Dara Torres

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  • Dara Torres is an American swimmer from California. She won her first Olympic medal in 1984. Torres qualified for the U.S. Olympic swimming team by winning both the 100 meter and 50 meter freestyle races. She is the oldest female swimmer ever to compete in the Olympics and the only swimmer to win medals in five Olympic Games.NBC Olympics: Dara Torres

    Torres won three silver medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. She won an individual silver in the 50 meter freestyle and helped the U.S. women's team win silver in the 4 x 100 meter medley relay and the 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay events.NBC Olympics: Dara Torres

  • Child of Privilege

    Torres' physique is widely noted as one advantage she has over other swimmers. Her other advantage is money. Torres grew up in Beverly Hills, has lucrative sponsorship and modeling contracts, and is able to spend $100,000 a year or more on the various facets of training. "Torres’s retinue includes a head coach, a sprint coach, a strength coach, two stretchers, two masseuses, a chiropractor and a nanny," the New York Times reports.The New York Times: A Swimmer of a Certain Age (June 29, 2008)

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