Natalie Coughlin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Natalie Coughlin

American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder

Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1982

Place of Birth: Vallejo, California, United States

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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About Natalie Coughlin

  • Natalie Anne Coughlin Hall (born August 23, 1982) is an American competition swimmer and twelve-time Olympic medalist.
  • While attending the University of California, Berkeley, she became the first woman ever to swim the 100-meter backstroke (long course) in less than one minute—ten days before her 20th birthday in 2002.
  • At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she became the first U.S.
  • female athlete in modern Olympic history to win six medals in one Olympiad, and the first woman ever to win a 100-meter backstroke gold in two consecutive Olympics.
  • At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she earned a bronze medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay.
  • Her total of twelve Olympic medals ties her with Jenny Thompson and Dara Torres for the most all-time medals by a female swimmer. Coughlin's success has earned her the World Swimmer of the Year Award once and American Swimmer of the Year Award three times.
  • She has won a total of sixty medals in major international competition, twenty-five gold, twenty-two silver, and thirteen bronze spanning the Olympics, the World, the Pan Pacific Championships, and the Pan American Games.

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