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My Take
Dara Torres may be the single best argument I know that age is just a number. Competing at 41 and becoming the first American swimmer to reach five Olympic Games is a feat that still leaves me a little awestruck. Twelve Olympic medals, former world records, and somehow the glamour to model on the side, yet the part I respect most is that she refused the comfortable exit. Instead of retiring on her laurels, she stared down physical decline and kept racing. That she went on to coach and write speaks to real depth of character. Anyone afraid of getting older should study her career.
Overview
Dara Grace Torres (born April 15, 1967) is an American former competitive swimmer, coach, and author who is a 12-time Olympic medalist and former world record-holder in three events. Torres is the first swimmer to represent the United States in five Olympic Games (1984, 1988, 1992, 2000 and 2008), and at age 41, the oldest swimmer to earn a place on the U.S. Olympic team.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Dara Torres
- Name (Japanese)
- ダラ・トーレス
- Reading
- だら・とーれす
- Born
- April 15, 1967 (age 59)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Goat
- Origin
- Beverly Hills, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 180 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- swimmer / model
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Florida
Awards & achievements
- 2010 Florida Women's Hall of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.