Dara Torres

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.

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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)

Origin

Beverly Hills, California, United States

Height

180 cm

Occupation

swimmer / model

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Goat

University

University of Florida

Awards & achievements

• 2010 Florida Women's Hall of Fame

• Official sitehttps://www.daratorres.com
• Xhttps://x.com/DaraTorres
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dara%20Torres
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q229926

Tags

• California
• swimmer
• model

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.