Natalie Coughlin

What grabs me about Natalie Coughlin is the sheer historic weight of being the first woman under a minute in the 100m backstroke. Records like that aren't just numbers; they redraw the line of what a body can do. Twelve Olympic medals out of Berkeley speaks to brains as much as engine, because longevity at that level demands ruthless self-management. I admire athletes who keep showing up to the water year after year rather than flaming out young. To me she reads as a quiet technician of consistency, and that earns far more respect than raw flash ever could in my book.

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Name (English)

Natalie Coughlin

Name (Japanese)

ナタリー・コーグリン

Reading

なたりー・こーぐりん

Born

August 23, 1982 (age 44)

Origin

Vallejo, California, United States

Height

173 cm

Occupation

swimmer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dog

High school

Carondelet High School

University

University of California, Berkeley

Awards & achievements

• 2003 Honda Sports Award for Swimming & Diving

• Official sitehttp://nataliecoughlin.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/NatalieCoughlin
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie%20Coughlin
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8A%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q229937

Tags

• California
• swimmer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.