Dara Torres
Dara Torres · Sports
Swimmer; 12 Olympic medals across five Games (1984-2008), the first US swimmer to compete at five Olympics
1967, Beverly Hills, California, United States
United States
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Dara Torres is an American swimmer who won 12 Olympic medals across five Games from 1984 to 2008 and became the first U.S. swimmer to compete in five Olympics. At the 2008 Beijing Games she won three silver medals at age 41, one of the oldest Olympic swimming medalists. She is Jewish through her father and is a member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
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Source: Wikipedia (Jewish father); Jewish Virtual Library
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Swimmer; 12 Olympic medals across five Games (1984-2008), the first US swimmer to compete at five Olympics
Source: Wikipedia (Jewish father); Jewish Virtual Library
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