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<strong>USA</strong> <strong>Swimming</strong><br />

Natalie Coughlin<br />

PRONOUNCED: COG-lin<br />

CLUB: California Aquatics (CAL-CA)<br />

AGE: 29 DOB: Aug 23, 1982<br />

HEIGHT: 5' 8" (172.7 cm)<br />

HOMETOWN: Vallejo, Calif.<br />

RESIDENCE: Lafayette, Calif.<br />

COACHED BY: Teri McKeever<br />

Career Highlights:<br />

Collected a bronze medal in the 100m back at the 2011 FINA World Championships while<br />

helping the 4x100m medley relay set an American record and win gold; also picked up a silver<br />

in the 4x100m free relay and finished eighth in the 100m free ... Won the 100m back, placed<br />

third in the 100m free, and helped the 4x100m free-relay and 4x100m med-relay to second<br />

place finishes at the 2010 FINA Short Course World Championships ... Claimed the national<br />

title in the 100m back during the 2010 CP National Championships … first woman ever to win<br />

back-to-back Gold medals in the same event in consecutive Olympics, 100m back (2004/2008)<br />

… became the third woman to win five medals in a single Olympics … she became the first<br />

woman to swim the 100m back in less than one minute … 2002 <strong>USA</strong> <strong>Swimming</strong> Swimmer of<br />

the Year … three time NCAA <strong>Swimming</strong> of the Year … Three time National Sullivan Award<br />

Finalist (nation’s top amateur athlete) … first person since Tracy Caulkins (1978) to win five<br />

U.S. National titles at one meet (August 2002)<br />

Olympics History:<br />

2008: Gold, 100m BK; Silver, 400m FR-R (AR)/ 400m MR; Bronze, 200m IM/100m FR (AR)/<br />

800m FR-R (AR) ... 2004: Gold, 100m BK/800m FR-R(WR); Silver, 400m FR-R(AR) & 400m<br />

MR; Bronze, 100m FR<br />

Olympics History:<br />

11 for 11 in Olympic Games Swims<br />

World Champs History:<br />

2011: Gold, 400m MR; Silver, 400m FR-R; Bronze, 100m BK; 8, 100m FR ... 2007: Gold, 100m<br />

BK(WR)/800m FR-R(WR); Silver, 400m FR-R(AR)/400m MR; Bronze, 100m FL(AR); 4, 100m<br />

FR(AR); 8, 50m FR ... 2005: Gold, 800m FR-R; Silver, 100m FR(tie) & 400m MR; Bronze,<br />

100m BK & 400m FR-R ... 2003: Gold, 400m FR-R; Silver, 400m MR ... 2001: Gold, 100m BK<br />

& 800m FR-R(AR); Silver, 400m MR; Bronze, 50m BK<br />

World Champs History:<br />

WC Medal Count: 18 - 6G, 7S, 5B<br />

World Champs History:<br />

2011: Bronze 100 BK, 8th 100 FR, Gold 4x100 MR, Silver 4x100 FR-R<br />

Pan Pacs History:<br />

2010: Gold, 100m FR & 400m FR-R & 400m MR; Bronze, 100m BK ... 2006: Gold, 100m FR &<br />

all three relays; Silver, 50m FR & 100m BK ... 2002: Gold, 100m FR(AR) & 100m BK & 100m<br />

FL; Gold, 800m FR-R; Silver, 400m FR-R & 400m MR ... 1999: no medals<br />

SC Worlds History:<br />

2010: Gold 100 Bk, Silver 4x100 Fr-R, 4x100 Med-R, Bronze 100 Fr<br />

2007 World Rankings:<br />

13th, 50m FR; 2nd, 100m FR; 3rd, 200m FR; 24th, 400m FR; 3rd, 50m BK; 1st, 100m BK; 7th,<br />

50m FL; 3rd, 100m FL<br />

2006 World Rankings:<br />

8th, 50m FR; 5th, 100m FR; 8th, 200m FR; 1st, 100m BK; 3rd, 100m FL; 45th, 200m IM<br />

Briefly:<br />

First women in Olympic history to win back-back 100m Bk gold medals.<br />

Briefly:<br />

First women to break 59sec in the 100m Bk.<br />

Personal:<br />

Was an Olympic analyst for MSNBC during the 2006 Winter Olympic Games ... Married Ethan<br />

Hall in 2009.<br />

FAST FACTS<br />

Two-time Olympian (2008, 2004)<br />

Fifth LCM World Championships (2011,<br />

2007, 2005, 2003, 2001)<br />

16 World medals (6g, 6s, 4b)<br />

Eleven Olympic Games medals (3g, 4s, 4b)<br />

INTERNATIONAL MEDALS<br />

2011 FINA World Championships<br />

2011: Silver, 400m FR-R; Gold, 400m MED-R;<br />

Bronze, 100m BK<br />

2010 Pan Pacific Champs<br />

2010: Gold, 400m FR-R; Gold, 400m MED-R<br />

2010 FINA World Champs (25m)<br />

2010: Silver, 400m MED-R (SCM) (WR); Silver,<br />

400m FR-R (SCM) (WR); Bronze, 100m FR<br />

(SCM); Gold, 100m BK (SCM) (WR)<br />

2010 Pan Pacific Champs<br />

2010: Gold, 400m FR-R; Gold, 400m MED-R;<br />

Bronze, 100m BK; Gold, 100m FR<br />

2008 Olympic Games<br />

2008: Silver, 400m FR-R (AR); Bronze, 800m<br />

FR-R; Silver, 400m MED-R (AR); Bronze, 200m<br />

IM; Bronze, 100m FR; Gold, 100m BK<br />

2007 World Championships<br />

2007: Gold, 100m BK (WR); Gold, 200m FR (AR);<br />

Gold, 800m FR-R (WR); Silver, 400m FR-R (AR);<br />

Silver, 400m MED-R; Bronze, 100m FL (AR)<br />

2004 Olympic Games<br />

2004: Gold, 800m FR-R (WR); Silver, 400m FR-R<br />

(AR); Silver, 400m MED-R; Gold, 100m BK;<br />

Bronze, 100m FR<br />

TOP TIMES<br />

<strong>Event</strong> Best Year<br />

100m FR 53.39 Aug 08<br />

100m BK 58.94 Aug 08<br />

CAREER STATS:<br />

2011<br />

2010<br />

2008<br />

2007<br />

WC - 8 Final, 100m FR; 3 Final, 100m BK; 2 Final, 400m<br />

FR-R; 1 Final, 400m MED-R<br />

SCM World Champs - 3 Final, 100m FR (SCM); 1 Final, 100m<br />

BK (SCM) (WR); 2 Final, 400m FR-R (SCM) (WR); 2 Final,<br />

400m MED-R (SCM) (WR)<br />

Pan Pacs - t1 Final, 100m FR; 3 Final, 100m BK; t1 Final,<br />

400m FR-R; t1 Final, 400m FR-R; t1 Final, 400m MED-R; t1<br />

Final, 400m MED-R<br />

Olympics - 3 Final, 100m FR; 1 Final, 100m BK; t4 Final, 100m<br />

BK; 3 Final, 200m IM; 2 Final, 400m FR-R (AR); 3 Final, 800m<br />

FR-R; 2 Final, 400m MED-R (AR)<br />

TRIALS - 2 Final, 100m FR; 1 Final, 100m BK (WR); 2 Final,<br />

200m IM<br />

08 SCSC GP - t3 Final, 50m FR; t2 Final, 100m FR (AR); t1<br />

Final, 100m BK<br />

- 9 Final, 100m FR; t1 Final, 100m BK; t1 Final, 200m IM<br />

08 MIZZ GP - t3 Final, 50m FR; t3 Final, 100m FR; t2 Final,<br />

200m FR<br />

SCSC GP - t1 Final, 100m FR; t1 Final, 100m FL; 1 Final,<br />

400m FR-R<br />

MoO DiP - 1 Final, 100m BK

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