Event Progressions, cont. - USA Swimming
Event Progressions, cont. - USA Swimming
Event Progressions, cont. - USA Swimming
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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