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| Coughlin is originally from ] and is of ]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.asianjournal.com/?c=124&a=29393 |title=Natalie Coughlin: Like Fish to Olympic Waters |accessdate=2008-07-08}}</ref> and ] heritage. As of April 2008, she is engaged to Crow Canyon Sharks coach ]; they are planning an April 2009 wedding. |
Coughlin is originally from ] and is of ]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.asianjournal.com/?c=124&a=29393 |title=Natalie Coughlin: Like Fish to Olympic Waters |accessdate=2008-07-08}}</ref> and ] heritage. As of April 2008, she is engaged to Crow Canyon Sharks coach ]; they are planning an April 2009 wedding.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/28/sports/olympics/28swim.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2&ref=othersports&oref=slogin|title= Coughlin Overcomes Fear in Individual Medley|accessdate=2008-07-15}}</ref> | ||
| Prior to the 2004 Olympics, she was a student-athlete at ] in Concord CA, ] in ], then later at the ], where she earned a BA in ] in 2005. She had won ] ] Swimmer of the Year honors in her first three years at the university. | Prior to the 2004 Olympics, she was a student-athlete at ] in Concord CA, ] in ], then later at the ], where she earned a BA in ] in 2005. She had won ] ] Swimmer of the Year honors in her first three years at the university. | ||
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| Full name | Natalie Anne Coughlin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Natalie Anne Coughlin (born August 23, 1982 in Vallejo, California) is a American swimmer and represented the United States at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won two gold medals, two silver medals, and a bronze. At the 2008 Summer Olympics as of August 12, she has won a gold medal in the 100 meter backstroke, becoming the first woman to ever win a gold in that event two Olympics in a row. She is known for her dominance in a short course pool and underwater kicking ability. She currently holds American and US Open records in eight different events in a short course yards pool.
Biography
Coughlin is originally from Concord, California and is of Filipino and Irish heritage. As of April 2008, she is engaged to Crow Canyon Sharks coach Ethan Hall; they are planning an April 2009 wedding.
Prior to the 2004 Olympics, she was a student-athlete at Carondelet High School in Concord CA, Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, California, then later at the University of California, Berkeley, where she earned a BA in psychology in 2005. She had won twelve National Collegiate Athletic Association Swimmer of the Year honors in her first three years at the university.
Coughlin won the gold medal at the 2004 Olympics in the women's 100 meter backstroke event and was a member of the silver medal women's 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay with Kara Lynn Joyce, Amanda Weir, and Jenny Thompson. She also broke a world record and won gold as a member of the 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay. Her lead-off split on the relay would have won gold in the individual 200 meter freestyle event.
Coughlin worked as an in-studio host for MSNBC during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy. Coughlin won a silver medal in the 2008 Olympics in the 4x100m relay.
2004 Summer Olympics
| 2004 Summer Olympics Events | |||
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| Final medal count: 5 (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze) | |||
| Date | Event | Final Time | Place |
| August 14 | 4x100m Freestyle Relay | 3:36.39 AR | 2nd |
| August 16 | 100m Backstroke | 1:00.37 ** | 1st |
| August 18 | 4x200m Freestyle Relay | 7:53.42 WR | 1st |
| August 19 | 100m Freestyle | 54.40 | 3rd |
| August 21 | 4x100m Medley Relay | 3:59.12 *** | 2nd |
- WR: World Record; AR: American Record
- ** Coughlin set the Olympic Record (1:00.17) in the semi-finals.
- *** Coughlin set a new Olympic Record for the 100m backstroke (59.68) in the relay lead-off leg.
2008 Summer Olympics
In her second Olympics appearance, at Beijing in 2008, she was elected joint captain of the US women's swimming team together with five-time Olympian Dara Torres and four-time Olympian Amanda Beard.
Coughlin won the gold medal in the 100m backstroke at those Games, becoming the first woman to retain the gold medal position in that event. She had lost her world record to Kirsty Coventry, the eventual silver medallist, in the semi-final.
Other Records
Coughlin set her latest world record in the 100 meter backstroke at the 2008 summer Olympic trials "McGregory,Coughlin set worlds records". Retrieved 2008-07-01.. She is the first woman ever to go under 59 seconds in the 100 meter backstroke. She also holds world records in the 100 meter individual medley and as a member of the 4x200m freestyle relay as well as numerous US swimming records.
References
- "2004 Olympic Games swimming results". Retrieved 2007-07-22.
- "Montreal 2005 Results". Retrieved 2007-06-09.
- "12th FINA World Championships". Retrieved 2007-06-09.
- "Natalie Coughlin: Like Fish to Olympic Waters". Retrieved 2008-07-08.
- "Coughlin Overcomes Fear in Individual Medley". Retrieved 2008-07-15.
- "U.S. swim teams name captains for Beijing".
See also
External links
| Records | ||
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Preceded by He Cihong
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Women's 100 metre backstroke world record holder (long course) August 13, 2002 – June 30, 2008 |
Succeeded by Hayley McGregory
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Preceded by Martina Moravcová
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Women's 100 metre butterfly world record holder (short course) November 22, 2002 – August 28, 2006 |
Succeeded by Libby Lenton
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| Preceded by Jenny Thompson
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Women's 100 metre individual medley world record holder (short course) November 23, 2002 – present |
Succeeded byIncumbent |
| Preceded by Hayley McGregory
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Women's 100 metre backstroke world record holder (long course) June 30, 2008 – August 11, 2008 |
Succeeded by Kirsty Coventry
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Preceded by Inge de Bruijn
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World Swimmer of the Year 2002 |
Succeeded by Hannah Stockbauer
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| Preceded by Brooke Bennett
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World American Swimmer of the Year 2001 – 2002 |
Succeeded by Amanda Beard
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| Olympic champions in women's 100 m backstroke | |
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- 1982 births
- Living people
- People from Florida
- Filipino American sportspeople
- American swimmers
- American backstroke swimmers
- American freestyle swimmers
- American butterfly swimmers
- American medley swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States
- Swimming World World Swimmers of the Year
- University of California, Berkeley alumni
- World record holders in swimming
- Concord, California
- American Christians