{"id":13755,"date":"2012-07-31T18:08:56","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T18:08:56","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-08-02T01:08:47","modified_gmt":"2012-08-02T01:08:47","slug":"Three-time-Olympic-swimmer-Natalie-Coughlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=13755","title":{"rendered":"Three time Olympic swimmer Natalie Coughlin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite her blond hair, blue eyed, light skinned exterior, Olympic Swimmer and Gold Medalist Natalie is actually \u00bc Filipino and proud of it!<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the 2008 Olympics, she became the first American female athlete in modern Olympic history to win six medals in one Olympics and the first woman ever to win a 100 m backstroke gold in two consecutive Olympics.<\/p>\n

Natalie Coughlin was also the joint captain of the US women’s swimming team together with five-time Olympian Dara Torres and four-time Olympian Amanda Beard.<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n

Natalie left the 2008 Beijing Olympics & the 2004 Athens Olympics as the most decorated female athlete. She\u2019s won a medal in every single Olympic event she\u2019s ever entered. <\/p>\n

For Natalie Coughlin, this weekend was the end of one of the better U.S. Olympic female swimmers in history.<\/strong> Based on a career that saw her become the first woman ever to swim the 100-meter backstroke (long course) in under a minute.<\/p>\n

It has been that kind of success that makes her one of the best in the world.<\/strong> She is a member of the 2012 United States Olympic team. While she swam in the qualifying round, she did not swim in the 4×100-meter final, but earned a bronze medal when the U.S. team placed third in the final. Her twelve Olympic medals tie her with Jenny Thompson and Dara Torres for the most all-time by an American woman.<\/p>\n