Dara Torres Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Dara Grace Torres (born April 15, 1967) is an American former competition swimmer and world record-holder who is a twelve-time Olympic medalist. Torres is the first and only swimmer from the United States to compete in five Olympic Games (1984, 1988, 1992, 2000 and 2008), and, at age 41, is the oldest swimmer ever to earn a place on the U.S. Olympic team. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she competed in the 50-meter freestyle, 4×100-meter medley relay, and 4×100-meter freestyle relay, and won silver medals in all three events.Torres has won twelve Olympic medals (four gold, four silver, four bronze), one of three women with the most Olympic women's swimming medals. She won five medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics when, at age 33, she was the oldest member of the 2000 U.S. Olympic Swim Team. She has also won at least one medal in each of the five Olympics in which she has competed, making her one of only a handful of Olympians to earn medals in five different Games.On August 1, 2007, at age 40 (just 15 months after giving birth to her first child), she won gold in the 100-meter freestyle at the U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis, her fourteenth national championship. On August 4, she broke her own American record in the 50-meter freestyle, 25 years after she first set the American record at just 15 years old. She lowered her initial American record by 1.62 seconds. Torres has broke or lowered her own American record in the 50 free ten times, which is the most by any American swimmer in any event.
Full Name
Dara Torres
Net Worth
$1 Million
Date Of Birth
April 15, 1967
Place Of Birth
Jupiter, Florida, USA
Height
1.8 m
Weight
68 kg
Profession
Journalist, Announcer, Swimmer
Work Position
Dara Torres – Championships, awards and honors
Education
University of Florida, Harvard-Westlake School
Nationality
American
Children
Tessa Grace
Parents
Edward Torres, Marylu Kauder
Partner
David Hoffman, David Hoffman
Nicknames
Dara Torres, Dara Grace Torres, Torres, Dara
Facebook
Twitter
Google+
IMDB
Awards
Best Comeback Athlete ESPY Award
Nominations
Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year
TV Shows
Pyramid
Star Sign
Aries
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Quote
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They may become harder to achieve, but your dreams can't stop because you've hit a certain age.
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Fact
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Has retired from competitive swimming [interview with Bill O'Reilly on July 23, 2012].
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Living, with her daughter Tessa Hoffman, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida since 2005.
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Daughter of Edward Torres and Marylu Kauder.
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Grew up in Los Angeles, the fifth of six children and the elder of two girls.
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At age 7, started following her brothers to swim practice at the local YMCA and later joined the Culver City swim team. During her junior year in high school, she moved to Mission Viejo, California to train for the 1984 Olympics. She started attending the University of Florida in 1985. At Florida, she earned 28 N.C.A.A. All-American swimming awards, the maximum number possible during a college career.
Mother of Tessa Hoffman. The father is reproductive endocrinologist David Hoffman.
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Won the silver medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics in the Women's 4x100 Medley Relay, and the bronze medal in the Women's 4x100 Meter Freestyle Relay in swimming.
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Won the gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics in the Women's 4x100 Meter Freestyle Relay in swimming.
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Won the gold medal at the 2000 Sidney Olympics in the Women's 4x100 Meter Freestyle Relay and Women's 4x100 Medley Relay, and the bronze medal in the Women's 50 Meter Freestyle, the Women's 100 Meter Freestyle, and the Women's 100 Meter Butterfly in swimming.
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Won the silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the Women's 4x100 Freestyle Relay, the Women's 4x100 Medley Relay, and the Women's 50 Meter Freestyle in swimming.
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Won a total of 12 Olympic medals (4 gold, 4 silver, 4 bronze), spanning 5 Olympics (Los Angeles-1984, Seoul-1988, Barcelona-1992, Sidney-2000, Beijing-2008).
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Won the gold medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics in the Women's 4x100 Meter Freestyle Relay in swimming.
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Inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.
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Title
Year
Status
Character
Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race
2015
TV Movie
Herself
Hollywood Health Report
2014
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Katie
2014
TV Series
Herself
Good Day L.A.
2013
TV Series
Herself
Fox and Friends
2012-2013
TV Series
Herself - Guest Co-Host / Herself
The Wendy Williams Show
2010-2012
TV Series
Herself - Guest / Herself
The O'Reilly Factor
2012
TV Series
Herself
Piers Morgan Tonight
2012
TV Series
Herself
Today
2008-2010
TV Series
Herself
Mike & Mike
2010
TV Series
Herself - Guest
The Daily Show
2009
TV Series
Herself
Tavis Smiley
2009
TV Series
Herself
Costas Now
2008
TV Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2008
TV Series
Herself
CBS Evening News with Katie Couric
2008
TV Series
Herself
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt
2008
TV Series
Herself
Beijing 2008: Games of the XXIX Olympiad
2008
TV Mini-Series
Herself
Pyramid
2003
TV Series
Herself
Barcelona 1992: Games of the XXV Olympiad
1992
TV Mini-Series
Herself - Swimmer
Archive Footage
Known for movies
Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race (2015) as Herself
Today (2008-2010) as Herself
Beijing 2008: Games of the XXIX Olympiad (2008) as Herself
Fox and Friends (2012-2013) as Herself - Guest Co-Host / Herself
