Missy Franklin
Olympic Games Gold 2012 London 100 m backstroke Gold 2012 London 200 m backstroke Gold 2012 London 4×200 m freestyle Gold 2012 London 4×100 m medley Bronze 2012 London 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (LC) Gold 2011 Shanghai 200 m backstroke Gold 2011 Shanghai 4×200 m freestyle Gold 2011 Shanghai 4×100 m medley Gold 2013 Barcelona 100 m backstroke Gold 2013 Barcelona 200 m backstroke Gold 2013 Barcelona 200 m freestyle Gold 2013 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle Gold 2013 Barcelona 4×200 m freestyle Gold 2013 Barcelona 4×100 m medley Silver 2011 Shanghai 4×100 m freestyle Bronze 2011 Shanghai 50 m backstroke World Championships (SC) Silver 2010 Dubai 200 m backstroke Silver 2010 Dubai 4×100 m medley Pan Pacific Championships Gold 2014 Gold Coast 4×200 m freestyle Silver 2014 Gold Coast 4×100 m freestyle Silver 2014 Gold Coast 4×100 m medley Bronze 2014 Gold Coast 100 m backstroke Melissa Jeanette Franklin (born May 10, 1995) is an American competition swimmer and four-time Olympic gold medalist. She currently holds the world record in the 200-meter backstroke (long course) and American records in both the 100-meter and 200-meter backstroke (long course). As a member of the U.S. National Team, she also holds the world record in the 4×100-meter medley relay (short course and long course). Franklin during a warm-up at the 2012 Summer Olympics In her Olympic debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics at age 17, Franklin won a total of five medals, four of which were gold. She swept the women's backstroke events, winning gold in both the 100-meter and 200-meter backstroke. Franklin's successes have earned her Swimming World's World Swimmer of the Year and the American Swimmer of the Year award in 2012 as well as the FINA Swimmer of the Year Award in 2011 and 2012. In total, she has won twenty-two medals in international competition: fourteen gold, five silver, and three bronze, spanning the 2012 Summer Olympics, the FINA World Championships and the short course FINA World Championships.