Natalie Coughlin
Olympic Games Gold 2004 Athens 100 m backstroke Gold 2004 Athens 4×200 m freestyle Gold 2008 Beijing 100 m backstroke Silver 2004 Athens 4×100 m freestyle Silver 2004 Athens 4×100 m medley Silver 2008 Beijing 4×100 m freestyle Silver 2008 Beijing 4×100 m medley Bronze 2004 Athens 100 m freestyle Bronze 2008 Beijing 100 m freestyle Bronze 2008 Beijing 200 m medley Bronze 2008 Beijing 4×200 m freestyle Bronze 2012 London 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (LC) Gold 2001 Fukuoka 100 m backstroke Gold 2001 Fukuoka 4×200 m freestyle Gold 2003 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle Gold 2005 Montreal 4×200 m freestyle Gold 2007 Melbourne 100 m backstroke Gold 2007 Melbourne 4×200 m freestyle Gold 2011 Shanghai 4×100 m medley Gold 2013 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle Silver 2001 Fukuoka 4×100 m medley Silver 2003 Barcelona 4×100 m medley Silver 2005 Montreal 4×100 m medley Silver 2005 Montreal 100 m freestyle Silver 2007 Melbourne 4×100 m freestyle Silver 2007 Melbourne 4×100 m medley Silver 2011 Shanghai 4×100 m freestyle Bronze 2001 Fukuoka 50 m backstroke Bronze 2005 Montreal 100 m backstroke Bronze 2005 Montreal 4×100 m freestyle Bronze 2007 Melbourne 100 m butterfly Bronze 2011 Shanghai 100 m backstroke World Championships (SC) Gold 2010 Dubai 100 m backstroke Gold 2014 Doha 4×50 m mixed free Silver 2010 Dubai 4×100 m freestyle Silver 2010 Dubai 4×100 m medley Silver 2014 Doha 4×50 m freestyle Silver 2014 Doha 4×100 m freestyle Silver 2014 Doha 4×50 m medley Bronze 2010 Dubai 100 m freestyle Pan Pacific Championships Gold 2002 Yokohama 100 m freestyle Gold 2002 Yokohama 100 m backstroke Gold 2002 Yokohama 100 m butterfly Gold 2002 Yokohama 4×200 m freestyle Gold 2006 Victoria 100 m freestyle Gold 2006 Victoria 4×100 m freestyle Gold 2006 Victoria 4×200 m freestyle Gold 2006 Victoria 4×100 m medley Gold 2010 Irvine 100 m freestyle Gold 2010 Irvine 4×100 m freestyle Gold 2010 Irvine 4×100 m medley Silver 2002 Yokohama 4×100 m freestyle Silver 2002 Yokohama 4×100 m medley Silver 2006 Victoria 50 m freestyle Silver 2006 Victoria 100 m backstroke Bronze 2010 Irvine 100 m backstroke Natalie Coughlin Hall (born August 23, 1982), née Natalie Anne Coughlin, is an American competition swimmer and twelve-time Olympic medalist. Ten days before her 20th birthday in 2002, she became the first woman ever to swim the 100-meter backstroke (long course) in less than one minute. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she became the first U.S. female athlete in modern Olympic history to win six medals in one Olympiad, and the first woman ever to win a 100-meter backstroke gold in two consecutive Olympics. Coughlin's success has earned her the World Swimmer of the Year Award once and American Swimmer of the Year Award three times. She has won a total of forty-nine medals in major international competition, twenty-two gold, seventeen silver, and ten bronze spanning the Olympics, the World, and the Pan Pacific Championships. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she earned a bronze medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay. Her total of twelve Olympic medals tie her with Jenny Thompson and Dara Torres for the most all-time by an American woman.