Natalie Coughlin

Natalie Coughlin is an American former competition swimmer and twelve-time Olympic medalist. While at the University of California, Berkeley she became the first woman to swim the 100 metre backstroke in under a minute in a long course pool. At the 2008 Summer Olympics she became the first United States female athlete in modern Olympic history to win six medals in one Games, and the first woman to win the 100 metre backstroke gold at two consecutive Olympics. She earned a bronze medal in the 4x100 metre freestyle relay at the 2012 Olympics, her third and final appearance, and has won 59 medals in major international competition.