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'' in 50-meter freestyle at 2008 summer olympics . '' torres waves to crowd after winning silver medal dara grace torres culver city swim club beverly hills , california 150 lb kg on 220 5 ft 11 in m on university of florida 15 april 1967 dara torres 2crop.jpg dara torres
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dara torres

dara grace torres -lrb- born april 15 , 1967 -rrb- is an american former competition swimmer who is a twelve-time olympic medalist and former world record-holder in three events .
torres is the first and only swimmer to represent the united states in five olympic games -lrb- 1984 , 1988 , 1992 , 2000 and 2008 -rrb- , and , at age 41 , was 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 -lrb- four gold , four silver , four bronze -rrb- , 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 .
