Missy Franklin
Melissa Jeanette Franklin (born Mey 10, 1995) is an American swimmer an fower-time Olympic gowd medallist. She currently haulds the warld record in the 200-meter backstroke (short course an long course) an the American record in baith the 100-meter an 200-meter backstroke (long course).[2][3] As a memmer o the U.S. Naitional Team, she an aa haulds the warld record in the 4×100-meter medley relay (short course an long course).[4]
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| Full name | Melissa Jeanette Franklin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Missile Missy[1] Missy the Missile | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Unitit States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 Mey 1995 Pasadena, Californie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hicht | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wecht | 165 lb (75 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Soummin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stroke(s) | Backstroke, freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Colorado Stars (STAR-CO) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University o Californie, Berkeley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In her Olympic debut at the 2012 Simmer Olympics at age 17, Franklin won a tot o five medals, fower o which war gowd. She swept the women's backstroke events, winnin gowd in baith the 100-meter an 200-meter backstroke. Franklin's success hae earned her Swimmin Warld's Warld Swimmer o the Year an the American Swimmer o the Year awaird in 2012 as well as the FINA Swimmer o the Year Awaird in 2011 an 2012. In tot, she haes won twal medals in internaitional competeetion: seiven gowd, three siller, an twa bronze spannin the 2012 Simmer Olympics, the FINA Warld Championships an the short course FINA Warld Championships.
Personal bests eedit
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Warld records eedit
| No. | Distance | Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Age | Note(s) | Ref |
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| 1 | 200 m | Backstroke (sc) | 2:00.03 | 2011 Warld Cup | Berlin, Germany | October 22, 2011 | 16 | [a] | [5] |
| 2 | 4×100 m | Medley relay (sc) | 3:45.56 | 2011 Duel in the Pool | Atlanta, Georgie, US | December 16, 2011 | 16 | [b] | [6] |
| 3 | 200 m | Backstroke | 2:04.06 | 2012 Simmer Olympics | Lunnon, Unitit Kinrick | August 3, 2012 | 17 | [7] | |
| 4 | 4×100 m | Medley relay | 3:52.05 | 2012 Simmer Olympics | Lunnon, Unitit Kinrick | August 04, 2012 | 17 | [c] | [8] |
- a Record set in a short course pool.
- b Short course record wi Natalie Coughlin, Rebecca Soni, an Dana Vollmer. Franklin swam the freestyle leg (anchor leg) in a time o 51.32.
- c Record set wi Rebecca Soni, Dana Vollmer, an Allison Schmitt. Franklin swam the backstroke leg (lead-aff leg) in a time o 58.50.
References eedit
- ↑ "'Missile Missy' is tearing up Olympic pool". sports.espn.go.com. ESPN. 31 Julie 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ↑ "FINA World Cup, Berlin: Missy Franklin Downs World Record During Day One Finals". Swimming World Magazine. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011. Italic or bold markup not allowed in:
|publisher=(help) - ↑ "Women's long course meters American records as of July 30, 2011" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 1 August 2011. Italic or bold markup not allowed in:
|publisher=(help) - ↑ "Duel in the Pool: World Record Opens Night One". Swimming World Magazine. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2011. Italic or bold markup not allowed in:
|publisher=(help) - ↑ "2011 FINA Swimming World Cup – 200 m backstroke (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 6 Mey 2012.[deid airtin]
- ↑ "2011 Duel in the Pool – 4×100 m medley relay" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 6 Mey 2012.[deid airtin]
- ↑ "Swimming: Franklin wins 200m backstroke gold". Chicago Tribune. Reuters. 3 August 2012. Archived frae the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ "Franklin helps U.S. women take medley gold". Newsday. Associated Press. 4 August 2012. Archived frae the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
Freemit airtins eedit
- Missy Franklin Archived 2012-05-31 at the Wayback Machine – Naitional Team swimmer profile at USASwimming.org
- Missy Franklin on Twitter