grace born april american competitive swimmer time olympic medalist world record holder events swimmer represent united_states olympic games age oldest swimmer earn place olympic team summer olympics competed meter freestyle meter medley relay meter freestyle relay won silver medals events won olympic medals gold silver bronze women olympic women swimming medals won medals summer olympics age oldest member olympic swim team won medal olympics competed making handful earn medals different games early years born los_angeles california daughter father real estate developer casino owner originally cuba mother american model grew beverly_hills california fifth children older girls year old followed footsteps older brothers joining community swimming practice afterward signed swimming club train won national open championship yard freestyle defeating current champion college junior attended competed swim team coach seventh grade sophomore year high school member basketball teams high school junior year left home swim mission california training olympics coach olympics returned graduate college swimming career accepted athletic scholarship attend florida swam swimming diving team ncaa competition coach years swimmer won sec individual championships including yard freestyle yard freestyle yard freestyle yard butterfly member sec championship relay teams won ncaa individual national championships yard freestyle yard freestyle yard butterfly member ncaa championship relay teams including yard freestyle relay yard yard medley yard freestyle relay yard yard medley named year sec female swimmer year earned american swimming honors maximum number possible college career florida playing sport fifth year having exhausted ncaa eligibility swimming graduated university bachelor degree telecommunications inducted great november named recipient ncaa silver anniversary award presented annually distinguished student athletes 25th anniversary final school year athletic eligibility international swimming career olympics summer olympics los_angeles member winning women meter freestyle relay team swimming round qualifying heat earning gold medal event final winning teammates final included swam event second round qualifying heat summer olympics seoul south_korea qualified olympic women team individual event relay events earned bronze medal swimming place women team meter freestyle relay final teammates earned silver medal swimming freestyle leg meter medley relay second place team preliminary heats final individually placed seventh final meter freestyle event qualified olympic women team single event summer olympics barcelona swam second leg meter freestyle relay winning team included earned gold medal efforts event final round qualifying heat comeback olympics seven years competitive swimming began train olympic comeback guidance coach won medals summer olympics sydney saved best major relay events olympic women team swam second leg winning women team final meter freestyle relay included won second gold medal winning team meter medley relay teammates final individually earned bronze medals olympic medals individual events meter freestyle meter butterfly meter freestyle tying teammate rival place event years old oldest woman win olympic medal swimming oldest member olympic swim team won medals team member second comeback olympics august age months giving birth child won meter freestyle indianapolis august set new american record meter freestyle seconds breaking record seconds set summer olympics lowered initial american record seconds broken lowered american record meter freestyle times american swimmer event olympic trials returned pool qualified spot fifth olympic games age american female swimmer oldest swimmer history american swimmer appear olympic games trials qualified event finals meter freestyle broke american record time seconds semifinal meter finals broke record ninth time setting seconds winning american women spot event qualified meter freestyle later withdrew individual meter freestyle event focus efforts meter freestyle meter relay events july swim team final training singapore elected captains olympic women swimming team order pre speculation taking performance enhancing drugs volunteered new enhanced drug testing program want open book said want people know right clean addition employing training team coach sprint coach resistance stretching trainers calling secret weapon continued success year training costs partially corporate sponsors toyota summer olympics beijing won silver medal anchor swimmer second place team meter freestyle relay fifth time tries earned olympic medal meter freestyle relay american relay team second place finish oldest swimmer win medal olympic history surpassing british swimmer time summer olympics august won silver medal meter freestyle finishing new american record time seconds second winner second place time new american record second faster swam thirty minutes later won silver medal swimming freestyle anchor leg second place team meter medley relay split medley relay seconds fastest meter freestyle split relay history american record women meter freestyle individual event seconds august making time second faster olympic medals tied time medal record female olympic swimmer set fellow american american subsequently record aftermath retirement won meter freestyle fourth best time world year placed meter butterfly qualifying compete events world championships time competed world championships placed eighth meter freestyle advance qualifying heats meter butterfly following surgery knees began training goal competing summer olympics united states olympic trials placed fourth finals meter freestyle second winner second second finishers trials event qualified olympic team result concluded olympic career announced retirement competitive swimming concluding career olympic medals olympic career spanned years olympic games life outside swimming worked television reporter announcer american networks nbc espn tnt hosted golf resort sports network worked model elite swimmer model sports_illustrated appearing edition elected married subsequently divorced sports producer converted judaism marrying israeli surgeon father jewish later divorced reproductive began dating break parents born birth daughter masters swimmer persuaded begin training veteran celebrity swimmer swim america charitable organization raises funds cancer research participated years author books age number achieve dreams stage life gold medal fitness revolutionary week program world records women meter freestyle women meter freestyle relay women meter medley relay
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