﻿{"id":219260,"date":"2016-08-23T16:15:20","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T23:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=219260"},"modified":"2016-08-24T13:37:36","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T20:37:36","slug":"celebrate-natalie-coughlins-birthday-with-a-look-back-on-the-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/celebrate-natalie-coughlins-birthday-with-a-look-back-on-the-legend\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Natalie Coughlin&#8217;s Birthday With A Look Back On The Legend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u00a0<strong>Natalie Coughlin\u00a0<\/strong>turns 34. To celebrate the Backstroke Queen&#8217;s big day,\u00a0<em>Swimming World\u00a0<\/em>took a look back at the legend&#8217;s path through the sport.<\/p>\n<p>In February, the Cal swimmer was named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/natalie-coughlin-named-pac-12-swimmer-of-the-century\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pac 12 Swimmer of the Century<\/a> after winning 11 individual NCAA titles in her career. Writers have reflected on her status as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/natalie-coughlin-the-perfect-swimming-idol\/\" target=\"_blank\">idol<\/a>\u00a0and her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-looking-back-on-the-all-time-greatness-of-natalie-coughlin\/\" target=\"_blank\">longevity<\/a>\u00a0in the sport, while also looking at her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/around-the-table-how-olympic-gold-medalist-natalie-coughlin-fuels\/\" target=\"_blank\">healthy lifestyle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dive into more of\u00a0<em>Swimming World<strong>&#8216;<\/strong><\/em>s coverage of\u00a0Coughlin&#8217;s accomplishments <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s=natalie+coughlin\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The talented Coughlin has had quite the storied career becoming the first woman to ever break the one-minute barrier in the 100-meter backstroke days before her 20th birthday in 2002. Additionally Coughlin has had immense success as an Olympic athlete becoming the first woman to win six medals in a single Olympiad, and the first woman to successfully secure the 100-meter back title at back-to-back Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>With a total of 12 Olympic medals to her name, Coughlin shares the throne of most decorated Olympic swimmer with fellow American greats <strong>Jenny Thompson<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Dara Torres.<\/strong>\u00a0Additionally, Coughlin was crowned <em>Swimming World&#8217;s\u00a0<\/em>World Swimmer of the Year in 2002 and American Swimmer of the Year in 2001, 2002, and 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Coughlin has graced the cover of\u00a0<em>Swimming World Magazine\u00a0<\/em>six times in her storied career, the first being in August 1998 when she was named High School Swimmer of the Year. Coughlin also made a seventh appearance on the 2008 Olympic bonus issue. 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