{"id":395138,"date":"2019-09-23T08:29:34","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T15:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=395138"},"modified":"2019-09-23T11:41:16","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T18:41:16","slug":"dara-torres-ron-obrien-erin-popovich-to-be-inducted-into-us-olympic-paralympic-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/dara-torres-ron-obrien-erin-popovich-to-be-inducted-into-us-olympic-paralympic-hall-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Dara Torres, Ron O&#8217;Brien, Erin Popovich to be Inducted Into US Olympic &#038; Paralympic Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced its 2019 induction class with nine individuals, one team, two legends, one coach and one special contributor. Swimmer <strong>Dara Torres<\/strong>, diving coach\u00a0<strong>Ron O&#8217;Brien\u00a0<\/strong>and paralympic swimmer\u00a0<strong>Erin Popovich\u00a0<\/strong>were among the 13 inductees that will be honored and inducted at an awards dinner Friday November 1 at the US Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the inductees include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Candace Cable<\/strong> (Para alpine skiing, Para Nordic skiing, Para track and field)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lisa Leslie<\/strong> (basketball), Nastia Liukin (gymnastics)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Misty May-Treanor<\/strong> (beach volleyball)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Apolo Anton Ohno<\/strong> (short track speedskating)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chris Waddell<\/strong> (Para alpine skiing, Para track and field)<\/li>\n<li>the 1998 <strong>U.S. Olympic Women\u2019s Ice Hockey Team<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>John Carlos<\/strong> (legend: track and field)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tommie Smith<\/strong> (legend: track and field)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tim Nugent<\/strong> (special contributor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Dara Torres<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_370012\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-370012\" data-attachment-id=\"370012\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/celebrate-the-international-swimming-hall-of-fame-2019-induction-class-photo-gallery\/darq-torres-2019-ishof\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Darq-Torres-2019-ISHOF-e1569251893682.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1325\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;JM STREINER&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D7000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1558212825&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dara-Torres-2019-ISHOF\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Dara-Torres-2019-ISHOF&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Dara Torres; Photo Courtesy: JM STREINER&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Darq-Torres-2019-ISHOF-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Darq-Torres-2019-ISHOF-1024x678.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-370012\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Darq-Torres-2019-ISHOF-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Dara-Torres\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-370012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dara Torres; Photo Courtesy: JM STREINER<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Twelve-time Olympic medalist<\/li>\n<li>Tied for most decorated female swimmer in history<\/li>\n<li>First American to swim at five Olympics<\/li>\n<li>At 41, set three American records en route to three silver medals at Beijing 2008<\/li>\n<li>16-time national champion<\/li>\n<li>Inducted into <a href=\"https:\/\/ishof.org\/dara-torres.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Swimming Hall of Fame<\/a> in 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Ron O&#8217;Brien<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_395139\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-395139\" data-attachment-id=\"395139\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/dara-torres-ron-obrien-erin-popovich-to-be-inducted-into-us-olympic-paralympic-hall-of-fame\/obrien-ron-038\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/OBrien-Ron-038.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1984,1424\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ron-o&#8217;brien-dick-kimball\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;ron-o&#8217;brien-dick-kimball&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: ISHOF Archive&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/OBrien-Ron-038-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/OBrien-Ron-038-1024x735.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-395139\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/OBrien-Ron-038-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"ron-o'brien-dick-kimball\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/OBrien-Ron-038-700x500.jpg 700w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/OBrien-Ron-038-280x200.jpg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/OBrien-Ron-038-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/OBrien-Ron-038-150x108.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-395139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ron O&#8217;Brien (left) with Dick Kimball; Photo Courtesy: ISHOF Archive<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Coached the U.S. Olympic diving team at eight straight Olympic Games between 1968-1996<\/li>\n<li>His divers won 154 gold, 90 silver and 78 bronze medals in major Olympic, world, national, NCAA and Big Ten Conference diving championships in his first 25 years of coaching<\/li>\n<li>All 12 U.S. diving individual national titles were won by his divers in 1988<\/li>\n<li>Inducted into <a href=\"https:\/\/ishof.org\/ron-o-brien-(usa).html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Swimming Hall of Fame<\/a> in 1988<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Erin Popovich<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_87220\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87220\" data-attachment-id=\"87220\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/paralympian-spotlight-erin-popovich\/paralympian-spotlight-erin-popovich-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ErinPopovich_FourthGoldMedal_GuangNiu_GettyImages.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"300,192\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Guang Niu&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS-1D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;BEIJING - SEPTEMBER 11: Erin Popovich of USA celebreats on the podium with her gold medal in the Women&#039;s 400m Freestyle - S7 Swimming event at the National Aquatics Centre during day five of the 2008 Paralympic Games on September 11, 2008 in Beijing, China.  (Photo by Guang Niu\\\/Getty Images)&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1221155172&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;2008 Getty Images&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Paralympics Day 5 - Swimming&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Swimming World Archive&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ErinPopovich_FourthGoldMedal_GuangNiu_GettyImages.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ErinPopovich_FourthGoldMedal_GuangNiu_GettyImages.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-87220\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ErinPopovich_FourthGoldMedal_GuangNiu_GettyImages.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-87220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Swimming World Archive<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Three-time Paralympian and 19-time medalist, including 14 golds<\/li>\n<li>Won seven golds in seven races, setting three world records and four Paralympic Games records at Athens 2004<\/li>\n<li>Two-time winner of the ESPY Award for Best Female Athlete with a Disability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced its 2019 induction class with nine individuals, one team, two legends, one coach and one special contributor. 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