﻿{"id":435097,"date":"2020-06-09T18:58:36","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T01:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=435097"},"modified":"2020-06-09T18:58:36","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T01:58:36","slug":"ashley-tappin-doussan-to-be-inducted-to-new-orleans-sports-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ashley-tappin-doussan-to-be-inducted-to-new-orleans-sports-hall-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashley Tappin-Doussan to Be Inducted to New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ashley Tappin-Doussan<\/strong> was announced as part of the 2020 class of inductees to the Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nola.com\/sports\/article_82f3360a-a9ea-11ea-9a8e-13428258b904.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tappin-Doussan, who swam under her maiden name, is a two-time Olympian and three-time Olympic gold medalist, all in relays. She swam at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, winning the women\u2019s 400 freestyle relay, and in Sydney in 2000, where she won gold in the 400 free and 400 medley relays. A shoulder injury prevented her from qualifying for the 1996 Games.<\/p>\n<p>She earned gold and silver medals at the World Championships in 1991 and landed three golds, including in the 100 free, from the 1991 Pan American Games.<\/p>\n<p>The Hall is attached the Sugar Bowl. Inaugurated in 1971, Tappin-Doussan is just the second swimming inductee among the <a href=\"https:\/\/allstatesugarbowl.org\/other-events\/greater-new-orleans-sports-hall-of-fame\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">240 total honorees<\/a>, joining <a href=\"https:\/\/allstatesugarbowl.org\/classic\/bill-dudley-hall-of-fame\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tulane grad and 1948 Olympian<\/a> <strong>Bill Dudley<\/strong>. Tappin-Doussan is among <a href=\"https:\/\/crescentcitysports.com\/ashley-tappin-doussan-to-join-greater-new-orleans-sports-hall-of-fame\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">five inductees in the Class of 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tappin-Doussan is a native of Marietta, Georgia. She followed coach <strong>Alan Smith<\/strong> to New Orleans, relocating with her mother at age 13 in 1988. She qualified for Olympic Trials that summer at age 13.<\/p>\n<p>Tappin-Doussan made her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/complete-list-all-time-top-cover-personalities-at-swimming-world-magazine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first of three<\/a> <em>Swimming World Magazine<\/em> covers in August 1992 ahead of the Barcelona Games at age 17. She won 20 Louisiana state championships and set six high school records. Tappin-Doussan won seven NCAA championships: Two at the University of Florida in 1993 and five in her three seasons at the University of Arizona, where she was inducted to the <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonawildcats.com\/sports\/2014\/2\/6\/209398673.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tappin-Doussan and her husband, <strong>Russell Doussan<\/strong>, live in Louisiana. They set up a charitable foundation, Hartley\u2019s Hearts Foundation, that has raised funds for more than 100 heart surgeries for children in Paraguay and Russia. 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