Dara Torres
Twelve-Time Olympic Medalist
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Dara Torres' inspiring story of competing in the Olympics at age 41 shows us all that no matter how big your dreams are, you're never too old to achieve them. Since her first international race at the age of 14, Dara Torres has proven that she is far from your average athlete. She is author of Age is Just a Number: Achieve Your Dreams at Any Stage in Your Life and Gold Medal Fitness: A Revolutionary Five Week Program, both of which made The New York Times best seller list.
Dara Torres is arguably the fastest female swimmer in America. She entered her first international swimming competition at age 14 and competed in her first Olympic Games a few years later in 1984.
At the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, Dara became the oldest swimmer to compete in the Olympic Games. When she took three silver medals home - including the infamous heartbreaking 50-meter freestyle race where she missed the Gold by 1/100th of a second - America loved her all the more for her astonishing achievement and her good-natured acceptance of the results.
In total, Dara has competed in five Olympic Games and has won 12 medals in her entire Olympic career. Her impressive performance in Beijing and her attempt at the 2012 London Olympic Games has inspired many older athletes to consider re-entering competition, including cyclist Lance Armstrong.
Aside from her amazing accomplishments in the pool, Dara has talents on dry land as well. A composed commentator, guest host and strong interviewee, she has appeared on such shows as Fox News, ESPN, CNN, “Piers Morgan” “Tonight”, “Today Show”, “Good Morning America”, “Kelly and Regis”, and many others. Additionally, Dara was the first female athlete ever to be featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, and in 2009, won the ESPY award for "Best Comeback." To add to Dara's accolades, she was also named one of the "Top Female Athletes of the Decade" by Sports Illustrated Magazine.
Now a top-selling author, her memoir, Age is Just a Number: Achieve Your Dreams at Any Stage in Your Life, published in April, 2009 and was listed as one of the top 25 best-selling business books by June. Her second book, Gold Medal Fitness: A Revolutionary 5-Week Program hit stands in May, 2010 and is now a New York Times Best-Seller.
Olympian, author, mother, and role model, Dara Torres is many things to many people, but above all, she is an inspiration. Torres is a veteran celebrity swimmer for Swim Across America, a charitable organization that raises funds for cancer research, in which she has participated for several years.
At the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, Dara became the oldest swimmer to compete in the Olympic Games. When she took three silver medals home - including the infamous heartbreaking 50-meter freestyle race where she missed the Gold by 1/100th of a second - America loved her all the more for her astonishing achievement and her good-natured acceptance of the results.
In total, Dara has competed in five Olympic Games and has won 12 medals in her entire Olympic career. Her impressive performance in Beijing and her attempt at the 2012 London Olympic Games has inspired many older athletes to consider re-entering competition, including cyclist Lance Armstrong.
Aside from her amazing accomplishments in the pool, Dara has talents on dry land as well. A composed commentator, guest host and strong interviewee, she has appeared on such shows as Fox News, ESPN, CNN, “Piers Morgan” “Tonight”, “Today Show”, “Good Morning America”, “Kelly and Regis”, and many others. Additionally, Dara was the first female athlete ever to be featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, and in 2009, won the ESPY award for "Best Comeback." To add to Dara's accolades, she was also named one of the "Top Female Athletes of the Decade" by Sports Illustrated Magazine.
Now a top-selling author, her memoir, Age is Just a Number: Achieve Your Dreams at Any Stage in Your Life, published in April, 2009 and was listed as one of the top 25 best-selling business books by June. Her second book, Gold Medal Fitness: A Revolutionary 5-Week Program hit stands in May, 2010 and is now a New York Times Best-Seller.
Olympian, author, mother, and role model, Dara Torres is many things to many people, but above all, she is an inspiration. Torres is a veteran celebrity swimmer for Swim Across America, a charitable organization that raises funds for cancer research, in which she has participated for several years.
- Gold Medal Fitness: A Revolutionary 5-Week Program
Tighten your abs, trim your waistline, tone your muscles...at any age!
Dara Torres has been to the Olympics five times, she's won twelve medals, and now, at the age of 42, she still competes with girls half her age and is one of the most celebrated swimmers of all time. But you don't need to list her accolades to understand why people admire her athleticism so much—just look at her! Perfect abs, enviable arms—she's as strong as can be and continues to redefine established wisdom about staying in shape at any age. So, what's her secret? - Break Through Barriers In and Out of the Water
Dara chronicles her incredible swimming career along with her fight as a woman working through mother hood, work and making an ESPY winning comeback to swimming. - The Olympic Experience
- Age is Just a Number: Achieve Your Dreams at Any Stage in Your Life
Dara talks frankly about diving back in for this comeback; about being an older athlete in a younger athletes’ game; about competition, doubt, and belief; about working through pain and uncertainty; and finally—about seizing the moment and, most important, never giving up. A truly self-made legend, her story will resonate with women of all ages—and with anyone daring to entertain a seemingly impossible dream. - Never Give Up Your Dream
Dara Torres shares her incredible story about defying the odds. As one of the most successful Olympians of all time, Torres experienced tremendous success at the 2008 Beijing Olympics where she was the oldest member of the U.S. Olympic Swim Team. In a presentation filled with humor and inspiration, Torres tells the audience that age and experience are advantages. “Use them to achieve your goals,” she says. She encourages audiences not to give up on their dreams and to fully embrace the sacrifice and dedication required to achieve what may initially seem impossible.
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