Dana Vollmer

Dana Vollmer

Personal information
Full name	Dana Vollmer
Nationality	United States
Born	November 13, 1987 (1987-11-13) Syracuse, New York
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	150 lb (68 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Butterfly, freestyle
Club	California Aquatics
College team	California, Berkeley Florida
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for the United States Olympic Games Gold 2004 Athens 4x200 m freestyle World Championships (LC) Gold 2007 Melbourne 4x200 m freestyle Gold 2011 Shanghai 100 m butterfly Gold 2011 Shanghai 4×100 m medley Silver 2007 Melbourne 4x100 m freestyle Silver 2007 Melbourne 4x100 m medley Silver 2009 Rome 4x200 m freestyle Silver 2011 Shanghai 4×100 m freestyle Bronze 2009 Rome 200 m freestyle World Championships (SC) Gold 2004 Indianapolis 4x100 m freestyle Gold 2004 Indianapolis 4x200 m freestyle Silver 2010 Dubai 4×100 m freestyle Silver 2010 Dubai 4×100 m medley Bronze 2004 Indianapolis 200 m freestyle Bronze 2010 Dubai 100 m butterfly Pan American Games Gold 2003 Sto Domingo 200 m freestyle Gold 2003 Sto Domingo 4x200 m freestyle Gold 2003 Sto Domingo 4x100 m medley Pan Pacific Championships Gold 2006 Victoria 4x200 m freestyle Gold 2010 Irvine 100 m butterfly Gold 2010 Irvine 4×100 m freestyle Gold 2010 Irvine 4x200 m freestyle Gold 2010 Irvine 4×100 m medley Silver 2010 Irvine 100 m freestyle Summer Universiade Gold 2005 Izmir 4x100 m freestyle Silver 2005 Izmir 50 m butterfly Goodwill Games Bronze 2001 Brisbane 4×100 m medley

Dana Vollmer (born November 13, 1987) is an American college and international swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece she won a gold medal in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay with Natalie Coughlin, Kaitlin Sandeno, and Carly Piper that set the world record in the event.

She has won a total of twenty-seven medals in major international competition, fifteen gold, eight silver, and four bronze spanning the Olympics, the World Championships, the Pan American Games, the Pan Pacific Championships, and the Goodwill Games.

Personal

Though born in Syracuse, New York, she was raised in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex suburb of Granbury, Texas. As a child, Vollmer swam for coach Ron Forrest at the Fort Worth Area Swim Team (FAST).

Collegiately, she initially swam for the University of Florida, before transferring to the University of California, Berkeley.

In 2003, Dana underwent heart surgery to correct a condition called Supra Ventricular Tachyardia, which produces a quickened pulse rate of about 240 beats per minute. After that surgery, an EKG indicated that she might have Long QT Syndrome; however, further testing indicated that she did not have the syndrome. Nonetheless, her heart conditions demand that a defibrillator be kept poolside when she swims as a precautionary measure.

Dana married Andy Grant on August 20, 2011.

Swimming career

At age 12, she was the youngest swimmer competing at the 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials; she failed to make the team. She was also the youngest competitor to swim at the 2001 Goodwill Games.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, she was a member of the United States' gold medal winning 4x200-meter freestyle relay team; as well as attaining the gold medal, the team broke the previous world record that had stood for 17 years.

At the 2007 World Aquatics Championships, Vollmer won a gold medal in the 4x200-meter freestyle. She also won silver in the 4x100 m freestyle and the 4x100-meter medley.

On February 25, 2009, she set her first individual American record, breaking Natalie Coughlin's 200-yard freestyle record with a time of 1:41.53.

At the 2009 World Championships in Rome, Vollmer won two medals a silver and a bronze. In the 200-meter freestyle, Vollmer set an American record in the semifinals with a time of 1:55.29. In the final of the 200-meter freestyle, Vollmer placed third and her American record was broken by Allison Schmitt. In the 4x200 m freestyle relay, Vollmer swam the leadoff leg in 1:55.29. The American team finished in second place behind China with a time of 7:42.56.

At the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, Vollmer won a total of three medals, two golds and one silver. In her first event, the 4×100-meter freestyle relay, Vollmer won a silver medal with Natalie Coughlin, Jessica Hardy, and Missy Franklin. After setting the national record in the semifinals of the 100-meter butterfly (56.47), Vollmer won gold in the final with a time of 56.87. In the 4×100-meter medley relay, Vollmer won gold with Natalie Coughlin, Rebecca Soni, and Missy Franklin with a time of 3:52.36, over three seconds ahead of second-place finisher China. Swimming the butterfly leg, Vollmer had a split of 55.74. The final time of 3:52.36 for the medley relay was the second-fastest effort of all time, just behind the Chinese owned world record of 3:52.19.

See also

• California Golden Bears
• List of United States records in swimming
• List of University of California, Berkeley alumni
• List of University of Florida Olympians
• Pan American Games records in swimming

External links

• Official website
• USA Swimming athlete bio: Dana Vollmer
• Dana Vollmer's biography and Olympic results, from http://www.sports-reference.com/.