Natalie Coughlin
Natalie Coughlin
Natalie Coughlin Hall, née Natalie Anne Coughlin, is an American competition swimmer and twelve-time Olympic medalist. While attending the University of California, Berkeley, she became the first woman ever to swim the 100-meter backstrokein less than one minute—ten days before her 20th birthday in 2002. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she became the first U.S. female athlete in modern Olympic history to win six medals in one Olympiad, and the first woman ever to win a 100-meter backstroke gold in...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSwimmer
Date of Birth23 August 1982
CityVallejo, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I actually love swimming but I just hate jumping in the water.
I generally wake up at 4:30, have breakfast No. 1, then get to the pool by 5 a.m.
Without goals, training has no direction.
I live in a swimsuit so I'm really comfortable with my body.