Dara Torres

Dara Grace Torres was born on 15 April 1967 in Beverly Hills, California. She competed in five Olympic Games between 1984 and 2008 and won twelve Olympic medals. Jewish-American swimmer and twelve-time Olympic medalist who became the oldest swimmer of either gender to win an Olympic medal. In Jewish World Records, Dara Torres is connected to the record “Oldest Olympic Swimming Medallist,” based on the stored achievement of 41 years old. At age 41, Dara Torres anchored the United States to silver in the women's 4×100 m freestyle relay at Beijing 2008, becoming the oldest Olympic swimming medallist of either gender. Guinness records Torres as the oldest Olympic swimming medallist; World Aquatics confirms the medal results; the documentary directly covers the age-41 comeback and record.