Dara Torres (born April 15, 1967) is an American competitive swimmer. In 2008, Dara Torres became the first swimmer from the United States to participate in 5 Olympic games: 1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, and 2008. Find more pictures, videos...
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Dara Torres (born April 15, 1967) is an American competitive swimmer. In 2008, Dara Torres became the first swimmer from the United States to participate in 5 Olympic games: 1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, and 2008. Find more pictures, videos and news about Dara Torres below.
Dara Torres has downloaded a bunch of movies and piled up all sorts of books, anything to pass the time over the next few months. She won't be racing anyone in the pool for a while — or doing much of anything else, for that matter. Another Olympics? No one really knows. The 42-year-old Torres is heading to Boston for the most daunting challenge of her long swimming career Tuesday, a radical surgery that involves cutting her left shin, adjusting it to a new position under the kneecap and... Read Full Story
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Five-times Olympian Dara Torres was "doing fine" after radical knee surgery but was still uncertain if she will compete at the 2012 London Games. "It's a long road ahead of me but I'm glad I finally got the operation over with," the 42-year-old told Reuters Thursday in a telephone interview from her Boston hospital bed. Torres, who has won medals at five different Olympics, had two pieces of cartilage placed into her left knee Tuesday and will be sidelined for 12-18... Read Full Story
NEW YORK, Aug 19 (Reuters Life) - When it comes to late-night scavenging in the pantry, 12-time Olympic medalist Dara Torres insists she is like anyone else -- out for something sweet as a reward for the daily juggle of work, swimming and her family. "I have big huge blocks of milk chocolate that I just love," the 42-year-old swimmer told Reuters in a recent interview at the Asphalt Green pool in Manhattan's Upper East Side. "And I love making Rice Krispie treats. I'm not the super, super... Read Full Story
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Olympic swimming heroine Dara Torres pauses, her delicate hazel eyes narrow, and she stares at a tiny puddle of water that has splashed out of the pool. The inspirational 42-year-old Floridian badly wants to compete at the London Olympics in 2012 but ponders the potential deal-breakers -- her age, her health and her devotion to her three-year-old daughter Tessa. "I have a little less than a year to figure it out what I want to do," she said. "I really want my knee to... Read Full Story
Dara Torres couldn't beat them, or even challenge, so she joined them on Saturday, switching to a polyurethane suit to secure her spot in the 50m freestyle semi-finals at the swimming World Championships. Torres, who failed to make it out of the 50m butterfly heats, wasn't taking any chances as she ditched her outdated Speedo LZR for a Jaked. The 42-year-old swimming mum posted the seventh-fastest time in the 50m free heats, which were led by Australian 17-year-old Cate Campbell in a... Read Full Story
Dara Torres brings medals, Olympic stories to Palm Beach Day Academy Thursday, January 15, 2009 Robie Mendoza was beside himself after his encounter with five-time Olympic swimmer Dara Torres on Thursday morning at Palm Beach Day Academy's Seaview Campus. "It was awesome," the ninth-grader said. "It was amazing." Robie, 15, said he even kissed the silver medal Torres brought to show the children. It was one of three she won in Beijing at age 41. In previous Games, she's scooped up nine... Read Full Story
DON'T MISS 20 Hot Olympic Athletes From the Beijing Summer Olympics It looks like hot athletic women are dominating the Olympics this year. Here are the sexy world class girls that made our ‘50 Most Beautiful Women’ list. 50. Dara Torres – United States Despite a shoulder operation in November 2007, Dara Torres not only qualified for the Beijing Olympics but also won the 100m free ahead of 25 year old Natalie Coughlin. Did I mention that she’s currently 41? See more sexy photos and videos of... Read Full Story
Swimmer Dara Torres says she took a New York helicopter tour last week with the same pilot who died in a crash with a small plane over the Hudson River. Torres tells The Associated Press she took her 3-year-old daughter, Tessa, on a tour last Thursday during a stopover in New York after the world swimming championships. The helicopter belonged to Liberty Tours and was flown by 32-year-old Jeremy Clarke. Two days later, Clarke was at the controls when a helicopter collided with a small plane... Read Full Story
US swimmer Dara Torres turned back time at the Beijing Olympics - but not completely. Torres, 42, became a hero for the over-40s as she won three silver medals in Beijing, but she said Wednesday that arthritis in her left knee has limited her training and has her headed for surgery - hopefully after an appearance in the world championships in Rome later this year. "It's old age. I have arthritis," Torres said. "I basically have no cartilage left. After the summer is over, I'm going to have... Read Full Story
The latest wave of high-tech suits has swimmers gliding faster than ever through the water, even as ethical issues drag at the sport. "It seems like we're years ahead of where we should be. I personally wouldn't mind going back to the old-school days. Then we can see who the fastest swimmers are," said Dara Torres, who won three silver medals at the Beijing Olympics last year. But Torres, 42, admitted she hadn't yet decided what suit she would wear at the US championships that start next... Read Full Story
