Coughlin competes. (Photo credit: Al Bello/Getty Images) ( BEIJING , August 12) -- Natalie Coughlin of the United States won gold medal in the Women's 100m Backstroke final on Tuesday at the National Aquatics Center in an American record time of 58.96. Coughlin, the defending Olympic champion, was second fastest qualifier into the final and sped out hard to see off the challenge from Monday's world record setter Kirsty Coventry from Zimbabwe . This was the first gold medal for the US women in...Read Full Story
Olympic Swimmer Margaret Hoelzer , the Beijing Olympic Medalists who won 3 gold medals last olympics is out in the open revealing child abuse by a playmate's father. The said child abuse started when Margaret Hoelzer was only 5 years old. The said child abuse did not end until the family moved from Ala. “I was going to their house on a regular basis,” Hoelzer said. “I would spend the night at their house from time to time. ... It was definitely a situation where I was taught to trust that...Read Full Story
Margaret Hoelzer has set the ninth world record of the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, winning the 200-meter backstroke in 2 minute, 6.09 seconds.Read Full Story
The latest swimmer to entering the revolving door of competitive swimming is American backstroker Margaret Hoelzer, who has announced just a few months shy of turning 28 that she is hanging up her...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, February 6. MARGARET Hoelzer, a two-time Olympic silver medalist along with a bronze to her credit, joined the Morning Swim Show to talk about her advocacy for abused children.
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Working for the Seattle Times as well as a few other papers, my focus was largely on swimmers from the Seattle area – Emily Silver, Ariana and Mattie Kukors, Megan Jendrick and Margaret Hoelzer, among others – and they didn’t disappoint. Hoelzer and ...
That time demolished the global standard of 3:47.97 set by the U.S. contingent of Margaret Hoelzer, Jessica Hardy, Dana Vollmer and Amanda Weir back in 2009 in Manchester. Coughlin opened up with an American record in the 100 back with a 55.97. That effort ...
Including Olympian Margaret Hoelzer, who first read Gabe’s story and decided she wanted to pay him a visit. “The fact that he is swimming it’s a marker for the swimming spirit,” Margaret says, beaming about Gabe. “If something matters to you ...
You can bet on it! Gabe Marsh inspires everyone he meets, including former Olympic swimmer Margaret Hoelzer. While the Guntersville swimmer didn't win the America Inspired contest, he is still a champion to all he meets.
Rising senior Margo McCawley and former Tiger and Olympian Margaret Hoelzer both earned wins Saturday at USA Swimming Toyota Grand Prix Series events in Omaha, Neb. and Charlotte, N.C. In all, 14 current and former Auburn swimmers advanced to ...
2004 Olympian, finished fifth in the 200m backstroke 2004 Short Course World champion in the 200m backstroke, silver medalist in the 400m medley relay (prelims) 2003 World ...