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Dara Torres

Torres swam in 5 Olympics and at the age of 41 was the oldest swimmer to ever make the US Olympic team

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Krisztina Egerszegi

Five-time Olympic medallist and youngest-ever female Olympic champion at age 14

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Natalie Coughlin

Twelve Olympic medals and six-time medal-winner at a single Olympic Games

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Katie Ledecky

Five-time Olympic champion, 15-time World champion, 14-time World Record breaker

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janet evans

Likely the greatest female long-distance swimmer. Won 25 of 27 international races between 1986-95

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dawn fraser

In 1964, she became the first swimmer to win three consecutive titles in the same event

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Gertrude Ederle

A three-time Olympic gold winner. Best remembered for being the first woman to cross the English Channel (1926)

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Shirley Babashoff

She set six world records and earned a total of eight individual Olympic medals in her career

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Fanny Durack

Representing Australasia, she became the first woman to win an Olympic swimming gold in 1912

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Simone Manuel

First African-American female swimmer to win an individual Olympic medal

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