# Can anyone ID this Olympic medalist on few clues?

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**Created:** [March 15, 2011, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-olympic-medalist-on-few-clues/574847 "2011-03-15T23:31:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-olympic-medalist-on-few-clues/574847/1 "2011-03-15T23:31:01Z")

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It’s for a co-worker and she wants to get a picture of her for her daughter’s report but doesn’t know the name and I don’t know sports figures.

She was at the last Olympics (not sure if that’s summer or winter), won a gold medal (she’s not sure what the sport is), is older than most Olympic competitors (she believes about 40), and she had a baby not long before the Olympics.

Does this sound at all familiar? (Apologies for the dearth of info.)

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**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-olympic-medalist-on-few-clues/574847/2 "2011-03-15T23:32:28Z")

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Forget the name but she was a brunette swimmer in the 08 summer games. Start there.

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**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-olympic-medalist-on-few-clues/574847/3 "2011-03-15T23:34:32Z")

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Dara Torres? She fits the age, the baby, and I know she won medals, though I don’t know what color.

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-olympic-medalist-on-few-clues/574847/4 "2011-03-15T23:41:45Z")

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Thanks! I’m 99% sure it _is_ Dara Torres (who was silver, not gold, but was over 40 and had a baby 15 months before joining the team).

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-olympic-medalist-on-few-clues/574847/5 "2011-03-15T23:49:23Z")

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Yup, it’s Dana Torres. [Dara Torres - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dara_Torres)

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**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-olympic-medalist-on-few-clues/574847/6 "2011-03-15T23:56:47Z")

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I’d like to get a picture too but the one I want wouldn’t make it into your daughter’s report. Just sayin’.