Leading Ladies

Five Things to know about Natalie Coughlin:

1. Natalie was a college athlete and graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Psychology.

2.Learned to swim at ten months old.

3.At the age of fifteen, Coughlin became the first swimmer to be placed in every event in the Summer National.

4. At the Summer Olympics in Beijing, she became the first American female athlete to win six medals in one Olympics. 

5. Her preferred stroke is the backstroke, in which she won a gold medal for.

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