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Dara Grace Torres was born in Los Angeles, California. She is an American former competition swimmer who is a twelve-time Olympic medalist and former world record-holder in three events. She is the first and only swimmer to represent the United States in five Olympic Games, and, at age 41, was the oldest swimmer ever to earn a place on the U.S. Olympic team. She won five medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics when, at age 33. She graduated from the university with a bachelor's degree in telecommunications in 1990, and was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 1999.