Missy Franklin

Missy Franklin

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1995-05-10 (29 years old)

Biography

Melissa Franklin Johnson (born May 10, 1995) is an American former competitive swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist. She held the world record in the 200-meter backstroke (long course) from 2012 to 2019. As a member of the U.S. national swim team, she also held the world records in the 4×100-meter medley relay (short course and long course).

In her Olympic debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics at age 17, Franklin won a total of five medals, four of which were gold. She swept the women's backstroke events, winning gold in both the 100-meter and 200-meter backstroke. Franklin's successes earned her Swimming World's World Swimmer of the Year and the American Swimmer of the Year award in 2012 as well as the FINA Swimmer of the Year Award in 2011 and 2012. In total, she won twenty-eight medals in international competition: seventeen gold, six silver, and five bronze, spanning the Olympics, the World Championships, the short course World Championships, and the Pan Pacific Championships. Franklin's eleven gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships was a record in women's swimming before Katie Ledecky broke it in 2017.

Franklin won the Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year award in 2014. In December 2018, she announced her retirement from the sport.

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Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1995-05-10 (29 years old)

Birth Name
Melissa Jeanette Franklin

Birth Place
Pasadena, United States

Height
188-centimeter

Citizenships
United States

Residences
Pasadena · Aurora, United States of America

Also Known As
Melissa Franklin

Awards
Honda Sports Award for Swimming & Diving, Best U.S. Female Olympian ESPY Award, Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award, Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year

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Image credit: JD Lasica from Pleasanton, CA, US, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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