Natalie Coughlin ex-USA swimmer

Natalie Coughlin ex-USA swimmer

• She is an American former swimmer
• She was the first lady to swim the long course in less than one minute
• She won sixty medals in major international competition

Who is Natalie Coughlin?

Natalie Ann Coughlin Hall is a former competition swimmer from the United States and her current net worth is about $2 million all earned from her successful swimming career.

Her strokes include backstroke, butterfly, freestyle and medley and was named NCAA Swimmer of the Year over three consecutive years.

Everybody who comes across her name would want to know more about her and here is some brief information about her.

Natalie Coughlin Biography

Net worth

Natalie has earned a favourable amount of net worth of $2 million through her successful swimming career. She made her 1 million dollar fortune with the Olympics

Personal information

Coughlin was born on August 23 1982 in Vallejo, California, in the United States of America. Her parents are Zennie Coughlin and Jim Coughlin.

The swimmer attended St. Catherine of Siena School in Vallejo, for kindergarten through her eighth grade and then Carondelet High School in Concord, California.

At eight years, she began swimming at Vallejo Aquatics Club under coach Tuffy Williams. While in high school, she became the first swimmer to qualify for the Summer National in fourteen even.

She broke two individual national high school records in the 200-yard individual medley and the 100-yard backstroke.

Natalie Coughlin. Photo/Sports Illustrated

On joining the university, she swam for coach Teri McKeever’s California Golden Bears swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association [NCAA] competition for three years.

Natalie is married to Ethan Hall, the Crow Canyon Sharks swim coach and they welcomed their first baby in 2018 and their second born two years later, a son known as Ozzie.

Career

In her early years, Coughlin qualified for the summer national in fourteen events while she was in high school. She broke two individual national high school records in the 200-yard individual medley and the 100-yard backstroke.

At the University of California, she swam for Cathe California Golden Bears swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association [NCAA] for three years winning individual national championships and a twelfth NCAA relay title.

Coughlin was recognized as the NCAA swimmer of the year for three consecutive years and was a two-time recipient of the Honda Sports Award for swimming and diving.

Coughlin participated at the ninth World Aquatics Championships in Japan winning three medals. One gold in the 100 meters backstroke, one silver in the 4×100 meters medley relay and one bronze in the 50 meters.

At the ninth Pan Pacific Championships in Japan, the swimmer won six medals four gold and two silvers. She won one of her gold medals in the women’s 100 meters backstroke, another one in the butterfly, third in the 100-meter freestyle and fourth in the women’s 4×200 meters freestyle relay.

Her bronze came in from the US relay teams in the 4×100 meter freestyle and 4×100 meter medley events.

At the tenth World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona Spain, Coughlin won two medals a gold and a silver.

During the Summer Olympics in 2004, she broke the world record and won gold, silver and bronze. In the following season, she worked as an in-studio host for MSNBC in the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

Natalie Coughlin. Photo/Cal Athletics

At the World Aquatics Championships in 2007, Coughlin won five medals, two gold, two silver and one bronze and in the following year at the Summer Olympics held in Beijing, he became the first American female athlete to win six medals in one Olympics.

In the 2010 Us Summer Nationals and Pan Pacific Championships, Coughlin won two more golds for the 4×100 meter freestyle relay and 4×100 meter medley relay.

In the next three seasons, she earned gold, bronze and silver medals setting an American women’s record.

Media appearances

Coughlin is so passionate about cooking and she has appeared on several media stations either preparing a meal or as a judge. She was also the spokeswoman for C20 Coconut Water.

She showcased her dancing talent on Dancing with the Stars though she was eliminated on the fifth episode and is also an author, having written a book by the name Golden Girl.

Since she retired from swimming, Coughlin has transformed into a farmer growing vegetables and herbs in her backyard and also rearing chickens.

She is a brand ambassador and investor in a frozen food company, also partnering with a winemaking company.