American swimmer

Dana Vollmer

Dana Whitney Vollmer is a former American competition swimmer, five-time Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal as a member of the winning United States team in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay that set the world record in the event. Eight years later at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Vollmer set the world record on her way to the gold medal in the 100-meter butterfly, and also won golds in the 4×100-meter medley relay and 4×200-meter freestyle relay. She won three medals including a gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Born

1987

November 13

Died

Living

Era

1980s

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Dana, in brief

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Key dates

1987 Born

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1002 English king Æthelred II orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St. Brice's Day massacre.
1093 Battle of Alnwick: in an English victory over the Scots, Malcolm III of Scotland, and his son Edward, are killed.
1160 Louis VII of France marries Adela of Champagne.
1642 First English Civil War: Battle of Turnham Green: The Royalist forces withdraw in the face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London.

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The world in 1987

When Dana arrived

april 11 The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan.
april 21 The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, killing 106 people.
april 27 The U.S. Department of Justice bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim (and his wife, Elisabeth, who had also been a Nazi) from entering the US, charging that he had aided in the deportations and executions of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.
april 4 Garuda Indonesia Flight 032 crashes at Medan Airport, killing 23.

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Albert VII 1559–1621 archduke of Austria (born 1559) Aldo Nova 1956– Canadian singer-songwriter and musician Edward III of England (died 1377) 1312– Gerard Butler 1969– Scottish actor Jiaqing Emperor of China (died 1820) 1760– Joseph Hooker 1814–1879 American general (died 1879) Lon Nol 1913– Cambodian general and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Cambodia (died 1985) Motoo Kimura 1924–1994 Japanese biologist and geneticist (died 1994) Sara Del Rey 1980– American wrestler and trainer

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Also born in 1987

Andre Russell 1987– Jamaican cricketer Andrew Cogliano 1987– Canadian ice hockey player Brooklyn Decker 1987– American model and actress Carlos Quintero 1987– Colombian footballer Carolina Kostner 1987– Italian figure skater Charlotte Henshaw 1987– English swimmer Chelsea Manning 1987– American soldier and intelligence analyst Daniel Hudson 1987– American baseball player Fabian Hambüchen 1987– German gymnast

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