Dana Vollmer

Dana Vollmer
Vollmer (2009)
Personal information
Surname:	Dana Whitney Vollmer
Nation:	United States
Swimming style (s) :	Freestyle, butterfly
Society:	California Aquatics
Birthday:	November 13, 1987
Place of birth:	Granbury , Texas
Size:	1.83 m
Weight:	68 kg
Medal table

Dana Vollmer (born November 13, 1987 in Granbury , Texas ) is an American swimmer .

Career

Vollmer lives in Gainesville / Florida . She trains at the University of Florida , where she also studies medicine . Chronic illness can cause Vollmer's heart to suddenly stop, forcing her to carry a defibrillator with her at all times. She was invited to the US Trials for the 2000 Olympics as the youngest ever swimmer at the age of 12, but failed to qualify. Her specialty disciplines are freestyle and butterfly swimming .

At the 2012 Olympic Games in London, she won the 100 m butterfly swimming competition. With 55.98 seconds, she was the first woman to stay under 56 seconds over this distance. She also won gold with the US 200-meter freestyle and individual medley relay.

Web links

• Dana Vollmer in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)
• Dana Vollmer in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Website of Dana Vollmer (English)
• Profile at US Swimming Association (English)
• Profile at Vollmers College Team: CalBears (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.london2012.com ( Memento of the original from December 10, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Vollmer and Van der Burgh win with a world record. In: Spiegel Online. July 29, 2012, accessed December 5, 2014 .