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  2. Melissa Franklin Johnson OLY (born May 10, 1995) is an American former competitive swimmer and five-time Olympic medalist. She held the world record in the 200-meter backstroke ( long course ). [3] [4] 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).

  3. 2 days ago · Olympic Swimmer Katie Ledecky may be the talk of the 2024 Summer Olympics, but a decade ago, there was another golden girl of Olympic swimming: Missy Franklin. Franklin made her international debut at the 2012 London Games. At just 17 years old, the swimming sensation nabbed four gold medals and ...

  4. Dec 22, 2023 · Missy Franklin won four gold medals in London as a 17-year-old, becoming a new star of U.S. swimming. “I truly recognized I was a role model at that point,” she said.

  5. 5 days ago · Missy Franklin, American swimmer who won five medals, including four golds, at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. She added a fifth career Olympic gold in 2016 and also won numerous titles at multiple swimming world championships. Learn more about Franklin’s life and career in this article.

  6. Aug 3, 2012 · Missy Franklin Breaks 200m Backstroke World Record - London 2012 Olympics. 📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe USA's Missy Franklin sets a new world record of 2:04.06 to...

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  7. A teenage star of the pool at London 2012, where she won four gold medals, and the most decorated female swimmer in the history of the World Championships, the USA’s Missy Franklin is aiming to bounce back after a missing out on individual success at Rio 2016.

  8. May 18, 2021 · As a teenager, the American swimmer set a new standard for female Olympians. But just six short years later, her career was over. We saw Missy Franklin at possibly her very best, but who knows? We never found out how good she could've been. From 2012-2015, Missy Franklin was a tsunami in the swimming pool. She broke records left and right ...