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A revolutionary 5week program was released in may, 2010 and quickly became a new york times bestseller. Gold medal fitness quotes by dara torres goodreads. The others are fellow americans jenny thompson and natalie coughlin. You probably most recently remember her from the 2008 olympic games in beijing, where at the age of 41 was the oldest swimmer to ever earn a place on the us olympic team and is the first us swimmer to compete in five olympic games. Read gold medal fitness a revolutionary 5week program by dara torres available from rakuten kobo. Dara torres motivational speaker and sports announcer olympian. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading gold medal fitness. Daras revealed some of the secrets of her training regimen in a book titled gold. Dara torres 5time olympic veteran, mother, speaker.
Achieve your dreams at any stage in your life, was published in april and was listed as one of the top 25 bestselling business books in the month of june 2009. She took three silver medals home, including the heartbreaking 50meter freestyle race where she missed the gold by 1100th of a second. Ny times author dara is the author of 2 bestselling books, age is just a number, and gold medal fitness. Dara also won the espy award for best comeback and as named one of the top female athletes of the decade by sports illustrated magazine. Here, dara shares a few kihara exercises from her book gold medal fitness. Daras second book was released in may 2010 gold medal fitness. Jul 14, 2010 dara torres is an olympic athlete to say the least who just released her new book. Dara torres has been to the olympics five times, shes won twelve medals, and now, at the age of 42, she still competes. Gold medal fitness by dara torres overdrive rakuten. See more ideas about olympic swimmers, fitness and fitness inspiration.
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