18 Facts About Tracy Caulkins

Tracy Caulkins won forty-eight national championships and set American records in all four strokes over a range of distances as well as in the individual medley events, which combine all four strokes over the course of a single race.

Tracy Caulkins's versatility brought Caulkins many titles and awards, and as a result she is considered one of the greatest swimmers of all time.

Tracy Caulkins's older sister Amy was a competition swimmer and water polo player.

Thirteen-year-old Tracy Caulkins competed in her first US national swimming championships in 1976.

Tracy Caulkins set a third US record while finishing second behind Canadian swimmer Robin Corsiglia in the 100-yard breaststroke.

At the age of 15, Tracy Caulkins won five gold medals and a silver medal at the 1978 World Championships in West Berlin.

Largely as a result of her performance in Berlin, Caulkins won the 1978 James E Sullivan Award, given by the Amateur Athletic Union in recognition of the most outstanding American amateur athlete of the year.

Tracy Caulkins followed her World Championship success with a series of dominating finishes in US competition.

Tracy Caulkins helped her club team, Nashville Aquatic, win the 400-yard medley relay and place second in the 800-yard freestyle relay.

Tracy Caulkins followed her older sister Amy to the University of Florida, where Amy was already an established member of the Florida Gators swim team.

Tracy Caulkins was the SEC's Female Swimmer of the Year in 1983 and 1984, and was recognized as the SEC's Female Athlete of the Year in 1984.

Tracy Caulkins was the recipient of the Honda Sports Award for Swimming and Diving for three consecutive years, recognizing her as the outstanding college female swimmer of the year.

Tracy Caulkins set no new international records, and was increasingly frustrated with her own performances.

Tracy Caulkins set new NCAA records in three events, and a new American record in the 200-yard individual medley.

At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, Tracy Caulkins served as the captain of the US women's swim team, and finally realized her childhood dream of winning an Olympic gold medal.

Tracy Caulkins finished fourth in the 100-meter breaststroke, one second behind winner Petra van Staveren.

Tracy Caulkins ended her competition swimming career having set five world records and sixty-three American records, and having won forty-eight national championship titles.

Tracy Caulkins married Mark Stockwell, an Olympic Swimming Medalist from Australia and a fellow University of Florida alumnus, and has lived in Australia since shortly after graduating from the University of Florida.