History of Strokes
The slowest of any competitive strokes and is thought to be the oldest of all swimming strokes.
Breaststroke
Free diver who currently holds the World record for breath-holding (22 minutes).
Stig Severinson
Most decorated olympian of all time with a total of 28 medals.
Michael Phelps
The names of Coach Laura’s 3 dogs.
Shadow, Sunny & Stella
The year that Duel in the Pool began in.
2003
Swimming stroke that was developed as an offshoot of front crawl (freestyle).
Backstroke
First person ever to swim the 103-mile trek from Cuba to Florida.
Diana Nyad
The most successful athlete at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Ian Thorpe
Olympic swimmer that Coach Laura got to watch swim in North Carolina in 1988.
Janet Evans
Name of the Backstroke start technique that qualified David Berkhoff for the Olympic Games.
Berkhoff Blast-Off
Swimming stroke that was included in the Olympic Games for the first time at the Paris Olympics in 1900.
Backstroke
The youngest swimmer ever to claim an Olympic title at the age of 14 years and 6 days.
Kyoko Iwasaki
First female swimmer to win 3 Olympic gold medals in World record time.
Shane Gould
The college that Coach Laura swam for.
Northern Illinois University
Freestyle distance event for Women swimming in the Olympics.
800 Meters
Swimming stroke that started in the 1930's when it developed as a style of swimming breaststroke.
Butterfly
Amount of strokes the average high school swimmer takes per season.
1 million
Olympic gold medalist nicknamed "The Russian Rocket".
Alexander Popov
The year that Coach Laura and her son attended Dual at the Pool in Irvine, CA.
2005
2 sports that swimming uses more muscles then.
Baseball and Football
Swimming stroke also known as the Australian Crawl or Trudgen Stroke, originated in South America.
Front Crawl (Freestyle)
Year that women were allowed to participate in the Olympics.
1912
6 time Olympic medalist and breaststroke specialist.
The year that Coach Laura began swimming.
1978
Freestyle distance event for men swimming in the Olympics.
1500 Meters