Welcome

Welcome to the official website of Dara Torres; 4-time Olympic swimmer, mother, model, TV personality, and motivational speaker.

Since her first international race at the age of 14, Dara Torres has proven that she is far from your average athlete. Outside of swimming, Dara has made a name for herself as a TV commentator and a print model and was the first athlete to appear in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue in 1994.

For the past year Dara Torres has been successfully making her comeback to qualify for the Beijing Olympic Games. If she makes the team, at age 41, it will be her 5th Olympic Games; the most ever for an American swimmer.

From: Dara, To: Her Fans

“I have been blessed with amazing people surrounding me. From my family, to my coaches, training partners, stretching, strength and conditioning people and mostly my daughter Tessa. It is Tessa who I am doing this for. To show her when she is a little older that life has no boundaries if you commit to your dreams and never stop believing in yourself. Although Tessa is only 2, I feel inspired by knowing she is watching me and looking at me for guidance and direction. I can’t go a minute and not think of the positive and powerful lessons I am sharing with her.

When my life gets busy, my time for myself minimal, I look deep inside my soul and wonder what my father would tell me. Even though he unfortunately passed from Colon cancer a few years ago, I feel his presence, hear his words and feel comforted by his love that will never leave me.

My work is other people’s play. I am in a pool doing what I was meant to do, swim. For anyone who feels stifled or stuck in their life, I say break down those barriers of indecision. Never let anyone set your personal or professional agenda. Live every day with the passion of your last. If I can inspire both women and men in anything it would be that age is just a number, not a death sentence. Wake up every morning with a plan and a dream. If you do, like me, dreams do still come true in your 40s and beyond!”