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How much do you really know about Natalie Coughlin? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

Natalie Coughlin won 12 Olympic medals as a swimmer.

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Natalie Coughlin, a U.S. swimmer, earned 12 Olympic medals across three Games (2004, 2008, 2012), tying her with Jenny Thompson and Dara Torres for the most by an American female swimmer.

2.

Natalie Coughlin graduated from UCLA with a degree in psychology.

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Coughlin attended UC Berkeley, not UCLA, and earned a degree in psychology while swimming for the Golden Bears.

3.

Natalie Coughlin won 12 Olympic medals, all in individual events.

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Coughlin won 12 Olympic medals, but only 4 were individual (two golds in 100m backstroke, two bronzes in 100m freestyle). The remaining 8 medals came from relay events.

4.

Natalie Coughlin is the first woman to swim the 100-meter backstroke under one minute.

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She broke the minute barrier in 2002, a milestone no woman had achieved before, setting a new standard in backstroke.

5.

Natalie Coughlin is a trained sommelier and owns a vineyard.

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She co-owns a winery, Coughlin Family Vintners, not a vineyard.

6.

Coughlin appeared as a contestant on 'Dancing with the Stars' in 2012.

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Natalie Coughlin never competed on Dancing with the Stars. She is a 12-time Olympic medalist in swimming and one of the most decorated female Olympians.

7.

Natalie Coughlin once set a world record in the 100-meter backstroke while wearing a jammer instead of a standard suit.

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At the 2002 Pan Pacific Championships, Natalie Coughlin broke the 100m backstroke world record while wearing a jammer, a knee-length suit typically worn by men, rather than the standard women's suit.

8.

Coughlin was the first U.S. woman to win a gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke at two consecutive Olympics.

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She won gold in 2004, but finished fourth in the 100m backstroke at the 2008 Olympics, so she did not win gold in two consecutive Games. The claim is false.

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