Melissa Jeanette Franklin is an American competition swimmer and four-time Olympic gold medalist. She currently holds the world record in the 200-meter backstroke and American records in both the 100-meter and 200-meter backstroke. As a member of the U.S. National Team, she also holds the world record in the 4�100-meter medley relay. In her Olympic debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics at age 17, Franklin won a total of five medals, four of which were gold. She swept the women's backstroke events, winning gold in both the 100-meter and 200-meter backstroke. Franklin's successes have earned her Swimming World's World Swimmer of the Year and the American Swimmer of the Year award in 2012 as well as the FINA Swimmer of the Year Award in 2011 and 2012. In total, she has won twenty-two medals in international competition: fourteen gold, five silver, and three bronze, spanning the 2012 Summer Olympics, the FINA World Championships and the short course FINA World Championships. 

May 10th, 1995 in Pasadena (Age 29) as Melissa Jeanette Franklin