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Ex-Olympian Missy Franklin Named Youngest Ever Laureus Academy Member

  • February 26, 2019
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LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 30: Missy Franklin of the United States celebrates with her gold medal and an American flag during the medal ceremony for the Women’s 100m Backstroke on Day 3 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre on July 30, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

Five-time Olympic gold medal-winner Missy Franklin has been named the youngest-ever athlete to be inducted into the Laureus World Sports Academy. Franklin, 23, won four gold medals and a bronze at the 2012 London Olympics, as well as another gold medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

She was one of three retired athletes to be named as the Academy’s newest members at the 2019 Laureus World Sports Awards held in Monaco last week. She’ll join ex-golfer Lorena Ochoa and Luciana Aymar, a retired field hockey player from Argentina.

Franklin retired from swimming in December, citing injuries, as well as the mental and physical strain of a swimming career, as her reasons.

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