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Missy Franklin
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American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder
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Melissa Jeanette Franklin, known by the nickname Missy, is an American competitive swimmer. Born in Pasadena, California, in 1995, she represents the United States in international competition. Her athletic career includes participation in the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. At the 2012 Games, she competed in the women's 100 metre and 200 metre backstroke events.
Franklin has been educated at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Georgia. She was a member of the California Golden Bears sports team. Her swimming disciplines include backstroke and front crawl. She has also been referred to by the pseudonym Missile Missy.
Her achievements include receiving the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year. She was also nominated for this same award. Franklin resides in Pasadena and Aurora.
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Film & TV
Pasadena, California
Known for
- The Current: Explore the Healing Powers of the Ocean — Self2014
- Touch the Wall — Missy Franklin2014
- First — Self - Olympian2012
- Pretty Little Liars — Herself2010
via TMDB
Key facts
- Full name
- Melissa Franklin Johnson
- Nickname s
- Missy, Missile
- National team
- United States
- Born
- ( 1995-05-10 ) May 10, 1995 (age 31) , Pasadena, California , U.S.
- Height
- 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
- Weight
- 165 lb (75 kg)
- Spouse
- Hayes Johnson ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2019 )
- Sport
- Swimming
- Strokes
- Backstroke , freestyle , medley
- Club
- Colorado Stars
- College team
- University of California, Berkeley , University of Georgia
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Watersports
- Position
- Swimmer
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Franklin
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pasadena
- Occupation
- swimmer
- Sport
- competitive swimming
- Member of team
- California Golden Bears
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 75
- Image
- Missy Franklin after winning 200m backstroke (8991936317) (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 188
- Residence
- Aurora
- Significant event
- 2012 Summer Olympics
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- Commons category
- Missy Franklin
- date of birth
- 1995-05-10
- nickname
- Missy
- birth name
- Melissa Jeanette Franklin
- sports discipline competed in
- front crawl
- pseudonym
- Missile Missy
- social media followers
- 383199
Sources (6)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Olympic Games
2012 London100 m backstroke
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Missy Franklin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.