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Dana Vollmer

Background

Born in Syracuse, NY, the U.S. butterfly queen grew up swimming near Fort Worth, TX. Dana’s mother, Cathy, was a coach and heavily influenced her initial love for the sport. Under Ron Forrest at the Fort Worth Area Swim Team (FAST), Vollmer quickly distinguished herself as an elite swimmer. At age 12, she was the youngest swimmer at the 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials and competed in the 100m butterfly, an event that continues to be one of her greatest strong points. One year later, she was the youngest member of the 2001 Goodwill Games team.

Vollmer had heart surgery to correct a quickened heart rate in 2003, and also showed signs of life-threatening Long QT Syndrome. As a precaution, her mother brought a portable defibrillator to all of Vollmer’s swim meets. Although she later stopped showing symptoms of Long QT, living with a heart condition has motivated her to become an active ambassador for the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women campaign.

NCAA Career

After graduating from Granbury High School in 2005, Vollmer enroll

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“Dana’s keynote address was not only inspiring, but highly entertaining. Dana is an absolute light, whose humility and vulnerability denotes her courage and her true dynamism. She has woven her story and her Olympic feats into an impactful narrative of authentic leadership, the power of vulnerability, and of the courage it takes to truly look at oneself in the mirror and see the real superwoman behind the mask.”

Daniella Kahane

Executive Director, WIN Summit

"Dana was the keynote speaker to close our 2021 virtual wellness event. She is as professional in the business world as she was during her elite swimmer career. Dana connected to the virtual audience with her warmth and authenticity. She shared moments of vulnerability along her sweet journey of self-discovery. She inspired us to become better through a new approach to self-development that empowers personal growth and long-lasting success. Her story was incredible. More people should get to hear her inspirational message. I'm glad we did. "

Rita Lee

Director of Research and Wealth Advisor at Brouwer & Janachow
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Dana Vollmer
American swimmer (born 1987)
Dana Whitney Vollmer (born November 13, 1987) is a former American competition swimmer, five-time Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal as a member of the winning United States team in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay that set the world record in the event.^[2] Eight years later at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Vollmer set the world record on her way to the gold medal in the 100-meter butterfly, and also won golds in the 4×100-meter medley relay and 4×200-meter freestyle relay. She won three medals including a gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Vollmer won a total of thirty two medals in major international competitions, including nineteen gold medals, eight silver, and five bronze, spanning the Olympics, the World Championships, the Pan American Games, the Pan Pacific Championships, and the Goodwill Games, making her one of the most decorated female Olympians in swimming.
Early years
Vollmer was born in Syracuse, New York,^[3]