Dana Kirk (born June 23, 1984) is an American former competition
swimmer
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, Olympian and
Pan American Games
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medalist.
Kirk qualified for the
2004 Summer Olympics
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in the women's 200-meter butterfly, finishing ninth in the event semifinals.
Kirk attended
Stanford University
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, where she swam for the
Stanford Cardinal
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swimming and diving team in
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition. During her four-year college swimming career, she amassed seventeen All-American honors and eight
Pac-10 Conference titles in the 200-yard medley and 400-yard medley relays, as well as the 100-yard and 200-yard butterfly events. She is currently the fourth fastest 100-yard and 200-yard butterfly swimmer in Stanford history. She graduated from Stanford in 2006.
Kirk's older sister,
Tara, joined her on the 2004 USA Women's Olympic Swimming team, becoming the first set of sisters to swim on the same U.S. Olympic Team.
After back surgery, Kirk retired from swimming at the Olympic level. She currently coaches for the Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics (PASA) in
Los Altos Hills, California at the Fremont Hills Country Club.
See also
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List of Stanford University people
References
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1984 births
Living people
American female butterfly swimmers
American female medley swimmers
Sportspeople from Bremerton, Washington
Sportspeople from Washington (state)
Stanford Cardinal women's swimmers
Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic swimmers for the United States
Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in swimming
21st-century American women
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