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Darra Grace Torres is the first American swimmer to compete in five Olympics: 1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, and 2008. She will soon compete in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in the 50 and 100 meter freestyle events.

Darra Torres was born on April 15, 1967, in Los Angeles, California. She is not yet married but has a partner named David Hoffman. The couple has a daughter named Tessa Grace, born in April 2006.

Darra Torres is a Jewish on her father's side. She converted to Judaism before marrying her second husband, Israeli surgeon Itzhak Shasha, and in 2005 was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.