Tracy Caulkins
Awards And Accomplishments
| 1977 | Won first national titles in the Amateur Athletic Union National Championships in both the 100- and 200-meter short course breaststroke, and the 200- and 400-meter long course individual medleys; won 100-meter breaststroke at the U.S. Indoor National Championships |
| 1977-78 | Named Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World magazine |
| 1978 | Won Sullivan Award; won world championships in 200-meter butterfly, 200- and 400-meter individual medleys, silver in 100-meter breaststroke; won national championships in 200-meter long course butterfly, short course individual medleys, and 100- and 200-meter breaststroke; won 200-meter butterfly at the Amateur Athletic Union Long Course Championships; named high school All-American; named United Press International's Female Athlete of the Year |
| 1979 | Won two gold medals and two silver medals at the Pan American Games; set five records at the Amateur Athletic Union National Short Course Championships, winning 100-meter breaststroke, 500-meter freestyle, 400-meter individual medley, 400-meter medley relay, 400-meter freestyle relay, and 200-meter individual medley |
| 1980 | Won four gold medals and one silver medal at the National Outdoor Championships; named American Swimmer of the Year |
| 1980-82 | Won J. H. Kiphuth Award |
| 1981 | Set world records at the U.S. Swimming International Championships in the 200- and 400-meter individual medleys, 100-meter breaststroke, and the 100-meter backstroke; won 200-meter backstroke and set American record at National Short Course Championships; named American Female Swimmer of the Year by World magazine; named WSF Amateur Athlete of the Year; named Sportswoman of the Year by the Women's Sports Foundation |
| 1982 | Won 200-meter individual medley and two other events at U.S. Swimming Long Course Championships; won Southland Olympia Award |
| 1982-83 | Won Honda Broderick Cup, awarded to the top female college athlete |
| 1982-84 | Won Broderick Award; won 12 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) swimming titles |
| 1983 | Won gold medals in both individual medleys at Pan American Games; won Broderick Award |
| 1983-84 | Named Academic All-American |
| 1984 | Won Honda Broderick Cup; won gold medals at the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, in the 200-meter individual medley, the 400-meter individual medley, and as part of 4 × 100-meter medley relay team; won NCAA Championships in two individual medleys, 100-yard breaststroke and 200-yard butterfly, and in 400- and 800-yard team medleys; won 200-meter individual medley at National Indoor Championships; named Female Athlete of the Year by U. S. Olympic Committee; named Academic All-American; named Swimmer of the Year by the U.S. Swimming Association; named member of the All-Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll |
| 1986 | Elected to the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame |
| 1990 | Inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame; inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame |
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