Name: Tracy Caulkins
Sport: Swimming
Event(s): 100-meter Breaststroke, 200 Individual Medley, 400 Individual Medley, 4x100 Medley
DOB: 1/11/1963
Birthplace: Winona, Tenn.
Hometown: Nashville, Tenn.
High School: Harpeth Hall School (Nashville, Tenn.)
College: University of Florida
Olympic Experience
  • Olympian (1984); three-time Olympic medalist (3 golds)
  • Los Angeles 1984, gold (200-meter individual medley, 400 individual medley, 4x100 medley)
Personal: Began swimming at age 8...Was able to bend her knees backwards, which gave her a powerful dolphin-like kick in the water...Won her first national title at age 14...Became the youngest recipient selected for the James E. Sullivan Award, earning the title less than a month after turning 16...Earned a degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Florida...Her alma mater created a swimming scholarship in her name for Florida’s best female swimmer...Resides in Brisbane, Australia, with her family, where she was an executive officer for the Australian Academy of Sport and served as president of Womensport Queensland...Married swimmer Mark Stockwell...Mother to three children, Emily, Maddison and William.