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Swimming & Diving. 'A time I'll never forget' - Auburn's Kirsty Coventry to compete in 5th Olympics

AuburnTigers.com

AUBURN, Ala. - From her college to her continent, former Auburn swimmer Kirsty Coventry can lay claim to the title, “most decorated Olympian.”

Her seven medals, including two golds, put Zimbabwe’s Coventry at the top of the list at Auburn, and in Africa. She’s won more medals than any female swimmer in history.

Coventry, a month away from turning 33, will soon compete in her fifth Olympic Games, hoping to return to the medal stand after a disappointing showing in London in 2012.

“I had gotten injured four months before.