JessieY is reading a book called "The history of the Olympics". It's about people who participated in the Olympics back in history.
This page is about Kristin Otto who did swimming in Seoul in 1988. At the age of 22, she won GOLDS in all of the events she entered!!! The events she participated were; 100 metres freestyle, backstroke, butterfly, the 50 metres freestyle and the 4 x100 metres freestyle and medley relays. A medley race is a race with four different strokes that go in the order; butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle. Kristin Otto won six shiny gold medals, that's the most ever won by a female in Olympic history!
Before Seoul, she won three gold medals at the 1982 World Championships and four in the 1986 World Chapionships. Kristin Otto started swimming at the age of six!
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