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Tara Kirk Personal information Full name: Tara Kirk Nationality: United States College team: Stanford University Date of birth: July 12, 1982 (1982-07-12) (age 26) Place of birth: Bremerton, Washington Height: 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) [show] Medal record Olympic Games Silver 2004 Athens[1] 4x100 m medley relay World Championships
(LC) Bronze 2005 Montreal[2] 100 m breaststroke Bronze 2007 Melbourne[3] 50 m breaststroke Silver 2007 Melbourne 100 m breaststroke Silver 2007 Melbourne 4 x 100 m medley relay Silver 2005 Montreal 4 x 100 m medley relay World Championships (SC) Gold 2006 Shanghai[4] 100 m breaststroke Silver 2006 Shanghai 200 m breaststroke Silver 2006 Shanghai 4 x 100 m medley relay Bronze 2004 Indianapolis[5] 50 m breaststroke Bronze 2004 Indianapolis 100 m breaststroke Silver 2004 Indianapolis 4 x 100 m medley relay Bronze 2000 Athens[6] 50 m breaststroke Summer Universiade Gold 2001 Beijing 50 m breaststroke Pan Pacific Championships Gold 2006 Victoria 100 m breaststroke

Tara Kirk (born July 12, 1982 in Bremerton, Washington) is an Olympic swimmer in the United States. She set the world short course meters record in the 100 meter breaststroke, winning the event at the 2004 Women's NCAA Championships swimming for Stanford University. In the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Tara won a silver medal swimming in the preliminary heats of the 400 Medley Relay.

Kirk still holds the American Record in the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststrokes, set in 2006, as well as the American Record in the 50 short-course meter breaststroke (30.29). Kirk is the only woman to swim the
100-meter breaststroke in under 58 seconds (57.77). It is worth noting that the next fastest person in the history of this event is Megan Jendrick who posted a time of 58.87. Kirk previously held the 100 short-course meter breaststroke world record at 1:04.79 but this was beaten by Leisel Jones on August 28, 2006. Kirk was named the "Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year" and took home the Honda-Broderick Cup for 2003-2004. She was also a recipient of the NCAA Top Eight Award as a member of the Class of 2005.

Tara Kirk's younger sister, Dana Kirk, joined her on the 2004 USA Women's Olympic Swimming team, becoming the first set of sisters to swim on the same US Olympic Team. Contents [hide] 1 2008 Olympic Trials Controversy 2 Trivia 3 External links 4 References //

2008 Olympic Trials Controversy

Kirk finished third at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials by one-hundredth of a second and did not qualify for the 2008 Olympic Games in the 100-meter breaststroke. Kirk had decided to not swim the 200-meter breaststroke in order to concentrate on the 100.

On July 21, 2008, USA Swimming and the US Anti-Doping Agency were notified that first-place finisher Jessica Hardy had tested positive for clenbuterol, a banned substance. Unfortunately for Kirk, the positive test arrived too late for her to replace Hardy on the Olympic team. It was later determined that the lateness of the positive

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