The Mission Viejo Nadadores is one of the largest swimming and diving clubs in the United States. The team is located in Mission Viejo, California

Mission Viejo, California

Mission Viejo is a city located in southern Orange County, California, U.S. in the Saddleback Valley. Mission Viejo is considered one of the largest master-planned communities ever built under a single project in the United States, and is rivaled only by Highlands Ranch, Colorado, in its size...

, training at the Marguerite Aquatic Center. The "Nadadores" were started in 1968 and have had athletes at every Olympics since 1976. The team holds the record for winning the most team titles at the USA swimming Nationals, having won 47.

At the 1984 Summer Olympics

1984 Summer Olympics

The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...

, Nadadores athletes won 13 medals (10 Gold). Notable alumni include: Brian Goodell

Brian Goodell

Brian Stuart Goodell is an Olympic champion and former World Record holding freestyle swimmer from the United States. At the 1976 Olympic Games, he won gold medals in 400m and 1500m Frees. He also won golds in both those events at the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico...

, Shirley Babashoff

Shirley Babashoff

Shirley Frances Babashoff is a former swimmer from the United States, who set six world records and earned a total of eight individual Olympic medals in her career...

, Mary T. Meagher

Mary T. Meagher

Mary Terstegge Meagher Plant is an Olympic champion and former World Record holding swimmer from the United States...

, Robin Leamy, Greg Louganis

Greg Louganis

Gregory "Greg" Efthimios Louganis is an American Olympic diver and author.He received the James E. Sullivan Award from the Amateur Athletic Union in 1984 as the most outstanding amateur athlete in the United States....

, Amy Shaw, Ricardo Prado

Ricardo Prado

Ricardo Prado is an Olympic and former World Record holding medley swimmer from Brazil. He swam for Brazil at the 1984 Olympics....

, Jesse Vassallo

Jesse Vassallo

Jesse Vassallo , is a Puerto Rican Olympic and World Record holding swimmer. He swam in international competitions for the United States and qualified for two-Olympic teams: 1980 and 1984. In 1997, he became the first Puerto Rican to be inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame...

, Tiffany Cohen

Tiffany Cohen

Tiffany Lisa Cohen is a double gold champion in swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics .Cohen is Jewish....

, Dara Torres

Dara Torres

Dara Grace Torres is an American international swimmer and a twelve-time Olympic medalist. Torres was the first swimmer from the United States to compete in five Olympic Games , and, at age 41, the oldest swimmer ever to earn a place on the U.S. Olympic team...

, Coach Mike O'Brien, Coach Mark Schubert

Mark Schubert

Mark Schubert has been USA Swimming's National Team Head Coach since June 2009). He took a paid leave of absence from his role with USA Swimming in September 2010....

, Coach Terry Stoddard, Coach Dr. Sammy Lee

Sammy Lee

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, and Coach Jim Montrella.

Currently the Nadadores are led by American Swimming Coaches Association Hall of Fame member, Coach Bill Rose. Janet Ely

Janet Ely

Janet Ely is a retired female diver from the United States, who twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 1972 and 1976. In 1975 she claimed the world title in the Women's 10m Platform competition.Janet Ely coaches diving at the Mission Viejo Nadadores in Mission Viejo,...

 is the High Performance Director of the Diving Team. At the 2004 Summer Olympic Games

Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

, Nadadore Larsen Jensen

Larsen Jensen

Larsen Alan Jensen is a former American freestyle swimmer. He is a two-time Olympic medalist.-Career:...

 (American Record Holder

United States records in swimming

There are two different kinds of swimming records in the United States and certified by USA Swimming:*USA Record, more commonly referred to in the USA as the American Record: the fastest time by an American swimmer....

) captured a Silver Medal in the Men's 1500 freestyle.

In 2007, the oldest swimming world record was broken by Kate Ziegler

Kate Ziegler

Kate Marie Ziegler is an American long-distance swimmer. She currently holds the world record in the 1500-meter freestyle ....

 in the 1500m freestyle at the TYR

Tyr Sports, Inc.

TYR Sport, Inc. is an American manufacturer of recreational and competitive swimwear, swim caps and goggles. It was co-founded in 1985 by Olympic medalist and former USA Swimming Co-Captain Steve Furniss. TYR is based in Huntington Beach, California. Contrary to popular belief, its name is not an...

Swim Meet of Champions, which the team hosts annually.

External links

• Team websites: swimming; diving.
• City of Mission Viejo
• American Swimming Coaches Association