The 23-year-old American swimming star Missy Franklin announced his retirement in a post on social networking sites, and the United States teammate Katie and others sent blessings. Having won several medals in his career, including five Olympic gold medals, and at the age of 23, Franklin's new life has just begun.
Parents are Canadian
The opportunity to learn to swim was her mother, who stumbled upon her swimming talent and began to train her to swim. Franklin's parents who represented the United States turned out to be Canadians, Franklin had dual citizenship, and his mother had hoped that he would represent Canada to ensure that he would qualify, but Franklin finally chose to represent the United States.
Luxury is not your own style
Franklin was only a high school student when he became famous, after the London Olympics, Franklin gave up the opportunity to get a lot of endorsements and bonuses, Franklin did not fall into Vanity Fair, continued to focus, trained hard, determined to win medals in every event he participated in.
A science student who loves to do experiments
Like shopping, like Justin Bieber, Franklin once revealed that he is not good at math, like physics, chemistry, like to do experiments, but also love to read science fiction, proper science women.
London Olympics pre-match tidbits
Phelps spat bitterly to reporters, saying that he was like a small flying fish, hoping that she would have problems and ask him for help, but there was no response from Franklin. But then, Franklin generously said that he would ask for help when he waited for the game, and praised Phelps for his greatness. Judging from the final result, the two are just friends.
World War I fame
Missy Franklin, who excelled in backstroke and freestyle, became famous at the Shanghai World Championships, at the age of 16, she won 3 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze and won the Best Female Athlete Award, and she was also the first person to break the women's world record in the post-sharkskin era.
Shine at the London Olympics
At the London Olympics, there were many gold kings in the swimming arena, and Franklin was also one of them, and Franklin won 4 gold and 1 bronze at the 2012 London Olympic Games, becoming the biggest winner for women.
Injuries hit
In January 2017, Franklin underwent surgery on both shoulders to treat bursitis, which plagued her. Injury recovery was not ideal, and Franklin missed the 17-year World Championships in Budapest. Since then, we have rarely seen her in international competitions.
The biggest enemy of athletes is injuries! Retirement due to injury is also the most popular reason for athletes to retire, athletes' careers are not long, usually have to fight with injuries all the time, because of this, they are synonymous with persistence, hard work, every victory of theirs, every cheer, can move us! Hopefully, all athletes will stay away from injuries.
(Luo Treasurer)