Trischa Zorn (born June 1, 1964, in Orange, California) is an American Paralympic swimmer. Blind from birth, she competed in Paralympic swimming (S12, SB12, and SM12 disability categories). She is the most successful athlete in the history of the

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, having won 55 medals (41 gold, 9 silver, and 5 bronze), and was inducted into the Paralympic Hall of Fame in 2012. She took the Paralympic Oath for athletes at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta.

Biography

Zorn studied special education at the

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and school administration and supervision at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and law at the IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law. She competed in the 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 Paralympic Games and won a combined total of 55 medals (41 gold, 9 silver, 5 bronze). In the 1996 Games in

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, she won more medals than any other athlete: two gold, three silver and three bronze. She had also topped the individual medal table at the 1992 Paralympic Games in

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, with ten gold medals and two silver. She had won seven gold medals during her first Games in

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."Trischa Zorn Wins Fifth Gold"
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'', June 23, 1984 After the Sydney Games in 2000, she also held eight world records in her disability category (50 m backstroke, 100 m backstroke, 200 m backstroke, 200 m individual medley, 400 m individual medley, 200 m breaststroke, 4×50 m medley relay, 4×50 m free relay). On 1 January 2005, Zorn was one of eight athletes honored during New Year celebrations in

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. The other seven were Ian Thorpe of Australia, Nadia Comăneci of

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, George Weah of

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, Françoise Mbango Etone of

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, Gao Min of China, Félix Sánchez of the

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and Bart Conner of the United States. The eight athletes were "centre stage during the festivities in the countdown leading up to ringing in the New Year". In 2012, she was inducted into the International Paralympian Hall of Fame. Although no longer competing as a swimmer, Zorn works as a legal professional for the Department of Veterans Affairs and lives near Indianapolis, Indiana.

Paralympic medals

The medals without relay races from 1980 Summer Paralympics to

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, are 46 (32, 9, 5) for IPC. The relay team of

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, in the category of Zorn, won 5 gold and 1 silver in these three Paralympics. The question marks in the infobox refer however to 9 gold medals (not 5 gold and 1 silver medal), this is to confirm the total number of 55 (of which 41 gold), reported in many websites including that of the official IPC in another of his article.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zorn, Trischa 1964 births Living people 20th-century American sportswomen 21st-century American sportswomen American blind people American female breaststroke swimmers Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law alumni Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis alumni Medalists at the 1980 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for the United States Paralympic silver medalists for the United States Paralympic bronze medalists for the United States Paralympic medalists in swimming Paralympic swimmers for the United States S12-classified para swimmers Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics World record holders in paralympic swimming

Biography

Paralympic medals

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