At 16, she won her first gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle, defeating her idol, Janet Evans, in a performance dedicated to her late grandfather.
She is only the second woman in Olympic history to win back-to-back 800-meter freestyle gold medals. brooke bennett
Beyond the Olympics, Bennett was a 14-time U.S. National Champion and a multiple-time World Champion medalist. International Swimming Hall of Fame: Inducted in 2010. At 16, she won her first gold medal