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- Swimmer Janet Evans
- won four gold medals at
- two Olympic Games and
- has her sights set on
- winning more in 1996. (Her four gold medals are one short of Bonnie Blair's U.S. women's record of five.)
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- Janet began swimming at the age of 1, and
- learned the butterfly and breaststroke as a 3-
- year-old. At 15, she broke the long-standing
- world records in the 800-meter and 1,500-
- meter freestyle events.
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- At the 1988 Olympics, Janet, then 17, won
- gold medals in the 400-meter and 800-
- meter freestyle races and in the 400-
- meter individual medley. When she
- won the 400-meter freestyle, she set