Talk:Natalie Coughlin

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WikiProject Biography Summer 2007 Assessment Drive

The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Yamara 21:51, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Why not you?
Somebody should add that she just broke (her own) 100m backstroke world record.
 * Above is way out of date, as would be obvious if the contributor had signed off Sitush (talk) 06:41, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

pronounciation?
Does anybody know for sure how she pronounces her last name? Perhaps a recording of her saying it? The olympics announcers seem to be all over the place.Brainmouse (talk) 02:55, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
 * In the UK (& Ireland) there is only one way to pronounce it, which is "cog-lin", where the "g" is hard & borders on a "k". Sorry, I know not how to do this in Wiki phonetics Sitush (talk) 05:01, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

COG"lin

tautology
I have removed a lot of tautologous edits from this article but there are still plenty there, with some facts being stated two and three times and also a general bird's nest of an approach to categorising. Can we not agree on what goes where please? Are there any good articles about Olympians/swimmers/sports people upon which we could base the structure? Sitush (talk) 05:13, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Looking better already. Thanks to all. Sitush (talk) 07:11, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Then what does "qualify" mean?
"Although she qualified for only one event, Coughlin signed up for the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke."

How do you "sign up" for events for which you haven't qualified? GeneCallahan (talk) 05:23, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

She swam both events at the trials and made it in only one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.4.202.183 (talk) 00:06, 2 April 2013 (UTC)