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On May 10th.1995, Missy Franklin was born to parents D.A and Dick Franklin in Pasadena, California.
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At the age of 5, Missy started swiming for the Colorado Stars Swim Team
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June 29th - July 6th 2008, Missy competed at her first USA Olympic Swimming Trials. She failed to qualify for the Beijing Summer Olympic Team that year. She competed in the 100 m freestyle and earned a place of 37th.
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Missy Qualifies for her first Senior National Team: The Pan Pacific Championship Team in 2010 at 15 years old
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For her preformance in 2010, Missy won the Golden Goggle Award for Best Breakout Swimmer of the Year.
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Franklin earned the first international medals of her career at At the 2010 FINA Short Course World Championships in Dubai. In the 200 m backstroke, Missy finished in second. She also earned a silver medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay.
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In the 200m backstroke Missy broke her first national record with a time of 2:05.10. In this race at the 20011 Swimming World Championships she also won gold. This was Missy's first individual world title.
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Missy won her first national tittles at the 2011 in the 100 m backstroke and freestyle
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At the 2011 Fina World Cup Missy broke her first world record in the 200 m backstroke.
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For her performance at the 2011 World Championships, Missy won the Female Athlete of the Year, Female Race of the Year (200-meter backstroke), and the Relay Performance of the Year (4×100-meter medley relay) at the Golden Goggle Awards. She was also named the best female swimmer for 2011 by FINA Aquatics World Magazine.
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Missy competes at the 2012 USA Swimming Olympic Trials and qualifies for the 2012 London Olympic Games in 4 events.
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At the 2012 London Olympic Games, Missy wins 5 medals; gold in 100 m and 200 m Backstroke and in 4x100 m medley and 4x200 m freestyle. Bronze in 4x100 m freestyle. She breaks the world record in the 200 m Backstroke and in the 4x100 m medley relay.
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In 2012, Missy accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of California, Berkeley, where she began swimming for coach Teri McKeever's California Golden Bears women's swimming team during the 2013–14 academic year.
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Missy Franklin is awarded the World Swimmer of the Year and American Swimmer of the year for 2012 by Swimming World Magazine. She also wins the best female swimmer for 2012 by FINA Aquatics World Magazine.
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Missy graduates from Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora, Colorado on May 20th 2013
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Missy sets a new record for the most golds won by a female swimmer at one edition of the World Championships and she becomes the first woman in history to win six gold medals at a single World Championships.
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Missy starts university at the University of California, Berkeley on a full swimming scholarship.
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Missy wins her first NCAA title in the 200 yard freestyle in March 2014.
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Missy wins NCAA titles in 200 m freestyle, backstroke, and individual medley
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Days after the 2015 NCAA Swimming Championships Missy signs with a sports agent and turns pro
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Missy begins training for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio with her home club the Colorado Stars
