{{Short description|American Paralympic swimmer (born 1964)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Trischa Zorn | image = Trischa Zorn 3.JPG | imagesize = 240 | caption = Zorn at the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|06|01}} | birth_place = Orange, California, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | disability_class = S12, SB12, SM12 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's para swimming }} {{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Paralympic Games }} {{MedalGold | 1980 Arnhem | 100m backstroke B }} {{MedalGold | 1980 Arnhem | 100m butterfly B }} {{MedalGold | 1980 Arnhem | 100m freestyle B }} {{MedalGold | 1980 Arnhem | 200m individual medley B }} {{MedalGold | 1980 Arnhem | 400m individual medley B }} {{MedalGold | 1980 Arnhem | 4x100m freestyle relay A-B }} {{MedalGold | 1980 Arnhem | 4x100m medley relay A-B }} {{MedalGold | 1984 New York | 100m backstroke B2 }} {{MedalGold | 1984 New York | 100m butterfly B2 }} {{MedalGold | 1984 New York | 100m freestyle B2 }} {{MedalGold | 1984 New York | 200m individual medley B2 }} {{MedalGold | 1984 New York | 400m individual medley B2 }} {{MedalGold | 1984 New York | 4x100m medley relay B1-B3 }} {{MedalGold | 1988 Seoul | 50m breaststroke B2 }} {{MedalGold | 1988 Seoul | 50m freestyle B2 }} {{MedalGold | 1988 Seoul | 100m backstroke B2 }} {{MedalGold | 1988 Seoul | 100m breaststroke B2 }} {{MedalGold | 1988 Seoul | 100m butterfly B2 }} {{MedalGold | 1988 Seoul | 100m freestyle B2 }} {{MedalGold | 1988 Seoul | 200m breaststroke B2 }} {{MedalGold | 1988 Seoul | 200m individual medley B2 }} {{MedalGold | 1988 Seoul | 400m freestyle B2 }} {{MedalGold | 1988 Seoul | 400m individual medley B2 }} {{MedalGold | 1988 Seoul | 4x100m freestyle relay B1-B3 }} {{MedalGold | 1988 Seoul | 4x100m medley relay B1-B3 }} {{MedalGold | 1992 Barcelona | 50m freestyle B2 }} {{MedalGold | 1992 Barcelona | 100m backstroke B2 }} {{MedalGold | 1992 Barcelona | 100m breaststroke B1-B2 }} {{MedalGold | 1992 Barcelona | 100m freestyle B2 }} {{MedalGold | 1992 Barcelona | 200m backstroke B1-B2 }} {{MedalGold | 1992 Barcelona | 200m breaststroke B1-B3 }} {{MedalGold | 1992 Barcelona | 200m individual medley B2 }} {{MedalGold | 1992 Barcelona | 400m individual medley B1-B3 }} {{MedalGold | 1992 Barcelona | 4x100m freestyle relay B1-B3 }} {{MedalGold | 1992 Barcelona | 4x100m medley relay B1-B3 }} {{MedalGold | 1996 Atlanta | 100m backstroke B2 }} {{MedalGold | 1996 Atlanta | 200m individual medley B2 }} {{MedalSilver | 1984 New York | 4x100m freestyle relay B1-B3 }} {{MedalSilver | 1992 Barcelona | 100m butterfly B2-B3 }} {{MedalSilver | 1992 Barcelona | 400m freestyle B2-B3 }} {{MedalSilver | 1996 Atlanta | 50m freestyle B2 }} {{MedalSilver | 1996 Atlanta | 400m freestyle B2 }} {{MedalSilver | 1996 Atlanta | 4×100m medley relay B1-B3 }} {{MedalSilver | 2000 Sydney | 100 m backstroke }} {{MedalSilver | 2000 Sydney | 100 m breaststroke }} {{MedalSilver | 2000 Sydney | 100 m butterfly }} {{MedalSilver | 2000 Sydney | 200 m individual medley }} {{MedalBronze | 1996 Atlanta | 100 m breaststroke }} {{MedalBronze | 1996 Atlanta | 100 m freestyle }} {{MedalBronze | 1996 Atlanta | 4 × 100 m freestyle }} {{MedalBronze | 2000 Sydney | 50 m breaststroke }} {{MedalBronze | 2004 Athens | 100 m backstroke }} }}
'''Trischa Zorn''' (born June 1, 1964)<ref name=CNN>{{cite web |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/paralympics/news/2000/09/15/zorn_bios/ |title=Trischa Zorn's biography |publisher=sportsillustrated.cnn.com |access-date=12 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023100121/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/paralympics/news/2000/09/15/zorn_bios/ |archive-date=23 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is an American Paralympic swimmer. Blind from birth, she competed in Paralympic swimming (S12, SB12, and SM12 disability categories).<ref name=CNN /> She is the most successful athlete in the history of the Paralympic Games, having won 55 medals (41 gold, 9 silver, and 5 bronze),<ref name=IPC_MEDIA>{{cite web |url=http://paralympic.netempire.de/Media_Centre/News/General_News/2005_01_05_a.html?calendar.box.year=2011&calendar.box.month=0 |title=Times Square Honors Athletes |publisher=sports-paralympic.netempire.de |date=1 January 2005 |accessdate=12 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111164907/http://paralympic.netempire.de/Media_Centre/News/General_News/2005_01_05_a.html?calendar.box.year=2011&calendar.box.month=0 |archivedate=11 November 2013 }}</ref> and was inducted into the Paralympic Hall of Fame in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |last=Reid |first=Hannah |title=Paralympic Hall of Famers |url=http://aroundtherings.com/articles/view.aspx?id=41016 |publisher=Around the Rings |access-date=2013-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111164648/http://aroundtherings.com/articles/view.aspx?id=41016 |archive-date=2013-11-11 |url-status=live }}</ref> She took the Paralympic Oath for athletes at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta.<ref>[https://www.paralympic.org/export/sites/default/Media_Centre/Media_Information/2008_10_Paralympic_Oath.pdf Speakers of the Athletes' Oath] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619203017/http://paralympic.org/export/sites/default/Media_Centre/Media_Information/2008_10_Paralympic_Oath.pdf |date=2010-06-19 }}, International Paralympic Committee</ref>
==Biography== Zorn studied special education at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and school administration and supervision at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and law at the IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Trischa Zorn-Hudson, '05, Featured in Team USA Story: Law School News: Robert H. McKinney School of Law: IUPUI|url=https://mckinneylaw.iu.edu/news/releases/2016/03/trischa-zorn-hudson-05-featured-in-team-usa-story.html|access-date=2022-02-09|website=IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law|language=en-US}}</ref>
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).<ref name=CNN /><ref name="IPC_MEDIA" /><ref>[http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200409/26/eng20040926_158355.html "China shine in Paralympic swimming"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002233529/http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200409/26/eng20040926_158355.html |date=2012-10-02 }}, ''People's Daily'', September 26, 2004</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://disabilityhorizons.com/2016/02/top-10-paralympians-who-inspire-us-ahead-of-rio-2016/|title=Top 10 Paralympians who inspire us ahead of Rio 2016|date=2016-02-22|website=Disability Horizons|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-04-19}}</ref><ref>[http://www.aboutolympics.co.uk/great-paralympians-past-present.html "Great Paralympians Past and Present"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820133839/http://www.aboutolympics.co.uk/great-paralympians-past-present.html|date=2008-08-20}}, About Olympics</ref><ref>[http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/8139.asp?q=American%20Trischa%20Zorn%20Most%20Decorated%20Paralympian%20of%20All-Time%20With%2055th%20Medal "American Trischa Zorn Most Decorated Paralympian of All-Time With 55th Medal"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213175123/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/8139.asp?q=American%20Trischa%20Zorn%20Most%20Decorated%20Paralympian%20of%20All-Time%20With%2055th%20Medal|date=2012-02-13}}, ''Swimming World Magazine'', September 27, 2004.</ref> In the 1996 Games in Atlanta, 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 Barcelona,<ref name=CNN /> with ten gold medals and two silver.<ref>[http://en.paralympic.beijing2008.cn/spirit/pastgames/n214340060.shtml "Paralympic Summer Games -- Barcelona 1992"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906200549/http://en.paralympic.beijing2008.cn/spirit/pastgames/n214340060.shtml |date=2008-09-06 }}, official website of the 2008 Beijing Paralympics</ref> She had won seven gold medals during her first Games in 1980.<ref name=IPC_NEWS>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9A02E3DE1439F930A15755C0A962948260 "Trischa Zorn Wins Fifth Gold"], ''The New York Times'', June 23, 1984</ref>
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).<ref>[http://www.ibsa.es/eng/deportes/swimming/estrellas.htm "TRISCHA ZORN"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070821064324/http://www.ibsa.es/eng/deportes/swimming/estrellas.htm |date=2007-08-21 }}, International Blind Sport Federation</ref>
On 1 January 2005, Zorn was one of eight athletes honored during New Year celebrations in Times Square in New York City. The other seven were Ian Thorpe of Australia, Nadia Comăneci of Romania, George Weah of Liberia, Françoise Mbango Etone of Cameroon, Gao Min of China, Félix Sánchez of the Dominican Republic 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".<ref name=IPC_MEDIA /> In 2012, she was inducted into the International Paralympian Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/ipc-announces-visa-paralympic-hall-fame-inductees |title=IPC Announces Visa Paralympic Hall of Fame Inductees |accessdate=30 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829221040/http://paralympic.org/news/ipc-announces-visa-paralympic-hall-fame-inductees |archive-date=29 August 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Although no longer competing as a swimmer, Zorn works as a legal professional for the Department of Veterans Affairs and lives near Indianapolis, Indiana.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Swimmer Trischa Zorn's Paralympic Legacy Goes Beyond Her Staggering 55-Medal Haul|url=https://www.teamusa.org/News/2020/October/26/Swimmer-Trischa-Zorns-Paralympic-Legacy-Goes-Beyond-Her-Staggering-Medal-Haul|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117010323/https://www.teamusa.org/News/2020/October/26/Swimmer-Trischa-Zorns-Paralympic-Legacy-Goes-Beyond-Her-Staggering-Medal-Haul|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 17, 2020|website=Team USA}}</ref>
==Paralympic medals== The medals without relay races from 1980 Summer Paralympics to 1988 Summer Paralympics, are 46 (32, 9, 5) for IPC.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/reports.php?type=multi&sport=all&gender=all |title=Multi-Medallists |publisher=paralympic.org |accessdate=11 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913050620/http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/reports.php?type=multi&sport=all&gender=all |archive-date=13 September 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> The relay team of United States, 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.<ref name=IPC_NEWS />
{| class="wikitable" width=40% style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" ! rowspan=2 | Paralympics !! colspan=3 | Individual !! colspan=3 | Team<ref>This medal (since 1988), is not counted in the profile of the athlete to the IPC website, because the Paralympics until 1988, in some cases, are not considered members of the relay.</ref> !! colspan=3 | Total |- ! 20px ! 20px ! 20px ! 20px ! 20px ! 20px ! 20px ! 20px ! 20px |- | align=left | 1980 Arnhem | 5 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 0 || 0 |- | align=left | 1984 New York | 5 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 6 || 1 || 0 |- | align=left | 1988 Seoul | 10 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 12 || 0 || 0 |- | align=left | 1992 Barcelona | 8 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 10 || 2 || 0 |- | align=left | 1996 Atlanta | 2 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 3 |- | align=left | 2000 Sydney | 0 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 1 |- | align=left | 2004 Athens | 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 |- ! Total !! 30 !! 8 !! 4 !! 7 !! 2 !! 1 !! 37 !! 10 !! 5 |}
==See also== * Athletes with most gold medals in one sport at the Paralympic Games * Wikinews interviews winner of 55 Paralympic medals, Trischa Zorn
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== {{wikinews|Wikinews interviews winner of 55 Paralympic medals, Trischa Zorn}} {{Commons category|Trischa Zorn}} * {{IPC athlete|trischa-zorn|old_id=681727}} * {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070821064324/http://www.ibsa.es/eng/deportes/swimming/estrellas.htm |date=August 21, 2007 |title=Medal record (up to and including the 2000 Paralympics), International Blind Sport Federation}}
{{Paralympic Oath}} {{Visa Paralympic Hall of Fame}}
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