- Most decorated U.S. Olympian with 12 medals, 8 of them gold.
- Retired from swimming at age 31 after a 17-year storied career in October 2004 after the Short Course World Championships, where she won 2 golds, 1 silver and 1 bronze.
- Competed in 4 Olympic Games (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004).
- Graduated from Stanford University in 1995 as a human biology major.
- Attending Columbia University since 2001, studying to become a doctor.
- Daughter of the late Margrid J. Thompson of Dover, New Hampshire and the late Phillip B. Thompson of Georgetown, Massachusetts. Daughter-in-law of Josef Cumpelik and Mary Mataseje Cumpelik of Shelton, Connecticut. Stepmother of Kayla Cumpelik.
- She has earned 12 Olympic medals in relay for competitions in 1992 Barcelona, Spain; 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia; and 2000 in Sydney, Australia including eight gold medals.
- In medical school at Columbia University. (December 2004)
- A fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology at Children's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. (September 2010)
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