FILE PHOTO: Born on May 10, 1995: Missy Franklin, American swimmer 2016 Rio Olympics - Swimming - Semifinal - Women's 200m Backstroke Semifinals - Olympic Aquatics Stadium - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 11/08/2016. Missy Franklin (USA) of USA arrives to compete. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler/File Photo
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A "star in the making" were the prophetic words of an announcer who had just witnessed 16-year-old Missy Franklin slice up the competition at swimming's 2011 world championships.
Franklin, who would just as soon use her 6-foot-four-inch wingspan to hug a competitor as she would to demolish them in the pool, harnessed an upbeat outlook that propelled her to the greatest heights of her sport and helped her weather the crushing lows.
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