Nearly two years ago, five-time Olympic champ and eleven-time World champ Missy Franklin of the United States announced her retirement from competitive swimming at the age of Since then, Franklin has been active on the philanthropic front, as a USA Swimming Foundation ambassador and a Laureus Academy member, among other roles.
However, her time in the pool is now characterized by merely short stints here and there, which is as much as her injured body can handle in retirement.
During the years of to , Franklin was one of the most dominant female swimmers in history, claiming four gold medals and a bronze at the Olympic Games.
She followed that up with a record six gold medals in seven events at the World Championships. However, back spasms threw her journey off course at the Pana Pacific Championships, with her World Championships performance slipping to an individual silver and bronze, with an additional three relay medals. Franklin made the U. It is, was she faking back then when she used to repeat so many times that she was having so much fun racing??
Not at all, just went through the same thing during my career… And in my case, most times keeping a positive attitude for the sake of my teammates was the hardest part.
The emotional toil of hiding that for the sake of morale just got the better of me. I bet she was having fun racing but not training. You can go through a race without noticing much of pain. I suspect that the shoulder issues came in the last couple of years of her career. She could help the swim community a ton if she invested time into telling us how she thinks this happened. When my kids were younger, I always wondered if their shoulders or something else will be trashed by age I would definitely appreciate a deep investigation of possible things that can be avoided by younger swimmers.
Or if she thinks the problems may have happened later, what variety of things may have lead to this. It can also be physiology. I dealt with a lot of shoulder and hip problems during and after my swimming career.
Just born with really loose labrums in my shoulders and hips. It probably gave me extended range while I was swimming, but also was my downfall. She went out in Anyone else recall that? Maybe her coach needs to chime in? Our club has been very militant about shoulder pre-hab and has a pretty good track record. There were times I wondered if my own shoulder pain was all in my head, but then my younger brother a rower ended up needing the same surgeries at the same age. Stress level can also contribute to pain and inflammation she was dealing with a ton of stress post London.
Over training and poor technique was not her problem. It could be the fact that she put on a lot of weight from high school to college, bad rotary breathing rotary while doing front crawl in practice, and not drinking at least 2 liters of water everyday.
She needs to have a doctor take a close look at her anterior cervical spine, sternocleidomastoid muscles, scalene muscles, t5 spine, c7 spine, and L5 spine. For whatever reason slip, fall, posture, alignment sometimes vertebrate start to shift out of alignments and causes shoulder pain. Did you really toss in not drinking water as to why her shoulders and back got injured on top of all that?
Totally disagree. This is an incredibly sad article but I do not think it should overshadow the success Missy has had, and continues to have in her retirement. She has been an amazing role model for all swimmers. What an amazing swimmer and role model. She made it to the top as a athlete. I wish her nothing but the very best. This is all over the internet- clearly coordinated. Missy please support the sport. Blame yourself, not swimming.
What in the world is she supposed to blame herself for? She is an injured athlete who gave all of herself to others for years to promote the sport. Padres 10 hours ago. Padres 6 hours ago. This article tagged under: Missy Franklin team usa. Back to Article. Close Menu. Search for:. Coronavirus Pandemic Voices for Justice U.
That is, living a sport-adjacent life that is focused on finding new business partners, continuing to grow her brand, and using her platform to make a difference and inspire others. Most recently, the retired star signed on as one of seven athlete ambassadors for Bridgestone heading into the upcoming Olympic cycle alongside track and field star Allyson Felix, para-swimmer Jessica Long and fellow swimmer Ryan Murphy.
She is also still partnered with swim-giant Speedo and bottled water brand Dasani, and has continued her work with the USA Swimming Foundation and the learn to swim school SafeSplash. The former, she says, shows a commitment that connects with her values and those of her audience. The latter assesses if the brand aligns with her own image.
That has to be the main factor. Ensuring that the person she is in retirement reflects the person she tried to portray herself as while she was building her platform during her competitive career has become a priority for Franklin over the last 14 months, especially. You put out into the world the kind of person you want to be.
Now is your chance to actually prove that.
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