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{{Short description|American swimmer (born 1974)}}
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| fullname       = Ashley Tara Tappin 
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| national_team  = {{USA}}
| strokes        = [[Freestyle swimming|Freestyle]]
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| collegeteam    = [[Florida Gators swimming and diving|University of Florida]]<br />[[Arizona Wildcats|University of Arizona]]
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1974|12|18|mf=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Marietta, Georgia]], U.S.
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{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | the United States}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | [[Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | 2000 Sydney | [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1991 World Aquatics Championships|1991 Perth]] | 4 x 100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1994 World Aquatics Championships|1994 Rome]] | [[Swimming at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1991 Pan American Games|1991 Havana]] | [[Swimming at the 1991 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | 1991 Havana | [[Swimming at the 1991 Pan American Games – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | 1991 Havana | [[Swimming at the 1991 Pan American Games – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
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'''Ashley Tara Tappin''' (born December 18, 1974), also known by her married name '''Ashley Doussan''', is an American former competition swimmer and three-time Olympic champion.

Tappin was born in [[Marietta, Georgia]], a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia.<ref name=sroporfile>Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417163859/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/ashley-tappin-1.html  Ashley Tappin].  Retrieved April 10, 2012.</ref> She attended [[St. Martin's Episcopal School]] in Metairie, Louisiana.

Tappin competed at the [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Olympic Games]] in Barcelona, Spain, where she earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the [[Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay]].<ref>databaseOlympics.com, [https://web.archive.org/web/20060218162510/http://databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=23&sp=SWI  1992 Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Swimming].  Retrieved September 10, 2008.</ref><ref>Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040531/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/summer/1992/SWI/  United States Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games].  Retrieved April 16, 2012.</ref>

In the January 1996 issue of [[Swimming World]], Tappin was featured on the cover with the caption 'Ashley Tappin University of Arizona's Sprint Free Champ'. She again was on the cover for the March 1999 issue with the headline 'Tappin's The Name: Winnin's The Game'. Inside that issue is an article on Tappin titled 'Tappin on the Door to Success' by Kari Lydersen with photos by Lori Adamski-Peek.

At the [[2000 Olympic Games]] in Sydney, Australia, she received gold medals for swimming for the first-place U.S. teams in the preliminary heats of the [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|women's 4×100-meter medley relay]], and the [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay]].<ref>databaseOlympics.com, [http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=25&sp=SWI  2000 Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Swimming] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080826094845/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=25&sp=SWI |date=August 26, 2008 }}.  Retrieved September 10, 2008.</ref><ref>Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417041508/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/summer/2000/SWI/  United States Swimming at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games].  Retrieved April 16, 2012.</ref>

Tappin attended the [[University of Florida]] in Gainesville, Florida, where she swam for coach [[Mitch Ivey]] and coach Chris Martin's [[Florida Gators swimming and diving]] team in [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) competition in 1993 and 1994.<ref name=ufmediasupp>''[http://web.gatorzone.com/swimmingdiving/media/2011/supplement.pdf  Florida Swimming & Diving 2011–12 Media Supplement] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521210530/http://web.gatorzone.com/swimmingdiving/media/2011/supplement.pdf |date=May 21, 2013 }}'', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 61, 62, 67, 75–76, 79 (2011).  Retrieved April 10, 2012.</ref> She won an NCAA championship in the 4×100-meter medley relay with teammates [[Janie Wagstaff]], Shannon Price and [[Nicole Haislett]] in 1994.<ref name=ufmediasupp/> Subsequently, she transferred to the [[University of Arizona]] in Tucson, Arizona, where she swam for the [[Arizona Wildcats]] swimming and diving team, and won five more NCAA titles.

Tappin served as the head coach of the [[UNO Privateers]] swim team at the [[University of New Orleans]] in New Orleans, Louisiana, from 2004 to 2007.  She is a veteran celebrity swimmer for [[Swim Across America]] (SAA), a charitable organization that raises funds for cancer research, and she has participated in three SAA events in Boston, Massachusetts.<ref name=saaprofile>Swim Across America, Olympians, [http://www.swimacrossamerica.org/Page.aspx?pid=295  Ashley Tappin].  Retrieved July 14, 2010.</ref>

== See also ==

{{Portal|Biography|Olympics}}
* [[List of multiple Olympic gold medalists]]
* [[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)]]
* [[List of University of Arizona people]]
* [[List of University of Florida Olympians]]

== References ==

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==External links==
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{{Footer USA Swimming 2000 Summer Olympics}}
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