Missy Franklin(left)and her team mates showing their Gold Medals for 4x100 Metres Medley Relay
Missy Franklin(18)of USA became the first woman to win six golds at a single world championships when she helped the United States to victory in the 4x100 Metres Medley Relay at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013
Missy Franklin won her sixth world title, having already won the 100m and 200m backstrokes, 200m freestyle, as well as the 4x100 and 4x200m freestyle relay titles at the Palau Sant Jordi pool
Her haul matches Ian Thorpe of Australia at the 2001 world championships in Fukuoka, Japan, and has only been bettered by Michael Phelps' seven golds at Melbourne in 2007
The only other woman to win six golds at a major swimming meet was East German Kristin Otto at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul
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