The following 10 photos from Franklin's swimming career taken by Getty Images photographers show the Olympic gold medalist at her best:
Melissa Franklin of the US competes in the heats of the Women's 200m Individual Medley at the FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2009 in Berlin Nov. 14, 2009. (credit: JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images)US swimmer Melissa Franklin (C) dives over US swimmer Dana Vollmer as they compete in the final of the women's 4x100-metre medley relay swimming event in the FINA World Championships at the indoor stadium of the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai on July 30, 2011. The United States won gold. (credit: PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images)Melissa Franklin dives into the water at the start of the 50 meter free B-Final during the 2011 ConocoPhillips National Championships at Stanford University's Avery Aquatic Center on August 4, 2011 in Palo Alto, California. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images)US swimmer Missy Franklin dives in at the start of the women's 100m backstroke final swimming event at the London 2012 Olympic Games on July 30, 2012 in London. (credit: FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/GettyImages)US swimmer Missy Franklin (R) and Dana Vollmer react after they competed in the women's 4x100m medley relay final during the swimming event at the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 4, 2012 in London. They won gold. (credit: MARTIN BUREAU/AFP/GettyImages)Missy Franklin competes in the women's 200m backstroke during preliminaries on day 2 of the 2013 USA Swimming Phillips 66 National Championships and World Trials at the Indiana University Natatorium on June 26, 2013 in Indianapolis. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)In a picture taken with an underwater camera US swimmer Missy Franklin competes in the heats of the women's 100-metre freestyle swimming event in the FINA World Championships at Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona on August 1, 2013. (Photo credit: FRANCOIS XAVIER MARIT/AFP/Getty Images)Cate Campbell (L) of Australia and Missy Franklin of the USA compete during the Swimming Women's 100m Freestyle preliminaries heat eight on day thirteen of the 15th FINA World Championships at Palau Sant Jordi on August 1, 2013 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)Missy Franklin of the USA competes the Swimming Women's Backstroke 200m Semifinal heat 2 on day fourteen of the 15th FINA World Championships at Palau Sant Jordi on August 2, 2013 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)Missy Franklin competes in the women's 200 meter backstroke preliminaries during the 2014 Arena Grand Prix of Santa Clara at the George F. Haines International Swim Center on June 21, 2014 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
