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    Gold Medal Swimmer Dana Vollmer Comes Home To Granbury, TX For Grand Celebration

    By SherpaKeith  |  Posted September 17, 2012  |  Granbury, Texas
     

    CNN PRODUCER NOTE     SherpaKeith was in Granbury, Texas, on Saturday and saw the small town welcome home U.S. Olympic swimmer and gold medalist Dana Vollmer. She won three gold medals at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. 'Granbury's not a very big place. Here's s a small-town girl winning three gold medals in the Olympics, so they were pretty pumped,' he said.
    - zdan, CNN iReport producer

    Dana Vollmer received a hero's welcome in her hometown of Granbury, TX with a parade on the square and a special ceremony for her at the town's convention center. "I can't thank Granbury enough," she told the crowd. "I am just speechless on how much this town has given me. Your support means the world to me. It feels so good to be home in Granbury. This town has been my support system and my second family. I know I wouldn't be where I am today without this town."

    Vollmer garnered three gold medals in swimming at the London 2012 Olympics, to add to the gold she had already earned in Athens in 2004. In addition Vollmer, who is the youngest swimmer to have competed in Olympic Trials (at age 12), set a world record in the 100-meter butterfly.

    Volmer now lives in California with her husband Andy Grant and plans to train for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

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