NAME: Amanda Beard

SPORT: Swimming

EVENT: 100m, 200m BR

BIRTHPLACE: Newport Beach, Calif.

HOMETOWN: Irvine, Calif.

SCHOOL: Arizona

OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE: 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008

OLYMPIC MEDALS: 1996 (gold, silver), 2000 (bronze), 2004 (gold, 2- silver)

SOCIAL SITES: Facebook

PERSONAL NOTES: Amanda is a model and T.V. correspondent outside of the pool. She has two sisters who are also swimmers.

Olympic Games Beijing 2008, 18th (200m Breaststroke - Women)
Olympic Games Athens 2004, gold (200m Breaststroke - Women), silver (200m Individual Medley - Women, 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Women), 4th (100m Breaststroke - Women)
Olympic Games Sydney 2000, bronze (200m Breaststroke - Women)
Olympic Games Atlanta 1996, gold (4 x 100m Medley Relay - Women), silver (100m Breaststroke - Women, 200m Breaststroke - Women)

Most recent: 2011 – 11th (200m Breaststroke - Women), 15th (100m Breaststroke - Women)
Years of participation: 100m Breaststroke - Women 2003, 2011; 200m Breaststroke - Women 2003, 2011; 100m Breaststroke (SC) - Women 2002, 2004; 100m Individual Medley (SC) - Women 2002, 2004; 200m Breaststroke (SC) - Women 1997, 2002, 2004; 200m Individual Medley (SC) - Women 2004; 4 x 100m Medley Relay (SC) - Women 1997, 2002, 2004; 50m Breaststroke (SC) - Women 2002, 2004; 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Women 2003; 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay (SC) - Women 2002;
Medals: 7 (1 gold, 6 silver)

Gold – 2003 (200m Breaststroke - Women);
Silver – 2004 (200m Breaststroke (SC) - Women, 4 x 100m Medley Relay (SC) - Women); 2003 (100m Breaststroke - Women, 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Women); 2002 (4 x 100m Medley Relay (SC) - Women); 1997 (4 x 100m Medley Relay (SC) - Women);

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