Amanda Beard
Olympian 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008
2
GOLD
4
SILVER
1
BRONZE
Athlete Bio#
Age
43
Hometown
Irvine
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 Experience
- 4-time Olympian; 7-time Olympic medalist (2 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze)
- 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)
World Championships Experience
- 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)
