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Amanda Ray Beard (born October 29, 1981 in Newport Beach, California),
is an American
Olympic-level swimmer
and model.
Beard participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000
Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics, and 2008
Summer Olympics, capturing a total of seven medals, the most
recent in the 2004 games. She held the world number one ranking of
200 meter breaststrokers in 2003. In U.S. competition, Beard won
three 200 meter breaststroke, three 100 meter breaststroke, and two
200 meter individual medley US National titles.
Career
1996
Summer Olympic Games
Beard made her first Olympic appearance at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic
Games at the age of 14, while still a student at Irvine High School in Irvine,
California.[4] Her
youth and shy manner captured the attention of the media, and she
was often photographed clutching her teddy bear, even on the medal stand.
Beard became the second-youngest Olympic medalist in American
swimming history.[5]
2000
Summer Olympic Games
Beard attended the University of Arizona where she
won an individual NCAA Division
I championship in 2001. In 2003, she became the world champion and
American record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke.
2004
Summer Olympic Games
Beard made a good showing at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Swim Trials,
qualifying to participate in four events at the Athens games.
2008
Summer Olympic Games
At the 2008 US Olympic Swim Trials, Beard finished second in the
200 meter breaststroke event, and she qualified for her fourth
consecutive Olympics. On 30 July 2008, at the US swimming team's
final training in Singapore, Beard, together with Dara Torres and Natalie
Coughlin, were elected co-captains of the US Olympic women’s
swimming team.[6]
In Beijing, Beard failed to reach the semifinals in the 200
meter breaststroke, placing 18th in the preliminaries.
Modeling and Advertising
Her modeling work has included appearances in FHM[7],
the 2006 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition,
and she posed nude for the
July 2007 issue of Playboy magazine.[8]
She is a spokeswoman for Defenders of Wildlife, and enjoys
interior decorating. Both of her sisters, Leah and Taryn, are
swimmers. Amanda placed eighth in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long
Beach Celebrity car race in 2006.
In November 2007, Beard made her first television commercial for
GoDaddy entitled "Shock". It featured her "flashing" the seven
Olympic medals she won from 1996-2004. Mark Spitz made a cameo
appearance.[9]
In April 2008, she joined Fox Network's popular sports talk
program, The Best Damn Sports Show
Period as a correspondent, covering major sporting
events.[10]
In 2008, Beard participated in an anti-fur campaign for the
organization PETA. She was photographed nude in front of
an American Flag. The flag in that photograph is hung incorrectly
according the United States Flag Code with
the blue field to the upper right.[11]
Personal
life
Beard is a vegetarian.[12] She
is married to photographer Sacha Brown. On September 15, 2009, the
couple welcomed their first child, a boy named Blaise Ray
Brown.[13][14]
Personal
bests
Beard's personal bests in long-course meters are:
- 100 m breaststroke: 1:07.42
- 200 m breaststroke: 2:22.44
- 200 m individual medley: 2:11.70
References
- ^
"2004 Olympic Games swimming
results". http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2004/schedules/117BySport.html. Retrieved
2007-07-22.
- ^
"ESPN Sydney
Swimming". http://static.espn.go.com/oly/summer00/swimming/index.html. Retrieved
2009-03-13.
- ^
"7th FINA World Championships
- 25 m Indianapolis 2004" (PDF).
http://www.fina.org/events/SW/SWC(25 m)/Indianapolis_2004/results/pdf/Results_2004_World_Short_Course_25m_Indianapolis.pdf. Retrieved
2007-07-24.
- ^
Klein, Sarah A. "Conquering Heroine; Amanda
Beard Welcomed Back After Olympic Trial Swim Wins", Los Angeles
Times, March 15, 1996. Accessed January 15, 2008.
- ^
"Amanda Beard". http://swimming.teamusa.org/athlete/athlete/1891. Retrieved
2008-08-14.
- ^
"U.S. swim teams name
captains for Beijing". http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/olympics_blog/2008/07/us-swim-teams-n.html.
- ^ "FHM Modeling
pictures". http://www.neathage.info/2008/08/olympic-neathage-amanda-beard/. Retrieved August 18,
2008.
- ^ "ESPN article". http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=wojciechowski_gene&id=2901083. Retrieved June 2,
2008.
- ^
"Amanda Beard GoDaddy 'Shock'
commercial". 2007-11-07. http://www.timedfinals.com/07112007/amanda-beard-worlds-sexiest-athlete-flashes-go-daddy-magic/.
TimedFinals.com
- ^
"Amanda Beard on FSN's Best
Damn Sports Show Period". http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/7327498/The-scoop-on-Amanda-Beard.
FoxSports.com
- ^
"Olympic Swimmer In Naked
Controversy; PETA Sorry for Backwards Flag Flap". TV Guide. 2008-06-30. http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-News-Blog/Todays-News/Amanda-Beard-Naked/800044642.
TVGuide.com
- ^
"Amanda Beard Talks About
Being Naked". Washington Post. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2008/08/amanda_beard_talks_about_being.html. Retrieved June 4,
2009.
- ^
"Amanda Beard Says Her
Engagement 'Rocks!'". People Magazine. February 13,
2009. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20259278,00.html. Retrieved February 14,
2009.
- ^
"It’s a boy for Olympic
swimmer Amanda Beard". The Associated
Press. September 15, 2009. http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news;_ylt=AnRdkZDr1qICOsRPVGagkMjNycIF?slug=ap-amandabeard&prov=ap&type=lgns. Retrieved September 16,
2009.
External
links
| Olympic
Champions in Women's 4×100 m Medley Relay |
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1960: USA (Burke, Kempner, Schuler, von Saltza)
| 1964: USA (Ferguson, Goyette, Stouder, Ellis) |
1968: USA (Hall, Ball, Daniel, Pedersen) | 1972: USA (Belote, Carr, Deardurff, Neilson) |
1976: GDR (Richter, Anke, Ender, Pollack) |
1980: GDR (Reinisch, Geweniger, Pollack, Metschuck)
| 1984: USA (Andrews, Caulkins, Meagher, Hogshead) | 1988: GDR (Otto, Hörner, Weigang, Meißner) | 1992: USA (Loveless, Nall, Ahmann-Leighton, Thompson)
| 1996: USA (Botsford, Beard, Martino, Van Dyken) | 2000: USA (Bedford, Quann, Thompson, Torres) | 2004: AUS (Rooney, Jones, Thomas, Henry) | 2008: AUS (Seebohm, Jones, Schipper, Trickett)
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| Persondata |
| NAME |
Beard, Amanda |
| ALTERNATIVE
NAMES |
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| SHORT
DESCRIPTION |
Athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH |
October 29, 1981 |
| PLACE OF
BIRTH |
Newport Beach, California,
United States of America |
| DATE OF DEATH |
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| PLACE OF
DEATH |
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