Amanda Beard Detailed Biography

With her placement on the 2004 Olympic team in Athens at age 22, Amanda Beard is already a three-time Olympian. She became the second youngest Olympic medalist in American swimming history when at the age of 14 she won two silver medals and one gold medal at the 1996 Games. In 2000, she added a bronze medal in the 200-meter breaststroke to her Olympic credits. At the Olympic Trials in Long Beach, she broke the world record in that same event. She will be one to watch in Athens. Beard currently resides in Tuscon, Ariz., where she is pursuing a degree in retail and consumer science at the University of Arizona. She turned professional in 2001 and swims with the Tuscon Ford Dealer Aquatics club.

Olympic Games
1996: gold medal, 400-meter medley relay; silver medal, 100-meter breaststroke; silver medal, 200-meter breaststroke
2000: bronze medal, 200-meter breaststroke

World Championships
2003: gold medal, 200-meter breaststroke; silver medal, 100-meter breaststroke; silver medal, 400-meter medley relay

Pan Pacific Championships
2002: gold medal, 100-meter breaststroke; gold medal, 200-meter breaststroke; silver medal, 400-meter medley relay
1995: silver medal, 400-meter medley relay; bronze medal, 100-meter breaststroke; bronze medal, 200-meter breaststroke

Short Course World Championships
2002: silver medal, 400-meter medley relay
2000: silver medal, 400-meter medley relay
1997: gold medal, 400-meter medley relay