Amanda Beard bio and photos 0
Amanda Beard bio and photos
Amanda Beard bio:
Amanda Beard was born on October 29th 1981 in Irvine, California. Both her parents are teachers and her two older sisters, Leah and Taryn, are also swimmers. To impress her sisters Amanda began jumping into the swimming pool while they were training.
When Amanda was still a child in middle school, her coaches could already tell that she was Olympic material. With her outstanding technique and speed, it was with little hesitation that her coaches signed her up for the United States National Team for the 1996
Olympic Games in Atlanta, at which time she was just fourteen years old.
Once at the Games, Amanda was instantly in the public eye when she took the silver medal in both the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststrokes, and the gold for her contribution in the breaststroke leg of the 400-meter medley relay. Amanda became the second-youngest gold medalist in U.S. Swimming history, only Pokey Watson was younger, when in 1964 she won an Olympic gold medal.
After graduating from high school in 1999 Amanda went on to enroll at the University of Arizona.
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