Amanda Beard
Women's swimming
Competitor for United States
Olympic Games
Gold 1996 Atlanta 4x100 m medley
Silver 1996 Atlanta 100 m breaststroke
World Championships (LC)
Gold 2003 Barcelona 200m Breaststroke
Silver 2003 Barcelona 100m Breaststroke
Silver 2003 Barcelona 4x100m Medley
World Championsips (SC)
Silver 1997 Gothenburg 4x100 m medley
Silver 2004 Indianapolis 200 m breaststroke
Silver 2004 Indianapolis 4 x 100 m medley relay
Silver 2002 Moscow 4 x 100 m medley relay
Summer Universiade
Silver 1999 Mallorca 100 m breaststroke
In 2003 she became the world champion and world record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke. She also made a good showing at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Swim Trials, and she competed in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, where she won a gold medal in the 200-meter breaststroke, her first individual gold medal. She also won a silver medal in the 200-meter individual medley, and she finished fourth in the 100-meter breaststroke.
Amanda Beard made her first Olympic appearance at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games at the age of 14, while a student at Irvine High School in Irvine, California.[4]. She won silver medals in the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststrokes, and a gold in the medley relay. Her young-teen manner captured the attention of the media, and she was often photographed clutching her teddy bear, even on the medal stand. She won a bronze medal in the 200-meter breaststroke at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Amanda attended the University of Arizona where she captured an individual NCAA National Championship in 2001.








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