From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Amanda Beard
Amanda Beard
Amanda Beard
Bronze 2000 Sydney 200 m breaststroke
World Championships (LC)
Gold 2003 Barcelona 200 m breaststroke
Silver 2003 Barcelona 100 m breaststroke
Silver 2003 Barcelona 4x100 m medley
World Championships (SC)
Silver 1997 Gothenburg 4x100 m medley
Silver 2002 Moscow 4x100 m medley
Silver 2004 Indianapolis 200 m breaststroke
Silver 2004 Indianapolis 4x100 m medley
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold 2002 Yokohama 100 m breaststroke
Gold 2002 Yokohama 200 m breaststroke
Silver 2002 Yokohama 4x100 m medley
Beard at the 2009 Heart Truth fashion show.
Silver 1995 Atlanta 4x100 m medley
Personal information
Bronze 1995 Atlanta 100 m breaststroke
Full name Amanda Ray Beard
Bronze 1995 Atlanta 200 m breaststroke
Nationality USA Summer Universiade
Born October 29, 1981 (1981-10-29) Silver 1999 Majorca 100 m breaststroke
Newport Beach, California
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Amanda Ray Beard (born October 29, 1981) is an Amer-
Sport ican swimmer and a seven-time Olympic medalist (two
gold, four silver, one bronze). She is a former world
Sport Swimming
record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke (long
course).
Stroke(s) Breaststroke, individual medley Beard’s success have earned her the American Swim-
Medal record mer of the Year Award twice. She has won a total of
Women’s swimming twenty-one medals in major international competition,
five gold, thirteen silver, and three bronze spanning the
Competitor for the United States Olympics, the World Championships, the Pan Pacific
Olympic Games Championships, and the Summer Universiade.
Gold 1996 Atlanta 4x100 m medley
Career
Gold 2004 Athens 200 m breaststroke
Silver 1996 Atlanta 100 m breaststroke 1996 Summer Olympic Games
Silver 1996 Atlanta 200 m breaststroke See also: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Beard made her first Olympic appearance at the 1996 At-
Silver 2004 Athens 200 m medley lanta Olympic Games at the age of 14, while still a student
Silver 2004 Athens 4x100 m medley at Irvine High School in Irvine, California.[1] She was of-
ten photographed clutching her teddy bear, even on the
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medal stand. Beard became the second-youngest Olympic Modeling and advertising
medalist in American swimming history when she won
Her modeling work has included appearances in FHM,[8]
three medals in Atlanta—one gold and two silver.[2]
the 2006 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, and the July
2007 issue of Playboy magazine, in which she posed
2000-2003 nude.[9]
See also: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics She is a spokeswoman for Defenders of Wildlife, and
At the 2000 Summer Olympics, Beard won a bronze a enjoys interior decorating. Both of her sisters, Leah and
medal in the 200 m breaststroke.[3] Taryn, are swimmers. Amanda placed eighth in the Toy-
Beard attended the University of Arizona where she ota Grand Prix of Long Beach Celebrity car race in 2006.
won an individual NCAA Division I championship in 2001. In November 2007, Beard made her first television
In 2003, she became the world champion and American commercial for GoDaddy entitled "Shock". It featured her
record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke. "flashing" the seven Olympic medals she won from
1996–2004. Mark Spitz made a cameo appearance.[10]
2004 Summer Olympic Games In April 2008, she joined Fox Network’s popular
See also: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics sports talk program, The Best Damn Sports Show Period as a
At the 2004 U.S. Olympic Swim Trials, she qualified to correspondent, covering major sporting events.[11]
participate in four events at the Athens games and broke In 2008, Beard participated in an anti-fur campaign
the world record in the 200 m breaststroke. She went on for the organization People for the Ethical Treatment of
to win the gold medal in the 200 m breaststroke.[4] Beard Animals (PETA). She was photographed nude (again cov-
also won silver in both the 200 m individual medley and ering her breasts and not exposing her nipples) in front
the 4x100 m medley relay. Her split in the medley would of an American flag. The flag in that photograph is hung
have won her the gold medal in the 100 breaststroke; her incorrectly according the United States Flag Code with
split was the fastest out of the eight competing (1:06.32) the blue field to the upper right.[12] Shortly after the
PETA campaign was released, accusations of hypocrisy
2008 Summer Olympic Games surfaced. Beard had told a fashion blogger the year be-
See also: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics fore that her favorite shoes were leather sandals, and she
At the 2008 US Olympic Swim Trials, Beard finished sec- had stated during an interview with SmartMoney maga-
ond in the 200 meter breaststroke event, and she quali- zine that she would never buy a low-quality jacket.[13]
fied for her fourth consecutive Olympics. On 30 July 2008,
at the US swimming team’s final training in Singapore, Personal life
Beard, together with Dara Torres and Natalie Coughlin,
were elected co-captains of the US Olympic women’s Beard is a vegetarian.[14] She is married to photographer
swimming team.[5] Sacha Brown. On September 15, 2009, Beard gave birth to
In Beijing, Beard failed to reach the semifinals in the their first child, a boy named Blaise Ray Brown.[15][16][17]
200 meter breaststroke, placing 18th in the preliminaries.
Personal bests
2010 USA Swimming Nationals
Beard’s personal bests in long-course meters are:
In August, 2010, she came out of retirement to compete • 100 m breaststroke: 1:07.42 Swimming at the 2003
at the 2010 Conoco Phillips National Championships. She World Aquatics Championships
finished second in the 200 breast finals at 2:26.50, quali- • 200 m breaststroke: 2:22.44 US Olympic Swimming
fying her for the Pan Pac Team to represent the USA later Trials 2004
in the month. • 200 m individual medley: 2:11.70 Swimming at the
In the 100 breast, Amanda Beard swam a 1:08.72 in 2004 Summer Olympics
prelims and 1:09.12 in finals, finishing 6th.[6]
After the US Nationals, Beard and Natalie Coughlin
were nominated co-captains of Team USA once again. References
During the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, Aman- [1] Klein, Sarah A. "Conquering Heroine; Amanda
da Beard signed up for her two signature events, the Beard Welcomed Back After Olympic Trial Swim
100 m and the 200 m breaststroke. Beard qualified for fi- Wins", Los Angeles Times, March 15, 1996. Accessed
nals in both events, but failed to medal. She was fifth January 15, 2008.
in the 100 breast (1:07.49) and fifth in the 200 breast [2] "Amanda Beard". http://swimming.teamusa.org/
(2:24.30).[7] athlete/athlete/1891. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
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Records
Preceded by Women’s 200 metre breaststroke Succeeded by
world record holder (long course)
Qi Hui July 25, 2003 (equalled) – July 10, 2004 Leisel Jones
Leisel Jones July 12, 2004 – July 29, 2005 Leisel Jones
Awards
Preceded by American Swimmer of the Year Succeeded by
Natalie Coughlin 2003–2004 Katie Hoff
[3] "ESPN Sydney Swimming". 2008/08/amanda_beard_talks_about_being.html.
http://static.espn.go.com/oly/summer00/ Retrieved June 4, 2009.
swimming/index.html. Retrieved 2009-03-13. [15] "Amanda Beard Says Her Engagement ’Rocks!’".
[4] "2004 Olympic Games swimming results". CNN. People Magazine. February 13, 2009.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2004/ http://www.people.com/people/article/
schedules/117BySport.html. Retrieved 2007-07-22. 0,,20259278,00.html. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
[5] "U.S. swim teams name captains for Beijing". The [16] "Olympic Swimmer Amanda Beard Welcomes a
Los Angeles Times. July 30, 2008. Boy". People Magazine. September 15, 2009.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/olympics_blog/ http://www.people.com/people/article/
2008/07/us-swim-teams-n.html. 0,,20304625,00.html.
[6] http://www.star-meets.org/results/Nats/2010/ [17] Crouse, Karen (July 31, 2010). "Olympic Swimmer
[7] http://www.star-meets.org/results/PanPacs/ Amanda Beard Finds Joy Out of the Pool". The New
2010/ York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/
[8] "FHM Modeling pictures". sports/01swimmer.html.
http://www.neathage.info/2008/08/olympic-
neathage-amanda-beard/. Retrieved August 18,
2008.
External links
[9] Wojciechowski, Gene. "Beard’s decision to bare all • Official website
is either brilliant business ... or all wet". ESPN.com. • Template:Official blog
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/ • USA Swimming athlete bio: Amanda Beard
story?columnist=wojciechowski_gene&id=2901083. • Amanda Beard at the United States Olympic
Retrieved June 2, 2008. Committee
[10] "Amanda Beard GoDaddy ’Shock’ commercial". • Amanda Beard on Twitter
TimedFinals.com. 2007-11-07. Persondata
http://www.timedfinals.com/07112007/amanda- Name Beard, Amanda
beard-worlds-sexiest-athlete-flashes-go-daddy-
magic/. Alternative
[11] "Amanda Beard on FSN’s Best Damn Sports Show names
Period". FoxSports.com. http://msn.foxsports.com/ Short de- American swimmer, four-time Olympian,
other/story/7327498/The-scoop-on-Amanda- scription and seven-time Olympic medalist.
Beard. Date of October 29, 1981
[12] "Olympic Swimmer In Naked Controversy; PETA birth
Sorry for Backwards Flag Flap". TV Guide.
Place of Newport Beach, California, United States
2008-06-30. http://community.tvguide.com/blog-
birth
entry/TVGuide-News-Blog/Todays-News/Amanda-
Beard-Naked/800044642. Date of
[13] Bird, Cameron (6 August 2008). "Is Amanda Beard death
an animal rights hypocrite?". The Orange County Place of
Register. http://www.ocregister.com/news/ death
beard-132036-animals-tuesday.html. Retrieved 7
January 2011.
[14] "Amanda Beard Talks About Being Naked".
Washington Post.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/
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