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Champion swimmer Amanda Ray Beard won three medals in the 2004 Summer Olympics Games in Athens, Greece. She won the gold medal for the 200m breaststroke, a silver medal in the 200m individual ralley and silver in the 4x100 medley relay.
Born in Irvine, CA, on October 29, 1981, Beard was only 14 years old when she won her first Olympic gold, in 1996, swimming a leg in the women's medley relay. She also won individual silver medals in the 100m and 200m breaststroke that year. In 2000, she was a bronze medalist in the 200m breaststroke race at the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. In 2003, Beard won the gold and made a world record inthe 200m breast stroke at the second World Cup Championships in Barcelona, Spain, and she won the 100m and 200m breast stroke races at the Pan Pacific Championships.
Beard participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics, but failed to reach the semifinals in her specialty competition, the 200-meter breaststroke.
Last updated: December 14, 2008.
