• Amanda Beard is an American Olympic swimming medalist and model. She has won two gold medals, four silver medals and one bronze medal over three separate Olympiads. She competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, but placed sixth in the preliminary heat of the 200-meter breaststroke event and did not qualify for the finals.NBC Olympics: Swimming - 200 m Breaststroke Heats

  Beard married fiance Sasha Brown on May 1, 2009, on Wakatobi. Beard is expecting the couple's first child, a baby boy, in September of 2009.CBB: Amanda Beard Expecting First Child – A Boy! (May 12, 2009)

• 1. Born: October 29, 1981
  2. Birthplace: Newport Beach, California
  3. College: University of Arizona
  4. Height: 5'9"
  5. Pictured on the cover of Playboy Magazine in July 2007
  6. Television appearance: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  7. 2006: Voted FHM's World's Sexiest Athlete
  8. Married Sasha Brown on May 1, 2009
  9. First child, a baby boy, is due in September of 2009

• Engagement

  Beard announced her engagement to photographer Sasha Brown to Us Magazine on February 13, 2009. Beard told Us, "We got engaged on Christmas day. It was really simple. We decided to do Christmas by ourselves in our house in Tuscon. He had a little Tiffany's box, and it was hidden in this Santa statue that we had -- his little sack -- and it was perfect."Us Magazine: Olympic Swimmer Amanda... (February 13, 2009)

• Dating Phelps?

  Beard made news in August of 2008 after rumors circulated that she was romantically linked to fellow swimmer Michael Phelps. Beard responded by dissing Phelps in a radio interview saying, "Eww, that's nasty."Fanhouse: Amanda Beard Thinks Michael Phelps is 'Eww' (August 20, 2008)

• Lawsuit

  Beard filed suit against the tanning salon, ProSun, in the L.A. County Superior Court in early December 2008 claiming that they used a photo of her on their website without her permission. ProSun claims that they took the photo of Beard at a past charity event and therefore have the right to use it.TMZ: Beard Claims Tanning Co. Burned Her (December 3, 2008)

• Career

  At the age of 14, Beard qualified for the 1996 United States Olympic Swimming Team and she delivered. She won gold in the 4 x 100 medley and silver in the 100 meter breaststroke and 200 meter breaststroke. In 2000, she won the bronze in the 200 meter breaststroke and followed that up by winning three more medals in the 2004 games capturing gold in the 200 meter breaststroke and silver in the 200 meter medley and 4 x 100 medley. To help supplement her income, Beard has taken modeling assignments, appearing in the 2006 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and the July 2007 edition of Playboy. She has also served as a correspondent on the FOX Sports cable show Best Damn Sports Show Period.

• Other Olympians in Front of the Camera

  1. Katharina Scholz: field hockey (Germany)
  2. Nicole Reinhardt: kayaking (Germany)
  3. Petra Niemann: sailing (Germany)
  4. Romy Tarangul: judo (Germany)
  5. Leryn Franco: javelin (Paraguay)
  6. Bia and Branca Feres: synchronized swimming (Brazil)
  7. Amy Acuff: High jump (United States)
  8. Haley Cope: swimming (United States)
  9. Logan Tom: volleyball (United States)

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