Amanda Beard

Of one particular psychological breakthrough in her development as an athlete, she said, "It all clicked: When I have fun in my sport, it's so much easier." A 30-year old California native and Tucson, Ariz., resident, Beard splashed onto the ...  

USA TODAYAmanda Beard's career in photosUSA TODAYAmanda Beard reads the scoreboard after the 200-meter breaststroke at the Duel in the Pool in Atlanta. Amanda Beard puts on her goggles before the start of the women's 100-meter breaststroke preliminaries during the 2011 AT&T Winter National ...Beard embraces roles of mom blogger, OlympianTucson Citizenall 3 news articles »  

Amanda Beard was born October 29, 1981 in Newport Beach, California. Her birth name is Amanda Ray Beard. is an American Olympic-level swimmer and model. She has won seven medals has featured in magazines such as Hugh Hefner’s Playboy and is more recently spokesperson for Defenders of Wildlife.For the first time Amanda Beard participated in the Olympic Games when she was just 14 years of age.  As she is a swimmer, she has a superb curvy body...  

As a former swimmer and current swim coach, I spend a lot of time scouring the Internet to stay up on trends, improve my knowledge base and learn more about the sport. Even though I've spent more than 20 years on the pool deck, there is still ...  

"I feel like it's rude," the four-time Olympic swimmer told him. But Sacha Brown, a photographer who helps his wife with the blog, persisted. "He said, 'It's a positive thing. You're a mom, you swim fast,'" Beard said. "It's all in good fun ...