Amanda Beard

Seven Olympic medals, two of them gold, plus a former world record in the 200-meter breaststroke, Amanda Beard's resume alone is staggering. But what moves me is the precociousness of a teenager standing on Atlanta's grandest stage and the sheer staying power that kept her elite for years afterward. Balancing competitive swimming with a modeling career, she clearly understands strength as both ferocity and presence. That swing between the predatory focus inside the pool and the glamour outside it makes her wonderfully human. People who spend a lifetime with water seem to carry a particular, dignified stillness, and I sense that in her.

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Name (English)

Amanda Beard

Name (Japanese)

アマンダ・ビアード

Reading

あまんだ・びあーど

Born

October 29, 1981 (age 45)

Origin

Newport Beach, California, United States

Height

173 cm

Occupation

swimmer / model

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rooster

High school

Irvine High School

University

University of Arizona

• Official sitehttps://www.amandabeard.net/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/amandaraybeard/
• Xhttps://x.com/AmandaRayBeard
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda%20Beard
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%83%93%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q231001

Tags

• California
• swimmer
• model

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.