Amy Van Dyken (born February 15, 1973 in Englewood, Colorado) is an American swimmer who has six career Olympic gold medals. Four of these gold medals came in the 1996 Summer Olympics, making her the first American woman to accomplish such a feat. She won gold in the 50 meter free, 100 meter butterfly, 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay, and the 4 x 100 meter medley relay. Swimming has been a sport at every modern Olympic Games. ... The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. ... MENS EVENTS WOMENS EVENTS Category: ... The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. ... MENS EVENTS WOMENS EVENTS Category: ... The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. ... MENS EVENTS WOMENS EVENTS Category: ... The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. ... MENS EVENTS WOMENS EVENTS Category: ... The 2000 Summer Olympics or the Millennium Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were the Summer Olympic Games held in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 swimming events were contested. ... The 2000 Summer Olympics or the Millennium Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were the Summer Olympic Games held in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 swimming events were contested. ... February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Englewood is a city located in Arapahoe County, Colorado. ... Swimming is a technique that humans, and other animals, use to move through water using only movements of the body, for exercise, fun and competition. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Gold Medal is an album by American band The Donnas, released in 2004. ... The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. ...

Van Dyken is an asthmatic who suffered from severe asthma throughout her childhood and into adulthood. She began swimming on the advice of a doctor as a way to strengthen her lungs to cope with her condition and prevent future asthma attacks.

Van Dyken began her competitive swimming career at Cherry Creek High School in Greenwood Village, Colorado, where she was state champion and state record holder in the 50 yard freestyle and 100 yard butterfly in her Junior and Senior years, and where in 1991 she captained her team to a state title. At the 1992 US Olympic Trials, she placed 4th in the 50 meter freestlye, just missing the Olympic team. After high school, Van Dyken attended the University of Arizona for two years before transfering to Colorado State University, where she broke her first (of many more to come) United States record with a time of 21.77 seconds in the 50 yard freestyle at the NCAA championships in 1994. She also placed second in the 100 yard butterfly and the 100 yard freestyle to Olympian Jenny Thompson. In 1994 she was named the NCAA Female Swimmer of the Year. After college, she moved to the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO, to train full-time for the 1996 Olympics. Cherry Creek High School is located in Greenwood Village, Colorado. ... Greenwood Village is a city located in Arapahoe County, Colorado. ... The University of Arizona (UA or U of A) is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. ... Colorado State University Colorado State University is a public land grant institution of higher learning located in Fort Collins, Colorado in the United States. ... Jennifer Thompson (born February 26, 1973), a swimmer, is one of the most decorated Olympians in history, winning twelve medals, including eight golds, while representing the United States of America in the 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer Olympics. ... A training center created specifically for Olympic athletes to come and prepare for the Olympics, but used mainly by the United States. ... Colorado Springs is a middle-sized city, located just east of the geographic center of the state of Colorado in the United States. ...

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, GA, Van Dyken became the first female athlete in history to win 4 gold medals in a single Olympic games. Her success in swimming won her a wide variety of awards and accolades, including: the ESPN Awards (ESPY) Female Athlete of the Year award; Swimming World Magazine's female Swimmer of the Year award; induction into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame; induction into the US Olympic Hall of Fame; named Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year, USOC Sports Woman of the Year, the Women’s Sports Foundation Sports Woman of the Year and USA Swimming Swimmer of the Year. She was also featured as one of Glamour magazine’s Top 10 Women of the Year, named one of 25 most influential females in sport by Women’s Sports and Fitness magazine and received the ARETE Courage in Sports award. She has graced the cover of several newspapers and magazines, including USA Today, Newsweek, Time, Swimming World Magazine, and Sports Illustrated. Van Dyken was a guest on Late Night with David Letterman, the Rosie O'Donnell Show, and the Today Show. She was featured in a Milk add with a photograph taken by world renown photographer Annie Leibovitz, and she was honored with her own Wheaties box. The Summer Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event held every four years, organised by the International Olympic Committee. ... ESPN (an acronym for the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ... The ESPY Awards are a set of annual sports awards given out by the ESPN sports television channel in the United States since 1993. ... Glamour Magazine is a monthly womens magazine published by Condé Nast Publications. ... David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947 Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American television personality, late night talk show host, comedian, television producer, Indy Racing League car owner and philanthropist. ... Roseann Teresa ODonnell (born March 21, 1962 in Bayside, Queens, New York) is an American talk show host; comedian; film, television, and stage actress; and LGBT advocate. ... The Today Show (officially called Today) is currently, a long-running morning news show airing on the NBC television network in the United States. ... A glass of cows milk Milk is the nutrient fluid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals (including monotremes). ... Leibovitzs portrait of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. ... Early Wheaties Cereal Box Wheaties, a wheat and bran mixture baked into flakes, is a breakfast cereal introduced in 1924 and marketed by the General Mills cereal company of Golden Valley, Minnesota. ...

She continued to compete after the 1996 Olympics, but was plagued by injury, including a shoulder injury which required several operations and which left her unable to train for over a year. She staged a comeback, however, and made the 2000 US Olympic Team in the 50 meter freestyle, the 4X100 Medley Relay and the 4X100 Freestyle Relay. At the Olympic Games in Syndey, Australia, Van Dyken won two gold medals in these latter two events, and placed 4th in the 50 meter freestyle. This brought here total career Olympic medal count to 6 gold medals. In addition to her Olympic accomplishments, Van Dyken won several World titles, American records, and world records.

Van Dyken is retired from swimming and lives with her husband, NFL punter Tom Rouen, in Colorado and Arizona. Since her retirement, Van Dyken has toured on a number of speaking engagements to groups as varied as schools and multi-national coorporations, she has been a DJ on a sports radio show in Arizona, served as the side-line reporter for the Seattle Seahawks football team, and even played in the award-winning stage-play the Vagina Monologues. She is actively involved in a number of charities, including the Make-A-Wish Foundation , and along with husband Rouen runs an annual celebrity fundraiser in Evergreen, Colorado to raise money for disadvantaged youth. NFL logo For other uses of the abbreviation NFL, see NFL (disambiguation). ... [[Image:|frame|right|Todd Sauerbrun punts the ball for the Carolina Panthers. ... Thomas Francis Rouen (born June 9, 1968 in Hinsdale, Illinois) is an American football punter who currently plays for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. ... City Seattle, Washington Team colors Pacific Blue, Navy Blue, Neon Green, White Head Coach Mike Holmgren Owner Paul Allen General manager Tim Ruskell Mascot Blitz, and Taima the augur hawk League/Conference affiliations National Football League (1976–present) American Football Conference (1977-2001) AFC West (1977-2001) National Football Conference... The Vagina Monologues is an episodic play, written by Eve Ensler. ... Make-A-Wish Foundation The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a non-profit organisation that grants wishes to children with life threatening illnesses. ...