U.S. Olympic Committee Names Amy Van Dyken, John Morgan to U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame Class of 2008

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 15. THE United States Olympic Committee (USOC) announced the Class of 2008 for the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. The class, which will be inducted June 19 in Chicago, includes Amy Van Dyken and Paralympic swimmer John Morgan.

Here are the career capsules of both inductees as provided by the USOC:

In her Olympic debut, Amy Van Dyken became the first American woman to win four golds at one Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, garnering medals in the 50m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 4×100 freestyle relay and 4x100m medley relay. Four years later, Van Dyken tallied two more gold medals at the Olympic Games in Sydney in the 4x100m freestyle relay and 4x100m medley relay. Following her success in Atlanta, Van Dyken was named USOC Female Athlete of the Year, AP Worldwide Female Athlete of the Year, USA Swimming Athlete of the Year, Colorado Athlete of the Year, Phillips 66 Performance of the Year, Women's Sports Foundation Individual Athlete of the Year, National Athletic Awards Female Athlete of the Year, ARETE Performance of the Year Award, Glamour Women of the Year Award and she received an ESPY Award for Female Athlete of the Year.

Fifteen-time Paralympic medalist John Morgan, racing as a visually impaired swimmer, first competed at the Paralympic Games in 1984 notching five medals. Eight years later, Morgan tallied eight gold medals and a pair of silver medals setting six world records and two Paralympic records at the Barcelona 1992 Paralympic Games. Morgan set 14 world records in his swimming career, including five in the B2 classification and nine in the B1 classification.

Other members of the class to be inducted as individuals are volleyball player Karch Kiraly, wrestler Bruce Baumgartner, athletics athlete Joan Benoit, figure skater Brian Boitano, boxer Oscar de La Hoya, equestrian J. Michael Plumb, basketball player David Robinson and shooter Lones W. Wigger, Jr. Figure skating coach Carlo Fassi will be inducted in the Coach category along with Olympic figure skating gold medalist Carol Heiss Jenkins in the Veteran category. The members of the 1996 Women's Gymnastics Team – Amanda Borden, Amy Chow, Dominique Dawes, Shannon Miller, Dominique Moceanu, Jaycie Phelps and Kerri Strug – will also be honored in the Team category, as will legendary Hollywood producer Frank Marshall as the Special Contributor.

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