PHOENIX, Arizona, May 2. AMANDA Beard will add Playboy<\/i> to her list of cover shots as the Olympian will grace the July cover of the worldwide publication, according to her agent Evan Morgenstein.<\/p>\n
Official confirmation of this story had been held up until all of Beard's sponsors were notified of the deal.<\/p>\n
Beard is a two-time Olympic gold medalist with golds at both the 1996 Atlanta and 2004 Athens Games. She also has four silver medals and a bronze to her credit. She also became the first U.S. woman since 1968 to win the 200 breaststroke at an Olympic event with her victory in 2004. Overall, she owns eight U.S. National titles.<\/p>\n
As part of her modeling career, she has appeared in the Sports Illustrated<\/i> swimsuit edition, FHM<\/i> and Women's Health Fitness<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Amanda Beard's Swimming Career Highlights<\/b>
\nNational Titles:
\n100m breast (3): '04 SPG, '97 SPG, '95 SUM
\n200m breast (3): '04 SPG, '02 SUM, '97 SPG
\n200m IM (2): '04 SPG, '03 SPG<\/p>\n
World Rankings:
\n2001: 11th, 50m breast; 10th, 100m breast; 10th, 200m breast
\n2002: 9th, 50m breast; 6th, 100m breast; 4th, 200m breast; 80th, 200m IM
\n2003: 3rd, 100m breast; 1st, 200m breast; 10th, 200m IM
\n2004: 6th, 100m breast; 1st, 200m breast; 2nd, 200m IM; 55th, 400m IM<\/p>\n
International Medals:
\nOlympic Games
\n2004: 1st, 200m breast (OR); 2nd, 200m IM (AR); 2nd, 400m MR
\n2000: 3rd, 200m breast
\n1996: 2nd, 100m breast (AR); 2nd, 200m breast; 1st, 400m MR
\nWorld Championships
\n2003: 2nd, 100m breast; 1st, 200m breast (tie WR); 2nd, 400m MR
\nPan Pacific Championships
\n2002: 1st, 100m breast; 1st, 200m breast; 2nd, 400m MR
\n1995: 3rd, 100m breast; 3rd, 200m breast; 2nd, 400m MR
\nWorld University Games
\n1999: 2nd, 100m breast
\nShort Course World Championships
\n2004: 2nd, 200m breast; 2nd, 400m MRp
\n2002: 2nd, 400m MR (AR)
\n2000: 2nd, 400m MR (AR)
\n1997: 1st, 400m MR (AR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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