Olympic swimming sensation and gold medalist Amanda Beard touts the benefits of swim lessons for children Johnny Dodd is a senior writer at PEOPLE, who focuses on human interest, crime and sports ...

Amanda Beard, who won seven Olympic medal including two golds, has joined the University of Arizona Swimming & Diving staff as an assistant coach. Beard, a UA alum and school Hall of Fame inductee in ...

Swimming is one of the Olympics' most highly anticipated sports, and with the Rio Olympics in full swing, it's natural to wonder what happened to former Olympic greats — so where is Amanda Beard now?

It was worth the wait. Arizona announced Tuesday afternoon that Amanda Beard is coming home to join Augie Busch’s staff in Tucson. The Star reported Beard's impending arrival last week. “I am ...

Amanda Beard bravely addresses how she powered through many swimmers’ biggest insecurities in her book, “In the Water They Can’t See You Cry”. Although our weaknesses vary from one person to another, ...

GIG HARBOR, Wash. — If anyone understands the pressure of the Olympic glare, it might be Amanda Beard. "It's a little stressful," said Beard, with a laugh, now relaxed, long retired, and living in Gig ...

Olympic gold medalist Amanda Beard is returning to her alma mater, the University of Arizona, as an assistant coach. Beard joins the staff of Augie Busch, whose father Frank Busch was Beard’s coach in ...

Amanda Beard knows a thing or two about pushing through and finishing strong. But neither her 15 years as a national competitive swimmer nor her seven Olympic medals prepared the athlete, 28, for the ...

NEW YORK — Gold medal-winning Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard wants to set an example outside the water, as well as in it. Touchstone announced Tuesday that Beard, an ex-Wildcat, is working on a memoir ...

Olympic medal-winning swimmer Amanda Beard is sharing about her mental health journey Tuesday evening at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. “My story obviously involves swimming and my mental ...

Olympian. Recovering addict. Wife, mother, model. Now, Amanda Beard can also call herself an author. Beard, who first gained fameas a 14-year-old gold-medal winning swimmer in the 1996 Olympic Games ...

Olympic gold-medalist swimmer Amanda Beard was forced to cancel plans to unveil a naked anti-fur poster at a Bejiing press conference Wednesday after Chinese security officials shut down the event.