Amy Deloris Van Dyken-Rouen

Amy Deloris Van Dyken, born on February 15, 1973, in Denver, Colorado, is a former swimmer, an Olympic Champion, former World record holder and also a radio sports talk-show host. The lady has earned numerous accolades all through her active career which includes 6 Olympic gold medals out of which 4 were earned at the Summer Olympics of 1996, and the other two were won at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Here are some of her career achievements:

• Titled as the "Swimming World's American Swimmer of the Year" in 1995 and 1996
• Claimed two silver and one bronze medal at the 1994 World Championships
• Clinched two gold and two silver medals at the 1995 Pan Pacific Championships
• In the 1995 Pan American Games, Amy won three gold medals and one silver medal
• Bagged four Olympic gold medals at the 1996 Olympics
• Won three gold medals at the 1998 World Championship
• Earned two gold medals at the Summer Olympics that was held in Sydney, Australia in the year 2000
• Inducted into the US Olympic Hall of Fame in the year 2008
• Named by Women's Sports and Fitness magazine as one of the 25 most influential females in sports