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| − | '''Amanda Beard''' (b. California, 1981) won seven gold medals in the 1996, 2000, and 2004 [[Olympics]], and was heavily promoted by the media. In 2007, she posed nude for Playboy and in 2008 posed nude for an animal rights group. | + | '''Amanda Beard''' (b. California, 1981) won seven gold medals in the 1996, 2000, and 2004 [[Olympics]], and was heavily promoted by the media. In 2007, she posed nude for Playboy and in 2008 posed nude for an animal rights group. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Aug06/0,4670,OLYChinaProtests,00.html Foreign activists launch pre-Olympics protests], Audra Ang, Associated Press, ''Fox News'', August 06, 2008</ref> |
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| + | At the 2008 Olympics, despite representing the American women's swim team as co-captain, she failed even to reach the semifinals in her specialty, the 200 meter breaststroke, and placed only 18th in the preliminaries. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,403445,00.html Phelps, Lochte Ready for Olympic Showdown in 200 IM], Associated Press, ''Fox News'', August 13, 2008</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 04:33, August 22, 2008
Amanda Beard (b. California, 1981) won seven gold medals in the 1996, 2000, and 2004 Olympics, and was heavily promoted by the media. In 2007, she posed nude for Playboy and in 2008 posed nude for an animal rights group. [1]
At the 2008 Olympics, despite representing the American women's swim team as co-captain, she failed even to reach the semifinals in her specialty, the 200 meter breaststroke, and placed only 18th in the preliminaries. [2]
References
- ↑ Foreign activists launch pre-Olympics protests, Audra Ang, Associated Press, Fox News, August 06, 2008
- ↑ Phelps, Lochte Ready for Olympic Showdown in 200 IM, Associated Press, Fox News, August 13, 2008