Amy Van Dyken
6-Time Olympic Gold Medalist
Amy Van Dyken-Rouen is a 6-time Olympic gold medalist in swimming. She was born and raised in Colorado and won four (4) gold medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics making her the first American woman to accomplish that feat, it has only been tied never broken. She was the most decorated athlete, male or female, of the 1996 Olympics.
Amy went on to win two (2) more gold medals at the 2000 Summer Games and named by Swimming World Magazine as the Swimmer of the Year in 1995 and 1996. She is also in the International Swimming Hall of Fame and the United States Olympic Hall of Fame.
Van Dyken won the ESPY for outstanding female athlete of the year in 1997. That same year she was a Glamour Woman of the Year.
Since retiring from swimming, Van Dyken has cohosted a Nationally syndicated sports radio show and the only female voice on the network as a host, and has been an NFL sideline reporter for NFL on FOX.
She is married to former two-time Super Bowl champion, Tom Rouen, and they are proud dog parents to Dillion, a rescued mix breed puppy. In 2014, she was injured in an ATV accident that severed her spinal cord and caused a TBI.
Van Dyken is now competing in CrossFit as an adaptive athlete. She qualified for her first WheelWOD Games in 2019, where she placed second in the world. In 1996 she won the coveted “Most Kissable Lips” from Blistex.
She currently travels the country giving motivational speeches, as well as covering PAC-12 and ACC swimming. She has also been an analyst for NBC swimming in 2021 and 2024.
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