Amanda Beard Autographs
Amanda Ray Beard (born October 29, 1981), also known by her married name Amanda Brown after 2009, is an American swimmer and a seven-time Olympic medalist with two gold, four silver, and one bronze medal. She is a former world record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke long course. An exceptionally accomplished competitor, Beard captured a total of twenty-one medals in major international competition, five gold, thirteen silver, and three bronze spanning the Olympics, the World Championships, the Pan Pacific Championships, and the Summer Universiade. In addition to brief careers in modeling, advertising, and broadcasting, she has worked as a swimming coach and instructor.
Beard was born October 29, 1981 in Newport Beach, California. Her father Daniel, a Professor at a local college and mother Gayle, a long serving art teacher, primarily for high schools, divorced around 1993 when Beard was twelve. Amanda began competing in swimming at an early age. Her two older sisters, Leah and Taryn both competed in swimming when Amanda was young, and which may have subtly influenced her to pursue the sport. She attended Irvine High School in Irvine California, competing in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics as only a Freshman. She trained with the Irvine Novaquatics during her High School years under Hall of Fame Coach Dave Salo and age-group coach Brian Pajer. Though Coach Salo preferred his High School swimming competitors to train no more than ten hours a week, he and age group coach Brian Pajer helped shape Amanda in her early years into a world ranked breaststroke competitor, and she subsequently ceased competing in club soccer in early 1994 to focus exclusively on swimming. At 14, after a meteoric rise in the sport in a two year period, Beard had a world rating of fourth in the 200 meter breaststroke, and was rated sixth in the 100 breaststroke. Salo's approach to training high school age competitors focused more on intensity than very long distance training sessions.
While representing Irvine High School, Beard held the California Interscholastic Federation Division 1 record in the 100-meter breaststroke of 1:01.79. A notably dominant regional team, the Irvine High School Vaquero's Women's swim team, frequently with Beard's participation, won the Division I Southern Section (CIF) Championships five years successively from 1996-2001.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Amanda Beard (Amanda Beard Signed 8x10 PHOTO Sexy Athlete USA FHM Swimming AUTOGRAPH JSA Rare) was sold in March 2025 for $256.58 while the cheapest item (Amanda Beard Signed Autograph ( Hot Olympic Swimmer auto) RARE!) found a new owner for $0.01 in November 2011. The month with the most items sold (8) was August 2025 with an average selling price of $22.47 for an autographed item of Amanda Beard. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2025 with $99.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was February 2011. In average, an autographed item from Amanda Beard is worth $14.44.
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Latest News about Amanda Beard
James Beard Award Nominees Reveal Their Favorite Cocktails (02/17/2019): Drink like the (award nominated) pros. 
Amanda Beard Blogs About Turning Parenting Problems into Positives (03/02/2014): The Olympian writes about making mountains into molehills - and more Olympian Amanda Beard endured rough waters of depression, bulimia, and learned v (01/08/2014): Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard, author of the memoir, "In the water, they can't see you cry," will give three talks Friday and Saturday in Grand Rapids. Amanda Beard's Blog: How I'm Getting Ready for Rio (12/23/2013): The Olympic swimmer shares her SMART plan - specific, measurable, attainable, relative and time-bound - to get in shape Amanda Beard's Blog: Staying Fit for the Holidays (11/28/2013): In her latest blog, she admits to speed walking around the block with her baby - while on a conference call
Older News Stories about Amanda Beard
Amanda Beard turns 32 (10/2013): Happy 32nd birthday to Amanda Beard! Although the swimmer is best known for her success in the pool — she racked up seven Olympic medals from 1996 to 2004 — our little corner of the internet might remember her appearance in the 2005 Swimsuit Issue. CDC and Olympic champion Amanda Beard team up for healthy swimming (08/2013): No one spends more time in the pool than elite swimmers, including seven-time Olympic medalist and mom Amanda Beard. CDC and Beard are teaming up to encourage everyone to take steps to protect themselves and their family and friends while swimming. Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard mingles with the locals (07/2013): CHARLEVOIX — Four time Olympian and gold medalist U.S. swimmer Amanda Beard will speak at an evening fundraiser for the Charlevoix Area Community Pool. Amanda Beard Welcomes Second Child (06/2013): Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard and her husband welcomed a daughter, Doone Isla Brown, on June 19. This is their second child. Olympian Amanda Beard to give swim clinic (02/2013): Amanda Beard, a seven-time Olympic medalist, will be at Olympic Aquatic Club for a swim clinic on March 16 Junior National Championships: Allie Szekely Scares Amanda Beard's NAG Record in (08/2012): INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, August 13. ALLIE Szekely set a new meet record and gave Amanda Beard's 13-14 National Age Group Record in the 200m breast a scare tonight, while Gillian Ryan and Jordan Wilimovs... Tucson's Amanda Beard fails to qualify for London Olympics (06/2012): Amanda Beard of Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics fell short of making her fifth Olympic team Saturday, finishing fifth in the 200-meter breaststroke at the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials in Omaha, Neb.
