Amy Van Dyken-Rouen is a 6-time Olympic gold medalist in swimming. She was born and raised in Colorado.
She won 4 gold medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics making her the first American woman to accomplish that feat and the winningest gold medalist, male or female, in 1996. She went on to win two more gold medals at the 2000 Summer Games.
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.
Since retiring from swimming she has cohosted a national sports radio show and been an NFL sideline reporter. She is married to former two-time Super Bowl champion, Tom Rouen. In 2014, she was injured in an ATV accident.
She 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.
She currently travels the country giving motivational speeches.
