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Amy Van Dyken

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Amy Van Dyken is an American former competitive swimmer who became the first American woman to win four gold medals at a single Olympic Games, doing so at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

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Birth Year
1973 1
Birth Date
1973-02-15 1
Nationality
American 1
Career Highlight
She won six Olympic gold medals, four of them at the 1996 Summer Olympics, making her the first American woman to win four golds at a single Olympics. 1
Classification
Competition Category
Individual 1
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1. Wikipedia, Amy Van Dyken
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  • Lead sentence: birth date
    Amy Deloris Van Dyken-Rouen (born February 15, 1973) is an American former competitive swimmer, Olympic champion, former world record-holder, and national radio sports talk show co-host.
  • Lead sentence: birth year
    Amy Deloris Van Dyken-Rouen (born February 15, 1973) is an American former competitive swimmer, Olympic champion, former world record-holder, and national radio sports talk show co-host.
  • Lead sentence: nationality
    Amy Deloris Van Dyken-Rouen (born February 15, 1973) is an American former competitive swimmer, Olympic champion, former world record-holder, and national radio sports talk show co-host.
  • Lead paragraph: career highlight
    She won six Olympic gold medals in her career, four of which she won at the 1996 Summer Olympics, making her the first American woman to accomplish such a feat and the most successful athlete at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
  • Wikipedia, article summary lead
    Amy Deloris Van Dyken-Rouen (born February 15, 1973) is an American former competitive swimmer, Olympic champion, former world record-holder, and national radio sports talk show co-host.
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