Summer Sanders

Summer Sanders is an American former competition swimmer who won Olympic gold at the 1992 Games in Barcelona and later built a long career as a sports broadcaster and television host. Born in Roseville, California, in 1972, she came up through age-group programs in her home town and then Stanford University, where in two seasons she collected eight NCAA national titles and was named the outstanding college female swimmer of 1991 to 1992. At the 1991 World Championships in Perth she took gold in the 200 metre butterfly, and in Barcelona she won four Olympic medals: gold in the 200 metre butterfly and in the medley relay, silver in the 200 metre individual medley and bronze in the 400 metre individual medley. After swimming she worked for NBC, CBS, Nickelodeon and other networks as a commentator, host and reporter.