Who is amy

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, it has only been tied never broken.  She was also the most decorated  ATHLETE male or female, of the 1996 Olympics.  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.

She 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 she has cohosted a Nationally syndicated sports radio show, Amy was 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  two-time Super Bowl champion, Tom Rouen, and they are proud dog parents to Dillion, a rescued black lab-ish puppy. 

In 2014, she was injured in an ATV accident that severed her spinal cord and caused a TBI.

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.

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 is also an analyst for NBC swimming in 2021 and 2024.

Amy won an Emmy for her commentary as a swimming analyst for the 2024 Olympics in Paris.‍ Thanks for stopping by; we’re happy you’re here!