Amy Van Dyken
Chronology
| 1973 | Born February 15 in Englewood, Colorado |
| 1979 | Takes up swimming on doctor's advice, to help with asthma |
| 1990-91 | Becomes star of Cherry Creek High School swim team |
| 1991-93 | Attends University of Arizona at Tucson; earns All-American honors fourteen times; in 1992 just misses a place on the U.S. Olympic swim team; suffers from mononucleosis in 1993 and says she will give up swimming but comes back |
| 1994 | Transfers to Colorado State University, where she sets seven school and Western Athletic Conference (WAC) records as a junior; wins three medals at World Swimming Championships in Rome, Italy |
| 1995 | Wins three gold medals and one silver medal at Pan American Games; accepts invitation to join U.S. Resident National Team to train for Olympics but has to give up last season at Colorado State; marries Alan McDaniel in October—the couple will later divorce |
| 1996 | Qualifies for U.S. Olympic team; wins 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle races and finishes second in 100-meter butterfly at Olympic Trials; places fourth in 100-meter freestyle at Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, but goes on to win four Olympic gold medals and becomes an international celebrity |
| 1997 | Resumes training, for World Swimming Championships |
| 1998 | Wins two gold medals at World Swimming Championships in Perth, Australia; has shoulder surgery in June to repair a tear |
| 2000 | In January, has another shoulder surgery to repair rotator cuff, remove scar tissue, and shave bone spurs; surgeons say she will never race again; qualifies for U.S. Olympic team and competes in 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia, placing fourth in 50-meter and winning two more gold medals in women's relays |
| 2001 | Marries Tom Rouen, punter for the Denver Broncos football team; finishes sixth place in her first triathlon on February 24 in Colorado Springs; finishes second triathlon in July 2001; begins working part-time as sports reporter for a Denver television station |
| 2002 | Continues to train as triathlete, setting her sights on 2003 Hawaiian Ironman Championships |
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