Amy Van Dyken

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Olympic medal record
Women’s swimming
Gold	1996 Atlanta	50 m freestyle
Gold	1996 Atlanta	100 m butterfly
Gold	1996 Atlanta	4 x 100 m freestyle relay
Gold	1996 Atlanta	4 x 100 m medley relay
Gold	2000 Sydney	4 x 100 m freestyle relay
Gold	2000 Sydney	4 x 100 m medley relay

Amy Van Dyken (born February 15, 1973 in Greenwood Village, Colorado) is an American swimmer who has six career Olympic gold medals. Four of these gold medals came in the 1996 Summer Olympics, making her the first American woman to accomplish such a feat. She won gold in the 50 meter free, 100 meter butterfly, 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay, and the 4 x 100 meter medley relay. She was one of BALCO clients.Her name was among Barry Bonds,Marion Jones and other Balco clients.

An asthmatic since childhood, Van Dyken is currently married to NFL punter Tom Rouen.

She gained some notoriety in the 2000 Olympic Games when her habit of spitting into her opponents lanes before the start of the race was captured on television. Dutch' swimming star and eventual winner Inge de Bruijn was one of her 'victims'. ^{[citation needed]}

Her swimming career was launched while attending Cherry Creek High School in Greenwood Village, CO, where she set many Colorado state high school swimming records.

Olympic champions in women's 50 m freestyle
1988: Kristin Otto | 1992: Wenyi Yang | 1996: Amy Van Dyken | 2000: Inge de Bruijn | 2004: Inge de Bruijn

Olympic champions in women's 100 m butterfly
1956: Shelley Mann | 1960: Carolyn Schuler | 1964: Sharon Stouder | 1968: Lyn McClements | 1972: Mayumi Aoki | 1976: Kornelia Ender | 1980: Caren Metschuck | 1984: Mary T. Meagher | 1988: Kristin Otto | 1992: Qian Hong | 1996: Amy Van Dyken | 2000: Inge de Bruijn | 2004: Petria Thomas