Summer Sanders - Biography

Last Editor: niceguy.urfriend				Summer Sanders Biography -   Name : Summer Sanders Profession : Actress Birth Details : born October 13, 1972 in Roseville, California Birth name : Summer Elisabeth Sanders Height : 5' 9" (1.75 m) Spouse : Erik Schlopy (30 July 2005 - present) Mark Henderson (4 July 1997 - 2001) (divorced)

Summer Sanders Trivia -

In the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, she won two gold medals as a swimmer in the 200 meter butterfly and 4x100 meter medley relay, a silver in the 200 meter individual medley and a bronze in the 400 meter individual medley. Parents Bob and Barbara are the leading inspiration for her book "Champions Are Raised, Not Born." One elder brother, Trevor, with whom she has "an excellent relationship, even by brother-and-sister standards." In fact, Summer credits him with inspiring her to take up competitive swimming when they were both children. Olympic swimmer Graduated from Stanford University. Summer was awarded the 1992 Babe Didrickson Zaharias Award as the year's top amateur athlete. In 1992, she set the American record in the 400 meter individual medley. In 1990, she won three gold medals at the Goodwill Games. In 1991 and 1992, she won the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Swimmer of the Year Award. She retired from competitive swimming in December 1993. In her hometown of Roseville, California there is an Olympic sized swimming facility named after her. She and husband Erik Schlopy are expecting their first child in April 2006.

Summer Sanders Detailed Biography -

Summer Elisabeth Sanders (born October 13, 1972 in Roseville, California) is a sports broadcaster, actress and Olympic medalist in swimming. Sanders first came to the attention of the swimming world in 1988 when she barely missed a spot on the 1988 U.S. Olympic team. She won three gold medals at the 1990 Goodwill Games before embarking on her collegiate career at Stanford University. In two years at Stanford, she compiled six individual NCAA titles and four relay championships. Sanders earned back-to-back NCAA Swimmer of the Year awards and propelled Stanford to a national championship in 1992. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, she won gold medals in the 200-meter butterfly and in the 400-meter medley relay. She also won a silver medal in the 200-meter individual medley and a bronze medal in the 400-meter individual medley. Her individual performances in Barcelona were identical to those a year earlier at the 1991 swimming and diving world championships in Perth, Australia. Retiring after the Barcelona Olympics, Sanders later attempted to make the 1996 Olympic team, but she failed to qualify. As a sports broadcaster, she has hosted many television series including The Sports List (2004), NBA Inside Stuff (1990), Beg, Borrow & Deal (2002), and Figure it Out (1997). She has also appeared as an actress in two films: Broken Record (1997) and Jerry Maguire (1996). She still hosts The Sports List, which airs on FSN (Fox Sports Net). She also co-hosts the "celebreality" series Skating With Celebrities on the Fox television network. In June 1999, Sanders published the book Champions Are Raised, Not Born: How My Parents Made Me A Success (ISBN 0385334214). On July 4, 1997, she married Mark Henderson, who was also an Olympic swimmer. The couple divorced in 2001. In July 2005, she married Erik Schlopy, a World Cup skier who competed at the Torino Olympics. She is expecting their first child in April 2006. An Olympic-size swimming pool at the Roseville Aquatics Complex in her hometown of Roseville, California is named after her.