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Summer Sanders
Summer
Sanders is another outstanding member of the extremely successful 1992
USA Olympic Swimming Team which competed in Barcelona. Summer won Gold
Medals in both the 400m medley relay and 200m butterfly, Silver in the
200m IM, and Bronze in the 400m IM. In that process, Summer also became
the first woman in 16 years to swim four individual events in the same
Olympiad. While a Stanford Cardinal, Summer captured six individual NCAA
titles and four relay championships, earning her back-to-back NCAA
Swimmer of the Year Awards. She also assisted Stanford taking the .92
NCAA National Championships. Since officially retiring from swimming,
Summers has enjoyed being an on-air personality for NBC, including
co-host of NBA Inside Stuff and special Olympic correspondent since
2002. Having appeared in numerous segments for MTV, Summer was also the
host of Figure It Out, a popular children’s game show on Nickelodeon.
Married to three-time Olympian and World Cup downhiller Erik Schlopy, they are the proud parents of Skye and Robert.
Now at home in Colorado, Summer has participated in SAA since the late 1990's.
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