Summer Elisabeth Sanders is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic champion. Sanders now works as a sports commentator, reporter, television show host and actress.
Erik Schlopy (m. 2005), Mark Henderson (m. 1997–2001)
Children
Skye Bella Schlopy, Robert Charles Spider Schlopy
Parents
Bob Sanders, Barbara Hopewell
Nicknames
Summer Elisabeth Sanders
Movies
Summer Sanders: Prenatal Workout
TV Shows
Figure It Out, Skating with Celebrities, Beg, Borrow & Deal, The Apprentice
Star Sign
Libra
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Lives in Park City, Utah with her husband, Erik Schlopy, and their children. [2009]
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Co-hostess, with John Abdo, of an infomercial for John's "Ab-Doer Twist" abdominal fitness system. [2009]
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Son, Charles Robert Spider Scholpy, was born on January 8, 2008.
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She and her husband announced that they are expecting their second child. A boy, on January 8th.
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Gave birth to her first child, with husband Erik Schlopy, daughter Skye Bella, on April 21st, 2006, weighing in at 7 lbs, 7 oz.
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In her hometown of Roseville, California there is an Olympic sized swimming facility named after her.
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She retired from competitive swimming in December 1993.
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In 1991 and 1992, she won the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Swimmer of the Year Award.
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In 1990, she won three gold medals at the Goodwill Games.
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In 1992, she set the American record in the 400 meter individual medley.
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Summer was awarded the 1992 Babe Didrikson Zaharias Award as the year's top amateur athlete.
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Graduated from Stanford University.
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Olympic swimmer
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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.
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Parents Bob and Barbara are the leading inspiration for her book "Champions Are Raised, Not Born."
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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.
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