Amanda Beard through the years

Amanda Beard gets ready for a U.S. Grand Prix series event in May at the Santa Clara Swim Club during her preparation for the U.S. Olympic trials.  (Jed Jacobsohn / Getty Images)

Amanda Beard shows good form in winding up to throw the ceremonial first pitch in June before the Angels played the New York Mets at Angel Stadium in Anaheim.   (Chris Pizzello / Associated Press)

Amanda Beard reacts to her somewhat wayward first pitch during an Angels game in June.  (Stephen Dunn / Getty Images)

Amanda Beard, a seven-time medal winner in three Olympics, arrives for the Maxim Hot 100 party in May at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles.   (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)

Amanda Beard models the new Speedo LZR Racer swimsuit earlier this year.  (Mike Stobe / Getty Images)

Amanda Beard won her fourth silver medal in three Olympics when she finished second in the 200-meter individual medley on August 18, 2004, in Athens.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Amanda Beard, left, has won seven medals in three Olympics, her only bronze coming in 2000 at the Sydney Games when she finished third to gold medalist Agnes Kovacs of Hungary and teammate Kristy Kowal in the 200-meter breaststroke.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Amanda Beard waves to the crowd after she set the 200-meter breaststroke world record during the U.S. Olympic trials in 2000 at Belmont Plaza in Long Beach.   (Christine Cotter / Los Angeles Times)

Amanda Beard’s breaststroke helped her Irvine High team win the 200 medley relay at the Southern Section finals in 1998.  (Richard Hartog / Los Angeles Times)

Amanda Beard, right, poses with Irvine High teammates, from left, Lesley Christiansen, Krista Little and Ashley Gore in 1998.  (Christine Cotter / Los Angeles Times)

Amanda Beard returned to Irvine High for her junior season after winning a gold and two silver medals in the 1996 Atlanta Games.  (Karen Tapia / Los Angeles Times)