Summer Sanders is best known as an Olympic Gold medal-winning swimmer, an NBA television host, a Nickelodeon game show host, an award-winning CBS Sports talk show host, and an ambassador of international charitable organizations. Summer grew up in Northern California, where she started swimming at the age of 4. She went on to attend Stanford University, where she won back-to-back NCAA swimmer of the year in ’91 and ‘92. The summer of 1992, at the Barcelona Olympics, she won 2 golds, a silver, and a bronze, becoming the most decorated swimmer of those Games. After retiring from swimming a few years later, Sanders turned to her second love, television, and began a now 30-year career both in front of and behind the camera. She has worked for every major network contributing to “The Today Show”, “Good Morning America”, and “Rachel Ray”. She has also been a reporter or host for 7 Olympic Games, dating back to 1996. She is currently the co-host of CBS Sports’ “We Need To Talk”. Summer is the author of “Champions Are Raised, Not Born: How My Parents Made Me a Success”. She is married to fellow Olympian, Erik Schlopy, and they have two kids, Skye and Spider. 

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