Summer Elizabeth Sanders (born October 13, 1972) is an American sports commentator, reporter, television personality, actress, former competition See more

Sanders was born in Roseville, California, and attended Cavitt Junior High School and Oakmont High School. See more

By age three, Sanders could swim a lap of the pool. She wanted to be just like her older brother Trevor, so in 1976 she joined the Sugar Bears—an age-group swimming program in Roseville, California, coached by Mike Barsotti, Scott Winter and Scott O'Conner. From … See more

• 1992 Olympic Games: gold (200m butterfly), gold (4 × 100 m medley relay – preliminary heat), silver (200m IM), bronze (400m IM), 6th (100m butterfly)
• 1991 World Championships: gold (200m butterfly), silver (200m IM), bronze (400m IM) See more

Sanders began working on television while still competing. In 1992 and 1994 she was a commentator for CBS Sports for the NCAA Swimming Championships. In 1996, she was a commentator for NBC's coverage of swimming at the Atlanta Olympics. … See more

Sanders has appeared as an actress in two films: Jerry Maguire (1996), in which she played herself, and Broken Record (1997).
In June 1999, she published the book Champions Are Raised, Not Born: How My Parents Made Me … See more

On July 4, 1997, Sanders married Olympic swimmer Mark Henderson. The couple divorced in 2001. In July 2005, she married Erik Schlopy, a World Cup skier who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Sanders and Schlopy have two children. She is a … See more