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Stephanie Rice Wants You to Stop Calling Her a Party Girl

Michael Phelps isn't the only Olympian to be pinned as a partier after having success at the Beijing Olympics. Stephanie Rice, three-time 2008 gold medalist in the 200-meter, 400-meter and 4 x 200 relay, has been labeled a party girl in her home country of Australia and is trying to shake the image, saying she has avoided knocking back shots since the new year.

Gold Medal Couple: Michael Phelps and Australian Swimmer Stephanie Rice

Posted: Aug 22nd 2008 11:43AM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: USA

Michael Phelps has had a pretty good time at the Olympics, and not just because of the eight gold medals. The New York Post reports that Phelps also has had a good time with another Olympian, Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice.

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Attractive Olympian: Australian Swimmer Stephanie Rice

Olympic athletes often don't get paid to do anything other than look good. In that vein, Attractive Olympians handicaps which athletes may rake in endorsement deals after the Olympics.

Stephanie Rice is just 19 years old, but already she holds two world records -- in the 200m and 400m individual medleys. Her first impact internationally was at the 2007 Worlds, where she earned a pair of bronze medals. But she's gotten better since then, shattering the world records in the 400 IM by 1.42 seconds and in the 200 IM by nearly a full second.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 29: Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice poses during a portrait session at Albert Park on August 29, 2006 in Melbourne, Australia. 18 year old Rice, who won Gold medals in both the 200m and 400m Individual medley events at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, will be looking to add to her medal haul at the 12th FINA World Championships in 2007. (Kristian Dowling, Getty Images)

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Stephanie Rice of Australia swims to win the women's 400 meters medley event at the Sette Colli (Seven Hills) swimming trophy, in Rome, Saturday, June 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

Stephanie Rice of Australia shows her gold medal after winning the women's 400 meters medley event at the Sette Colli (Seven Hills) swimming trophy, in Rome, Saturday, June 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 22: Stephanie Rice celebrates setting a world record of 4:31.46 in the Women's 400m Individual Medley final during day one of the 2008 Australian Championships at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre on March 22, 2008 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images)

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More recently, Stephanie caused a stir in her native land when Facebook photos of her partying with friends attracted the attention of Swimming Australia, which subsequently instituted stern regulations on the privacy settings for social networking sites and on the kinds of photos swimmers were allowed to post.

The offending photos? A skimpy policeman costume, some dancing in a bar, and some alcoholic beverages with friends (the drinking age is 18 in Australia). You can see those and more in the gallery below.

After the jump, enjoy hard-hitting analysis, our Attractive Olympian poll, and the engrossing Attractive Olympian photo gallery.