Amy Van Dyken-Rouen to be released Thursday from Craig Hospital

FILE - In this June 18, 2014 file photo, six-time Olympic gold medal swimmer Amy?Van?Dyken-Rouen smiles and gestures as she is transferred to her room after arriving at Craig Hospital, in Englewood, Colo. Dyken-Rouen is joining about 50 other patients at her rehabilitation hospital for a day of boating near Denver. They're riding small sailboats across Cherry Creek Reservoir as part of Craig Hospital's 35th annual Hobie Day on Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File) — FILE – In this June 18, 2014 file photo, six-time Olympic gold medal swimmer Amy?Van?Dyken-Rouen smiles and gestures as she is transferred to her room after arriving at Craig Hospital, in Englewood, Colo. Dyken-Rouen is joining about 50 other patients at her rehabilitation hospital for a day of boating near Denver. They’re riding small sailboats across Cherry Creek Reservoir as part of Craig Hospital’s 35th annual Hobie Day on Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

By Anthony Cotton | acotton@denverpost.com | The Denver Post

PUBLISHED: August 13, 2014 at 12:08 p.m. | UPDATED: April 27, 2016 at 4:21 a.m.

Amy Van Dyken-Rouen, who suffered a severed spinal cord following a June ATV accident, is scheduled to be discharged from Craig Hospital on Thursday.

A six-time Olympic gold medalist and graduate of Cherry Creek High School, Van Dyken-Rouen has been rehabilitating at Craig since June 18, about 12 days after the accident. She was injured when her ATV crashed near her home in Scottsdale, Ariz.

She became the first U.S. woman to win four gold medals in one Olympiad, the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games. She added two more gold medals in the 400 freestyle and 400 medley relays at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.