Janel Jorgensen

Janel Simone Jorgensen (born May 18, 1971), later known by her married name Janel McArdle, is an American former competition swimmer and butterfly specialist. As a 17-year-old at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, she won a silver medal as a member of the second-place U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter medley relay, together with her teammates Beth Barr (backstroke), Tracey McFarlane (breaststroke), and Mary Wayte (freestyle).[1]

Janel Jorgensen
Personal information
Full nameJanel Simone Jorgensen
National teamUnited States
Born (1971-05-18) May 18, 1971
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight146 lb (66 kg)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly
College teamStanford University
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul 4x100 m medley
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1987 Indianapolis 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 1987 Indianapolis 4x100 m medley

Jorgensen received an athletic scholarship to attend Stanford University, where she swam for the Stanford Cardinal swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Pacific-10 Conference competition. In 1992–93, she was the recipient of the Honda Sports Award for Swimming and Diving, recognizing her as the outstanding college female swimmer of the year.[2][3]

Jorgensen is the current COO of Swim Across America, a national non-profit organization that has raised over $100 million for cancer research, prevention and treatment through swimming events all over the United States.[4]

See also

References
  1. Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Janel Jorgensen Archived 2012-11-14 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
  2. Collegiate Women Sports Awards, Past Honda Sports Award Winners for Swimming & Diving. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
  3. "Stanford's Smit wins Honda Award as nation's top female swimmer". www.paloaltoonline.com. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  4. Terry Cookston, "Swim Across America Makes Waves in Rockwall," Rockwall Herald-Banner (June 22, 2011). Retrieved November 13, 2012.
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