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]
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Full name | Janel Simone Jorgensen | ||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1971-05-18) May 18, 1971 (age 51) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 146 lb (66 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Stanford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 president of Swim Across America, a national non-profit organization that has raised over $30 million for cancer research, prevention and treatment through swimming events all over the United States.[4]
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