sport.wikisort.org - AthleteThomas Michael Jager (born October 6, 1964) is an American former competition swimmer. He is five-time Olympic gold medalist in relay events, a two-time World Championship individual gold medalist for the 50-meter freestyle, and a former world record-holder in two events. Jager set the 50-meter freestyle world record on six occasions during his career. He held this record for over ten years from August 1989 to June 2000.
American swimmer
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Tom Jager
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Full name | Thomas Michael Jager |
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Nickname(s) | "Tom" |
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National team | United States |
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Born | (1964-10-06) October 6, 1964 (age 58) East St. Louis, Illinois, U.S. |
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Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
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Weight | 181 lb (82 kg) |
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Sport | Swimming |
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Strokes | Freestyle |
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College team | University of California, Los Angeles |
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Swimming career
Jager attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and swam for coach Ron Ballatore's UCLA Bruins swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1983 to 1985. He won NCAA individual national championships in the 100-yard freestyle (1983, 1984), the 50-yard freestyle (1984, 1985), and the 100-yard backstroke (1985). In 1984, he was honored as the Pacific-10 Conference Swimmer of the Year.
He was also an eleven-time United States national open champion.
Jager won seven Olympic medals for the United States. He won five gold medals in relay events. He also won an individual silver medal in the 50-meter freestyle in 1988, and an individual bronze medal in the 50-meter freestyle in 1992.[1]
At the World Championships, Jager won gold medals in the 50-meter freestyle in 1986 and 1991. He also won gold medals in the 50-meter freestyle at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in 1989 and 1991.
Jager was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2001.[2]
Coaching career
In 2004, Jager became the head coach of the University of Idaho's Idaho Vandals women's swim team.[3] Jager then accepted the head coaching position for the Washington State Cougars swim team at Washington State University in 2011.
He is now the head coach of the Aspen Swim club in Colorado.
Family
Tom is the youngest of a family of swimming siblings. While under a swimming scholarship at the University of Iowa, his eldest sister Diane was an All-American swimmer. His brother Bill qualified for Nationals while in high school and then went on to earn a full swimming scholarship at the University of Illinois. All three siblings went on to work as swimming coaches.
Tom has two sons, Wyatt (born 1996) and Cy (born 1999), both of whom swim for his swimming club, the Gold Medal Swim Club.
See also
Biography portal
Olympics portal
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tom Jager". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
- "Tom Jager (USA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on November 8, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- Jager bio Archived March 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine from the Idaho Vandals website. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
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Records |
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Men's 50-meter freestyle world record-holder (long course) December 6, 1985 – June 26, 1986 |
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Preceded by |
Men's 50-meter freestyle world record-holder (long course) August 13, 1987 – September 24, 1988 |
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Preceded by |
Men's 50-meter freestyle world record-holder (long course) August 20, 1989 – June 16, 2000 |
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1984 USA Olympic swimming team |
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1988 USA Olympic swimming team |
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1992 USA Olympic swimming team |
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Qualification |
- 1992 United States Olympic Trials
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Men's Team | |
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Women's Team | |
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Coaches |
- Mike Hastings
- Chris Martin
- Richard Quick
- Eddie Reese (men's head coach)
- Mark Schubert (women's head coach)
- Richard Shoulberg
- Nort Thornton
- Jon Urbanchek
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 Olympic champions in men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay |
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- 1964:
Steve Clark, Mike Austin, Gary Ilman, Don Schollander (USA)
- 1968:
Zac Zorn, Stephen Rerych, Mark Spitz, Ken Walsh (USA)
- 1972:
David Edgar, John Murphy, Jerry Heidenreich, Mark Spitz (USA)
- 1984:
Chris Cavanaugh, Mike Heath, Matt Biondi, Rowdy Gaines (USA)
- 1988:
Chris Jacobs, Troy Dalbey, Tom Jager, Matt Biondi (USA)
- 1992:
Joe Hudepohl, Matt Biondi, Tom Jager, Jon Olsen, Shaun Jordan, Joel Thomas (USA)
- 1996:
Jon Olsen, Josh Davis, Brad Schumacher, Gary Hall Jr., David Fox, Scott Tucker (USA)
- 2000:
Michael Klim, Chris Fydler, Ashley Callus, Ian Thorpe, Todd Pearson, Adam Pine (AUS)
- 2004:
Roland Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, Darian Townsend, Ryk Neethling (RSA)
- 2008:
Michael Phelps, Garrett Weber-Gale, Cullen Jones, Jason Lezak, Nathan Adrian, Ben Wildman-Tobriner, Matt Grevers (USA)
- 2012:
Amaury Leveaux, Fabien Gilot, Clément Lefert, Yannick Agnel, Alain Bernard, Jérémy Stravius (FRA)
- 2016:
Caeleb Dressel, Michael Phelps, Ryan Held, Nathan Adrian, Jimmy Feigen, Blake Pieroni, Anthony Ervin (USA)
- 2020:
Caeleb Dressel, Blake Pieroni, Bowe Becker, Zach Apple, Brooks Curry (USA)
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- 1973:
Melvin Nash, Joe Bottom, Jim Montgomery, John Murphy (USA)
- 1975:
Bruce Furniss, Jim Montgomery, Andy Coan, John Murphy (USA)
- 1978:
Jack Babashoff, Rowdy Gaines, Jim Montgomery, David McCagg (USA)
- 1982:
Chris Cavanaugh, Robin Leamy, David McCagg, Rowdy Gaines (USA)
- 1986:
Tom Jager, Mike Heath, Paul Wallace, Matt Biondi (USA)
- 1991:
Tom Jager, Brent Lang, Doug Gjertsen, Matt Biondi (USA)
- 1994:
Jon Olsen, Josh Davis, Uğur Taner, Gary Hall Jr. (USA)
- 1998:
Scott Tucker, Jon Olsen, Neil Walker, Gary Hall Jr. (USA)
- 2001:
Michael Klim, Ashley Callus, Todd Pearson, Ian Thorpe (AUS)
- 2003:
Andrey Kapralov, Ivan Usov, Denis Pimankov, Alexander Popov (RUS)
- 2005:
Michael Phelps, Neil Walker, Nate Dusing, Jason Lezak (USA)
- 2007:
Michael Phelps, Neil Walker, Cullen Jones, Jason Lezak (USA)
- 2009:
Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Matt Grevers, Nathan Adrian (USA)
- 2011:
James Magnussen, Matt Targett, Matthew Abood, Eamon Sullivan (AUS)
- 2013:
Yannick Agnel, Florent Manaudou, Fabien Gilot, Jérémy Stravius (FRA)
- 2015:
Mehdy Metella, Florent Manaudou, Fabien Gilot, Jérémy Stravius (FRA)
- 2017:
Caeleb Dressel, Townley Haas, Blake Pieroni, Nathan Adrian (USA)
- 2019:
Caeleb Dressel, Blake Pieroni, Zach Apple, Nathan Adrian (USA)
- 2022:
Caeleb Dressel, Ryan Held, Justin Ress, Brooks Curry (USA)
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Pan American Champions in Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay |
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- 1967:
K. Walsh, M. Fitzmaurice, M. Spitz, D. Schollander (USA)
- 1971:
D. Edgar, S. Genter, J. Heidenreich, F. Heckl (USA)
- 1975:
J. Babashoff, A. Ruby, M. Grattan, R. Abbott (USA)
- 1979:
R. Gaines, J. Babashoff, J. Newton, D. McCagg (USA)
- 1983:
R. Leamy, M. Gribble, C. Cavanaugh, R. Gaines (USA)
- 1987:
J. Born, S. McCadam, P. Robinson, T. Dudley (USA)
- 1991:
T. Ferreira, E. Nascimento, J. Rebolal, G. Borges (BRA)
- 1995:
G. Hall Jr., T. Jager, J. Davis, J. Olsen (USA)
- 1999:
F. Scherer, C. Quintaes, A. Cordeiro, G. Borges (BRA)
- 2003:
C. Jayme, G. Borges, F. Scherer, J. Souza (BRA)
- 2007:
F. Silva, E. Deboni, N. Oliveira, C. Cielo (BRA)
- 2011:
C. Cielo, B. Fratus, N. Santos, N. Oliveira (BRA)
- 2015:
M. Santana, J. de Lucca, B. Fratus, M. Chierighini (BRA)
- 2019:
B. Correia, M. Chierighini, B. Fratus, P. Spajari (BRA)
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Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 50 m Freestyle |
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Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay |
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- 1985: USA (McCadam, Heath, Wallace, Biondi)
- 1987: USA (Jacobs, Oppel, Dalbey, Biondi)
- 1989: USA (Lang, Olsen, Gjertsen, Jager)
- 1991: USA (Jordan, Jager, Olsen, Biondi)
- 1993: USA (Hudepohl, Pepper, Fox, Olsen)
- 1995: USA (Fox, Hudepohl, Olsen, Hall)
- 1997: USA (Tucker, Schumacher, Olsen, Walker)
- 1999: Australia (Klim, English, Fydler, Thorpe)
- 2002: Australia (Callus, Pearson, Hackett, Thorpe)
- 2006: USA (Phelps, Walker, Jones, Lezak)
- 2010: USA (Phelps, Lochte, Lezak, Adrian)
- 2014: Australia (D'Orsogna, Magnussen, Abood, McEvoy)
- 2018: Brazil (Santos, Chierighini, Ferreira Jr., Spajari)
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Pac-12 Swimmer of the Year winners |
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На других языках
- [en] Tom Jager
[fr] Tom Jager
Thomas ("Tom") Michael Jager est un nageur américain né le 6 octobre 1964.
[it] Tom Jager
Thomas "Tom" Michael Jager (Collinsville, 6 ottobre 1964) è un ex nuotatore statunitense.
[ru] Джегер, Том
Томас Майкл Джегер (англ. Thomas Michael Jager; род. 6 октября 1964 года в Ист-Сент-Луисе, США) — американский пловец, пятикратный олимпийский чемпион, четырёхкратный чемпион мира, экс-рекордсмен мира. Джегер в своей карьере установил 6 рекордов на 50 м в вольном стиле по плаванию. Его рекорд держался больше десяти лет с августа 1989 года до июня 2000.
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