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Megan Jendrick (born Megan Quann on January 15, 1984 in Tacoma, Washington) is an American swimmer and fitness columnist. She won two gold medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Jendrick has set 26 American records and one World record in her swimming career up to date. She is a ten-time National champion and ten-time US Open champion.
In 2000, after being the youngest medalist on the US Olympic swim team with gold in the 100-meter breaststroke and 400 medley relay, Megan was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine, becoming one of few women to hold that honor.
Jendrick was the star of the 2005 World University Games in İzmir, Turkey, winning three gold medals and setting two Universiade records. At those Games, she was the only American woman to capture individual gold in two events.
Jendrick was only the second woman to ever swim the 100-yard breaststroke under 1:00 and was also the second woman in history (there have only been five now, including herself) in history to swim 100-yards breaststroke in under 59 seconds.
She graduated from Emerald Ridge High School in Puyallup, Washington. In December 2004, Megan married her high-school sweetheart, American author Nathan Jendrick.
Jendrick is still often listed as Quann or Quann-Jendrick but she has said that her legal and professional name is Megan Jendrick and that the hyphenated version is not correct.
Jendrick is the 2006 recipient of the Henry P. Iba Citizen Athlete Award, and was nominated that same year for a Golden Goggle Award, the highest honor outside of swimming an American aquatic athlete may receive. To date, she is a two-time nominee. From the Iba, Jendrick donated $10,000 to Children's Hospital in Seattle.
In 2007, Jendrick won the silver medal in the 200-meter breaststroke at the 12th FINA World Championships.
On July 1, 2008, Jendrick qualified for the 2008 U.S. Olympic team in the 100 meter breaststroke, eight years after winning gold in the event at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Pending the disqualification of Jessica Hardy, who was dropped from the team after testing positive for a banned substance, Jendrick is officially the winner of the event. Jendrick thus made her second Summer Olympic team after she missed qualifying in that event by a mere 11 one-hundredths of a second in 2004. In Beijing, Jendrick silenced many critics by making the final of the 100-meter breaststroke--ultimately finishing in fifth place--and capturing a silver medal as part of the 4x100 meter medley relay.
In Beijing, Jendrick became only the third person to win Olympic swimming medals under two different names and just the second American. The first was Eleanor Garatti (later Saville) in 1928 and 1932, the second was Libby Lenton (later Trickett) in 2004 and 2008. Jendrick did so in 2000 as Megan Quann, and in 2008 as Megan Jendrick.
In late 2008, Jendrick began writing a weekly fitness question and answer column on the Advanced Research Press publication website, www.FitnessRxMag.com
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Olympic Champions in Women's 4×100 m Medley Relay |
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1960: USA (Burke, Kempner, Schuler, von Saltza) | 1964: USA (Ferguson, Goyette, Stouder, Ellis) | 1968: USA (Hall, Ball, Daniel, Pedersen) | 1972: USA (Belote, Carr, Deardurff, Neilson) | 1976: GDR (Richter, Anke, Ender, Pollack) | 1980: GDR (Reinisch, Geweniger, Pollack, Metschuck) | 1984: USA (Andrews, Caulkins, Meagher, Hogshead) | 1988: GDR (Otto, Hörner, Weigang, Meißner) | 1992: USA (Loveless, Nall, Ahmann-Leighton, Thompson) | 1996: USA (Botsford, Beard, Martino, Van Dyken) | 2000: USA (Bedford, Quann, Thompson, Torres) | 2004: AUS (Rooney, Jones, Thomas, Henry) | 2008: AUS (Seebohm, Jones, Schipper, Trickett)
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Pan Pacific Champions in Women's 4×100 m Medley Relay |
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1985: CAN • 1987: USA (Linehan, Johnson, Myers, Torres) • 1989: USA (Loveless, McFarlane, Johnson, Fetter) • 1991: USA (Wagstaff, King, Ahmann-Leighton, Haislett) • 1993: USA (Loveless, Nall, Thompson, Martino) • 1995: AUS (Stevenson, Riley, O'Neill, Ryan) • 1997: USA (Maurer, Kowal, Fox, Thompson) • 1999: USA (Bedford, Quann, Thompson, Kolbisen) • 2002: AUS (Calub, Jones, Thomas, Henry) • 2006: USA (Coughlin, Hardy, Komisarz, Weir)
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Summer Universiade Champions in Women's 4×100 m Medley Relay |
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1959: Italy: Unknown • 1961: Soviet Union: Unknown • 1963: Hungary: Unknown • 1965: Hungary: Unknown • 1967: USA: (Moore, Goyette, Randall, Gustavson) • 1970: USA: (Hall, Kurtz, Colella, McCuen) • 1973: USA: (Tullis, Arr, Arden, Tuttle) • 1977: USA: (McCully, Tasnady, Harrell, Hinderaker) • 1979: USA: (Breedy, Hegel, Rapp, Caulkins) • 1981: USA: (Carlisle, Waters, Sterkel, Major) • 1983: Soviet Union: Unknown • 1985: USA: (Donahue, Smith, Meagher, Johnson) • 1987: USA: (O'Brien, Rhodenbaugh, Eyles, Berzins) • 1991: USA: (Bedford, Hedman, Morgan, Stoudt) • 1993: USA: (Humphrey, Heisick, Depold, Perroni) • 1995: USA: (Heydanek, King Bednar, Campbell, Edwards) • 1997: Japan: Unknown • 1999: Japan: (Inada, Nakashima, Hagiwara, Imoto) 2001: PR China: Unknown • 2003: PR China: (Zhan Shu, Luo Xuejuan, Xu Yanwei, Pang Jiaying) • 2005: USA: (McGregory, Jendrick, Christianson, Correia) • 2007: Japan: (Terakawa, Tamura, Kato, Urabe) • 2009: USA: (Rogers, Freeman, Sims, Kennedy, Scroggy, Ohlgren)
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