Doug Gjertsen
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Full name | Douglas Seneca Gjertsen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Doug" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Phillipsburg, New Jersey | July 31, 1967||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Douglas Seneca Gjertsen (born July 31, 1969) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist.
He was the third member of the United States' world record 4x200-meter freestyle relay team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The 1988 relay team set the world record with a time of 7:12.51. He was also the fourth member of the United States' bronze medal 4x200-meter freestyle relay team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain with a time of 7:16.23
He attended the University of Texas at Austin, and swam for coach Eddie Reese's Texas Longhorns swimming and diving team. He was a three-time individual NCAA champion and a nine-time relay NCAA champion. He was inducted into the Longhorn Hall of Honor in September 2006 for his accomplishments not only at Texas but also on the Olympic stage.
Doug is currently the head coach for SwimAtlanta, and is the personal coach for one of the best Latvian swimmers, Andrejs Duda.
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of University of Texas at Austin alumni
- World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
References
- 1969 births
- Living people
- American male freestyle swimmers
- American swimming coaches
- Former world record holders in swimming
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- People from Warren County, New Jersey
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Texas Longhorns men's swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming