Lars Jorgensen
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| Full name | Lars Ploug Jorgensen | ||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 1, 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 176 lb (80 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Lars Ploug Jorgensen (born September 1, 1970) is an American former competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.[1] Jorgensen competed in the preliminary heats of the men's 1,500-meter freestyle, and finished with the twenty-third-best time overall (15:39.51).[1][2]
Jorgensen is the head coach of the swimming team for the University of Kentucky. [3]
He is the brother of fellow Olympic swimmer Dan Jorgensen.[1]
In 1995 he set the swim course record with 46:44 for that leg of the Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. [4] His swim record held until 2018, when Jan Sibbersen set the new fastest swim time in 46:29. [5] Lars Jorgensen's swim time of 46:41 from 1998 does not count as valid course record as he did not finish the Ironman World Championship that year. [6]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Lars Jorgensen. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games, Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
- ^ "Lars Jorgenson". UKAthletics. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ http://m.ironman.com/assets/files/results/worldchampionship/1995.pdf Archived 2019-03-02 at the Wayback Machine 1995 official Ironman World Championship Results
- ^ http://eu.ironman.com/triathlon/events/americas/ironman/world-championship/results.aspx?y=2018&rd=20181013&race=worldchampionship&bidid=1317&detail=1 2018 official Ironman World Championship Results
- ^ http://m.ironman.com/assets/files/results/worldchampionship/1998.pdf Archived 2019-03-02 at the Wayback Machine 1998 official Ironman World Championship Results
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