Janel Jorgensen

Janel Jorgensen

Personal information
Full name	Janel Simone Jorgensen
National team	United States
Born	(1971-05-18) May 18, 1971
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	146 lb (66 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly
College team	Stanford University
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 1988 Seoul 4x100 m medley Pan American Games 1987 Indianapolis 100 m butterfly 1987 Indianapolis 4x100 m medley

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).

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.

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.

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
• List of Stanford University people

External links

• Janel Jorgensen – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com