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| collegeteam = [[Texas Longhorns swimming and diving|University of Texas]] |
| collegeteam = [[Texas Longhorns swimming and diving|University of Texas at Austin]] |
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|7|31|mf=y}} |
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|7|31|mf=y}} |
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| birth_place = [[Phillipsburg, New Jersey]] |
| birth_place = [[Phillipsburg, New Jersey]], U.S. |
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{{MedalCountry | the United States}} |
{{MedalCountry | the United States}} |
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{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}} |
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}} |
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{{MedalGold | [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]] | [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay| |
{{MedalGold | [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]] | [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4 × 100 m freestyle]]}} |
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{{MedalGold | [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]] | [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay| |
{{MedalGold | [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]] | [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4 × 200 m freestyle]]}} |
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{{MedalBronze | [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | [[Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay| |
{{MedalBronze | [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | [[Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4 × 200 m freestyle]]}} |
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{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]}} |
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]}} |
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{{MedalGold | [[1991 World Aquatics Championships|1991 Perth]] | |
{{MedalGold | [[1991 World Aquatics Championships|1991 Perth]] | 4 × 100 m freestyle}} |
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{{MedalSilver | [[1991 World Aquatics Championships|1991 Perth]] | |
{{MedalSilver | [[1991 World Aquatics Championships|1991 Perth]] | 4 × 200 m freestyle}} |
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{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific Games]]}} |
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific Games]]}} |
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{{MedalGold | [[1989 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1989 Tokyo]] | 200 m freestyle}} |
{{MedalGold | [[1989 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1989 Tokyo]] | 200 m freestyle}} |
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{{MedalGold | [[1989 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1989 Tokyo]] | |
{{MedalGold | [[1989 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1989 Tokyo]] | 4 × 100 m freestyle}} |
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{{MedalGold | [[1989 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1989 Tokyo]] | |
{{MedalGold | [[1989 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1989 Tokyo]] | 4 × 200 m freestyle}} |
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{{MedalBronze | [[1989 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1989 Tokyo]] | 100 m freestyle}} |
{{MedalBronze | [[1989 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1989 Tokyo]] | 100 m freestyle}} |
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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. |
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. |
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Gjertsen is formerly the head coach of SwimAtlanta and is currently the head coach for Alamo Area Aquatics Association in San Antonio, Texas. He has served as the personal coach for one of the best [[Latvia]]n swimmers, [[Andrejs |
Gjertsen is formerly the head coach of SwimAtlanta and is currently the head coach for Alamo Area Aquatics Association in San Antonio, Texas. He has served as the personal coach for one of the best [[Latvia]]n swimmers, [[Andrejs Dūda]]. He currently serves as the personal coach for former American record holder [[Amanda Weir]]. |
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Gjertsen has been instrumental in the orchestration of the [[Swim Across America|Atlanta Swim Across America]] event which he helped kickstart in 2015. Since 2015, the Atlanta event has raised over $3 million for cancer research, treatment, and development. |
Gjertsen has been instrumental in the orchestration of the [[Swim Across America|Atlanta Swim Across America]] event which he helped kickstart in 2015. Since 2015, the Atlanta event has raised over $3 million for cancer research, treatment, and development. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Full name | Douglas Seneca Gjertsen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Doug" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Phillipsburg, New Jersey, U.S. | 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 at Austin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Douglas Seneca Gjertsen (born July 31, 1967) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
Gjertsen was the third member of the record-setting U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The American team of Troy Dalbey, Matt Cetlinski, Gjertsen and Matt Biondi set a new world record with a time of 7:12.51. He also received a bronze medal for swimming for the third-place U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×100-meter freestyle relay.[1]
Four years later at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, he was the fourth member of the third-place U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay; the American team of Joe Hudepohl, Mel Stewart, Jon Olsen and Gjertsen won the bronze medal with a time of 7:16.23. Individually, he finished eighth in the final of the men's 200-meter freestyle, recording a time of 1:50.57.[1]
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.
Gjertsen is formerly the head coach of SwimAtlanta and is currently the head coach for Alamo Area Aquatics Association in San Antonio, Texas. He has served as the personal coach for one of the best Latvian swimmers, Andrejs Dūda. He currently serves as the personal coach for former American record holder Amanda Weir.
Gjertsen has been instrumental in the orchestration of the Atlanta Swim Across America event which he helped kickstart in 2015. Since 2015, the Atlanta event has raised over $3 million for cancer research, treatment, and development.
See also[edit]
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of University of Texas at Austin alumni
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
- World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
References[edit]
- ^ a b Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Doug Gjertsen Archived 2011-05-19 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
- 1969 births
- Living people
- American male freestyle swimmers
- American swimming coaches
- World record setters in swimming
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in swimming
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
- Sportspeople 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
- Swimmers from New Jersey
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Dunwoody High School alumni