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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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In 1998, Gjertsen and his teammate Troy Dalbey were accused of stealing a hotel marble lion statue by Korean Police. Both athletes were sent home by USA swimming and were banned from all competition for 18 months. |
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| Full name | Douglas Seneca Gjertsen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Doug" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 31, 1967 Phillipsburg, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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, 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.
In 1998, Gjertsen and his teammate Troy Dalbey were accused of stealing a hotel marble lion statue by Korean Police. Both athletes were sent home by USA swimming and were banned from all competition for 18 months.
Gjertsen is currently the head coach for SwimAtlanta, but has confirmed that he will be retiring in either September or October. He has served as the personal coach for one of the best Latvian swimmers, Andrejs Duda. He currently serves as the personal coach for former American record holder Amanda Weir.
See also
- 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
- ^ a b Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Doug Gjertsen Archived 2011-05-19 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
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- 1969 births
- Living people
- American male freestyle swimmers
- American swimming coaches
- Former world record holders 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