Janel Simone Jorgensen (born May 18, 1971), later known by her married name Janel McArdle, is an American former competition

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

and

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...

specialist. As a 17-year-old at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

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 Elizabeth Cynthia Barr (born December 17, 1971), later known by her married name Beth Isaak,Linton Weeks, Former U.S. Olympians: Then And Now" National Public Radio (August 6, 2008). Retrieved September 16, 2017. is an American former competitio ...

(

backstroke Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimme ...

), Tracey McFarlane (

breaststroke Breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and that it can b ...

), and

Mary Wayte Mary may refer to: People * Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name) Religious contexts * New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below * Mary, mother of Jesus, also ca ...

(freestyle).Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes
Janel Jorgensen
. Retrieved November 13, 2012. Jorgensen received an athletic scholarship to attend Stanford University, where she swam for the

Stanford Cardinal The Stanford Cardinal are the athletic teams that represent Stanford University. As of June, 2022, Stanford's program has won 131 NCAA team championships. Stanford has won at least one NCAA team championship each academic year for 46 consecutive ...

swimming and diving team in

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(NCAA) and

Pacific-10 Conference The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference, that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level. Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Divis ...

competition. In 1992–93, she was the recipient of the

Honda Sports Award The Honda Sports Award is an annual award in the United States, given to the best collegiate female athlete in each of twelve sports. There are four nominees for each sport, and the twelve winners of the Honda Sports Award are automatically in th ...

for Swimming and Diving, recognizing her as the outstanding college female swimmer of the year. In 2021, she was honored to be a part of the CSCAA's 100 Greatest Collegiate Swimmers of All Time. Jorgensen is the current COO of

Swim Across America Swim Across America Inc., (SAA) is a nonprofit dedicated to raising money and awareness for cancer research, prevention, and treatment. It does so by hosting charity swims and donating the proceeds to a hospital. Since its founding, SAA has gr ...

, a national non-profit organization that has raised over $100 million for cancer research, prevention and treatment through swimming events all over the United States.Terry Cookston,
Swim Across America Makes Waves in Rockwall
" ''Rockwall Herald-Banner'' (June 22, 2011). Retrieved November 13, 2012.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jorgensen, Janel 1971 births Living people American female butterfly swimmers Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming Stanford Cardinal women's swimmers Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Swimmers at the 1987 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in swimming 20th-century American women

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