Larsen Jensen
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| Full name | Larsen Alan Jensen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Larjo" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 1, 1985 Bakersfield, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 194 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Mission Viejo Nadadores (MVN) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Southern California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Bill Rose (MVN) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Larsen Alan Jensen (born September 1, 1985) is an American former competition swimmer and a two-time Olympic medalist.
Career
[edit]Larsen Jensen was born September 1, 1985, in Bakersfield, California and attended Bakersfield's Garces Memorial High School. He swam for Bakersfield Swim Club under Coach Jim Richey during his High School years, but swam as part of his High School team only in his Freshman and Senior years, as rules restricted club swimmers from swimming with their High School teams. He began swimming with the Mission Viejo Nadadores under Head Coach Bill Rose in the summer prior to his High School Senior year as his coach at the Bakersfield Club had left. In August 2002, Jenson broke the American record for the 800-meter freestyle with a time of 7:52.45, finishing second at the Pan Pacific Championships in Yokohama, Japan.[1]
At the 2003 World Championships, Jensen earned a silver medal in the 800-meter freestyle, his first medal at the international level.[2]
Olympics, 2004-8
[edit]Jenson placed second in the July, 2004 Olympic trials in the 400-meter freestyle with a time of 3:46.56 earning a spot on the U.S. team.[3] He placed first in the Olympic trial finals of the 1500-meter freestyle on July 14, 2004, with a time of 14:56.71.
He competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, winning silver in the 1,500-meter freestyle race, as well as competing in the 400-meter freestyle, where he finished fourth.[4]
Jensen competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he won the bronze medal in the 400-meter freestyle, and also placed fifth in the 1,500-meter freestyle.[5]
At the 2005 World Aquatics Championships, he won silver medals in the 800 and 1,500-meter freestyle races.[4] Jensen completed his degree in political science with a minor in business at the University of Southern California in 2007.[4]
Jensen is the current American record holder in the 400-meter freestyle and former American record holder in the 1,500-meter freestyle.[4]
After Larsen Jensen's career in swimming, he took a career in the military enlisting in the United States Navy and becoming a Navy SEAL from 2009 to 2015.[4]
Following his retirement from the military, Larsen enrolled into Stanford Graduate School of Business and obtained an MBA.
Personal bests (long course)
[edit]| Event | Time | Date |
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| 400 m freestyle | 3:42.78 | August 10, 2008 |
| 1500 m freestyle | 14:45.29 | August 21, 2004 |
See also
[edit]- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of University of Southern California people
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
References
[edit]- ^ Arritt, Dan, "Mission Viejo Set for Another Run", The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, March 15, 2003, pg. 57
- ^ "Silver for Thorpe as Phelps takes records". The Age. Melbourne. July 27, 2003. Retrieved July 14, 2009.
- ^ "World Record for Phelps", Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, July 8, 2004, pg. 45
- ^ a b c d e Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Larsen Jensen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
- ^ Jonathan Sanfilippo (August 8, 2008). "Park Makes History". The Korea Times. Retrieved July 14, 2009.
External links
[edit]- Larsen Jensen at World Aquatics
- Larsen Jensen at Olympics.com
- Larsen Jensen at Olympic.org (archived)
- Larsen Jensen at Olympedia
- Larsen Jensen at USA Swimming (archived June 2, 2021)
- Larsen Jensen at Team USA (archive February 9, 2023)
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- American male freestyle swimmers
- American people of Danish descent
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in swimming
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming
- Sportspeople from Bakersfield, California
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- USC Trojans men's swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- 21st-century American sportsmen