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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).[1]

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.[2][3] In 2021, she was honored to be a part of the CSCAA's 100 Greatest Collegiate Swimmers of All Time.[4]

Jorgensen is the current COO of Swim Across America, 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.[5]

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  1. ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Janel Jorgensen Archived 2012-11-14 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
  2. ^ Collegiate Women Sports Awards, Past Honda Sports Award Winners for Swimming & Diving. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
  3. ^ "Stanford's Smit wins Honda Award as nation's top female swimmer". www.paloaltoonline.com. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  4. ^ CSCAA Names 100 Greatest Women's Swimmers & Divers
  5. ^ Terry Cookston, "Swim Across America Makes Waves in Rockwall," Rockwall Herald-Banner (June 22, 2011). Retrieved November 13, 2012.
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