Jay Mortenson

Jay Mortenson

Personal information
Full name	Jay Paul Mortenson
National team	United States
Born	(1966-09-26) September 26, 1966 (age 58) Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke, butterfly
Club	Maple Bluff Country Club
College team	Stanford University
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 1988 Seoul 4x100 m medley relay Summer Universiade 1987 Zagreb 4x100 m medley 1987 Zagreb 100 m backstroke

Jay Paul Mortenson (born September 26, 1966) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist.

As a high school competitor from 1982 to 1985 at West High School in Madison, Wisconsin, Mortenson won a total of ten individual state championships, with the team winning state titles in each of those seasons. ^[1]

Swimming for the Stanford Cardinal from 1986 to 1989, Mortenson was a part of four team conference titles in the Pac-10 and two NCAA national championships (1986 and 1987). Individually, Jay collected ten Pac-10 titles, with three in the 100-yard backstroke, three in the 100-yard butterfly, three in the 400-yard medley relay, and one in the 200-yard medley relay. ^{[2] [3]} With individual NCAA titles, Jay won the 100-yard butterfly in 1988 and 1989, the 100-yard backstroke in 1988, and the 400-yard medley relay in 1987. ^[4]

At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, Mortenson earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×100-meter medley relay. Jay also finished sixth in the final of the men's 100-meter butterfly, and eleventh overall in the B Final of the men's 100-meter backstroke. ^[5]

Mortenson was inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame in 2011 ^[6] and the Madison Sports Hall of Fame in 2012. ^{[7] [8]}

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)

References

1. "Boys Swimming & Diving History". wiaawi.org. Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association . Retrieved May 29, 2025.
2. "Pac-12 Champions". gostanford.com. Stanford Athletics. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
3. "Senior Jay Mortenson won..." latimes.com. The Los Angeles Times. March 12, 1989.
4. "Stanford Men's Swimming Championship History" (PDF). gostanford.com. Stanford Athletics. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
5. Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Jay Mortenson Archived 2012-10-19 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved November 8, 2012.
6. "Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame". gostanford.com. Stanford Cardinal . Retrieved May 29, 2025.
7. "Hall of Fame". madisonsportshalloffame.org. Madison Sports Hall of Fame Club. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
8. "Quartet inducted as 50th class to Madison Sports Hall of Fame". madison.com. Wisconsin State Journal. June 6, 2012.