Larsen Jensen

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Larsen Jensen
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President George W. Bush and Laura Bush with Larsen Jensen and Michael Phelps
Personal information
Full nameLarsen Alan Jensen
Nickname"Larjo"
National teamFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Born (1985-09-01) September 1, 1985 (age 39)
Bakersfield, California, U.S.
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight194 lb (88 kg)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Club Mission Viejo Nadadores
College team University of Southern California
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Athens 1500 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Beijing 400 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2003 Barcelona 800 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2005 Montreal 800 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2005 Montreal 1500 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Shanghai 4×200 m freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2002 Yokohama 800 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2002 Yokohama1500 m freestyle

Larsen Alan Jensen (born September 1, 1985) is an American former competition swimmer and a two-time Olympic medalist.

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Career

At the 2003 World Championships, Jensen earned a silver medal in the 800-meter freestyle, his first medal at the international level. [1]

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. [2] At the 2005 World Aquatics Championships, he won silver medals in the 800 and 1,500-meter freestyle races.

Jensen completed his degree in political science with a minor in business at the University of Southern California in 2007.

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. [3]

Jensen is the current American record holder in the 400-meter freestyle and former American record holder in the 1,500-meter freestyle.

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.

Following his retirement from the military, Larsen enrolled into Stanford Graduate School of Business and obtained an MBA.

Personal bests (long course)

EventTimeDate
400 m freestyle 3:42.78August 10, 2008
1500 m freestyle 14:45.29August 21, 2004

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Silver for Thorpe as Phelps takes records". The Age. Melbourne. July 27, 2003. Retrieved July 14, 2009.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Jonathan Sanfilippo (August 8, 2008). "Park Makes History". The Korea Times . Retrieved July 14, 2009.
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