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Megan Jendrick (born Megan
Quann on January 15, 1984 in Tacoma, Washington) is an American
swimmer,
record holder and fitness columnist. She won two gold medals at the
2000
Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008
Summer Olympics. Jendrick has set 27 American records and one
world record in
her swimming career up to date. She is a ten-time National champion
and ten-time US Open champion.
Career
In 2000, after being the youngest medalist on the US Olympic
swim team with gold in the 100-meter breaststroke and 400 medley
relay, Megan was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated
magazine, becoming one of few women to hold that honor.
Jendrick was the star of the 2005 World University
Games in İzmir, Turkey, winning three gold medals
and setting two Universiade records. At those Games, she was the
only American woman to capture individual gold in two events.
Jendrick was only the second woman to ever swim the 100-yard
breaststroke under 1:00 and was also the second woman in history
(there have only been five now, including herself) to swim
100-yards breaststroke in under 59 seconds.
In 2007, Jendrick won the silver medal in the 200-meter
breaststroke at the 12th FINA World Championships.
On July 1, 2008, Jendrick qualified for the 2008 U.S. Olympic
team in the 100 meter breaststroke, eight years after winning gold
in the event at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Pending the
disqualification of Jessica Hardy, who was dropped from the team
after testing positive for a banned substance, Jendrick is
officially the winner of the event. Jendrick thus made her second
Summer Olympic team after she missed qualifying in that event by a
mere 11 one-hundredths of a second in 2004. In Beijing, Jendrick
silenced many critics by making the final of the 100-meter
breaststroke—ultimately finishing in fifth place—and capturing a
silver medal as part of the 4x100 meter medley relay.
In Beijing, Jendrick became only the third person to win Olympic
swimming medals under two different names and just the second
American. The first was Eleanor Garatti (later Saville) in 1928 and
1932, the second was Libby Lenton (later Trickett) in 2004 and
2008. Jendrick did so in 2000 as Megan Quann, and in 2008 as Megan
Jendrick.
On July 25, 2009, Jendrick set the 27th American Record of her
career. Taking out a 200-meter breaststroke final, she raced her
first 50 in 30.40 seconds, beating the 30.63 record that had been
held by Jessica Hardy since 2007.
Personal
She graduated from Emerald Ridge High School in
Puyallup, Washington. In December
2004, Megan married author Nathan Jendrick.
Jendrick is still often listed as Quann or Quann-Jendrick but
she has said that her legal and professional name is Megan Jendrick
and that the hyphenated version is not correct.
Jendrick is the 2006 recipient of the Henry P. Iba Citizen
Athlete Award, and was nominated that same year for a Golden Goggle
Award, the highest honor outside of swimming an American aquatic
athlete may receive. To date, she is a two-time nominee. From the
Iba, Jendrick donated $10,000 to Children's Hospital in
Seattle.
In late 2008, Jendrick began writing a weekly fitness question
and answer column on the Advanced Research Press publication
website, www.FitnessRxMag.com
See also
External
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References
| Olympic
Champions in Women's 4×100 m Medley Relay |
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1960: USA (Burke, Kempner, Schuler, von Saltza)
| 1964: USA (Ferguson, Goyette, Stouder, Ellis) |
1968: USA (Hall, Ball, Daniel, Pedersen) | 1972: USA (Belote, Carr, Deardurff, Neilson) |
1976: GDR (Richter, Anke, Ender, Pollack) |
1980: GDR (Reinisch, Geweniger, Pollack, Metschuck)
| 1984: USA (Andrews, Caulkins, Meagher, Hogshead) | 1988: GDR (Otto, Hörner, Weigang, Meißner) | 1992: USA (Loveless, Nall, Ahmann-Leighton, Thompson)
| 1996: USA (Botsford, Beard, Martino, Van Dyken) |
2000: USA (Bedford,
Quann, Thompson, Torres) | 2004: AUS (Rooney, Jones, Thomas, Henry) | 2008: AUS (Seebohm, Jones, Schipper, Trickett)
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Pan Pacific Champions in
Women's 4×100 m Medley Relay |
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1985: CAN • 1987: USA
(Linehan, Johnson, Myers, Torres) • 1989: USA (Loveless, McFarlane, Johnson, Fetter) • 1991: USA (Wagstaff, King,
Ahmann-Leighton, Haislett) • 1993: USA (Loveless, Nall, Thompson, Martino) •
1995: AUS (Stevenson, Riley, O'Neill, Ryan) • 1997: USA (Maurer, Kowal, Fox, Thompson) •
1999: USA (Bedford, Quann, Thompson, Kolbisen) • 2002:
AUS (Calub, Jones, Thomas, Henry) •
2006: USA (Coughlin, Hardy, Komisarz, Weir)
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Summer Universiade Champions in Women's 4×100 m
Medley Relay |
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1959: Italy: Unknown •
1961: Soviet Union:
Unknown • 1963: Hungary:
Unknown • 1965: Hungary:
Unknown • 1967: USA: (Moore, Goyette, Randall, Gustavson) • 1970:
USA: (Hall, Kurtz, Colella, McCuen) • 1973:
USA: (Tullis, Arr, Arden,
Tuttle) • 1977: USA: (McCully, Tasnady, Harrell,
Hinderaker) • 1979: USA: (Breedy, Hegel, Rapp, Caulkins) •
1981: USA: (Carlisle, Waters, Sterkel,
Major) • 1983: Soviet Union:
Unknown • 1985: USA: (Donahue, Smith,
Meagher, Johnson) •
1987: USA: (O'Brien, Rhodenbaugh, Eyles,
Berzins) • 1991: USA: (Bedford, Hedman, Morgan, Stoudt) •
1993: USA: (Humphrey, Heisick, Depold,
Perroni) • 1995: USA: (Heydanek, King Bednar,
Campbell, Edwards) • 1997: Japan: Unknown •
1999: Japan: (Inada, Nakashima, Hagiwara, Imoto) 2001:
PR
China: Unknown • 2003:
PR
China: (Zhan Shu, Luo Xuejuan, Xu Yanwei, Pang Jiaying) • 2005:
USA: (McGregory, Jendrick, Christianson, Correia) •
2007: Japan: (Terakawa, Tamura, Kato, Urabe) • 2009: USA:
(Rogers, Freeman, Sims, Kennedy, Scroggy, Ohlgren)
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