Larsen Jensen
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| Full name | Larsen Alan Jensen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Southern California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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[]
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 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 a MBA.
Personal bests (long course)[]
| 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[]
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of University of Southern California people
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
References[]
- ^ "Silver for Thorpe as Phelps takes records". The Age. Melbourne. July 27, 2003. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
- ^ 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 2016-12-04.
- ^ Jonathan Sanfilippo (August 8, 2008). "Park Makes History". The Korea Times. Retrieved July 14, 2009.
External links[]
- Larsen Jensen at USA Swimming
- Larsen Jensen at FINA
- Larsen Jensen at TeamUSA.org
- Larsen Jensen at Olympics.com
- Larsen Jensen at Olympedia
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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