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Megan Jendrick

February 17, 2023

Megan M. Jendrick (née Quann, born January 15, 1984) is an American former competition swimmer, former world 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 set 27 American records and four world records in her swimming career. She is a 13-time national champion, ten-time U.S. Open champion, seven-time masters world record-holder, and fifteen-time U.S. Masters national record-holder. Jendrick is married to American author Nathan Jendrick.

Megan Jendrick
Personal information
Birth nameMegan M. Quann
Full nameMegan M. Jendrick
Nickname(s)"MJ"
National team United States
Born (1984-01-15) January 15, 1984 (age 39)
Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight140 lb (64 kg)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
CoachNate Jendrick
Medal record

Career

Jendrick first made her mark on the swimming world in 1998. During the course of that year, she took 3rd in the 100-meter breaststroke at the national championships held in Clovis, California, and later captured her first national championship in that same event during the nationals held in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In Minnesota, she was presented the Phillips 66 Performance Award.

At the U.S. Open that same year, in College Station, Texas, Jendrick won both the 100 and 200-meter breaststrokes. In the 100-meter event, she broke the 50-meter American record at the 50-meter split of the race—a rare feat—and her final time of 1:07.14 broke the American record that had been held by Olympian Tracy Caulkins for 17 years. To round out her year, Jendrick would win a gold (400-meter medley relay) and a bronze (100-meter breaststroke) at the Goodwill Games in New York.

In 2000, Jendrick was the youngest medalist on the U.S. Olympic swim team and second-youngest athlete overall (only Michael Phelps was younger). Jendrick went on to win gold medals in the 100-meter breaststroke (setting an American record) and 4×100-meter medley relay (setting a World record), and subsequently she was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine, becoming one of a small number of women to be honored as such. Jendrick has additionally been featured on covers of newspapers such as The Seattle Times, The New York Times, and USA Today.

At the 2001 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Jendrick earned a silver medal on the 4×100-meter medley relay.

After failing to make the 2004 Athens Olympic team, missing qualifying by eleven one-hundredths of a second, Jendrick retired from swimming. Shortly thereafter, she was inducted into the Pacific Northwest Swimming Hall of Fame, class of 2004.

After coming out of retirement, Jendrick was the star of the 2005 World University Games in Izmir, Turkey, winning three gold medals and setting two University Games records. At those games, she was the only American woman to capture individual gold in two events. Jendrick was only the second woman to swim the 100-yard breaststroke in under a minute and was also the second woman in history to swim the 100-yard breaststroke in under 59 seconds.

In 2006, Jendrick was the subject of a question on the December 6 episode of the game show Jeopardy!. The question for $1,600 was under the subject "12 Letter Words" and read, "In the 2000 Summer Olympics, the USA's Megan Quann swam the 100m in this event in 1:07.05 to win gold."

In 2007, Jendrick won the silver medal in the 200-meter breaststroke at the 12th FINA World Championships.[1]

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 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. With the disqualification of Jessica Hardy, who was dropped from the team after testing positive for a banned substance (clenbuterol), Jendrick was officially the winner of the event at the U.S. Olympic Trials. 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 4×100-meter medley relay.[2] Competing under her married name Megan Jendrick (she competed as Megan Quann in 2000), she became only the third person to win Olympic swimming medals under two different names and just the second American to do so. The first was Eleanor Garatti (later Saville) in 1928 and 1932, the second was Libby Lenton (later Trickett) in 2004 and 2008.

On July 25, 2009, Jendrick set the 27th American record of her career, this time in unusual fashion. 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.

In 2012, just seven months after giving birth to her first child, Jendrick competed at the U.S. Olympic Trials. In 2013, she swam at the U.S. National Championships, winning bronze in the 50-meter breaststroke. On September 24, 2013, Jendrick announced her retirement from international swimming.[3]

Personal

 
Megan Jendrick at a swim clinic.

Jendrick graduated from Emerald Ridge High School in Puyallup, Washington. Jendrick attended Pacific Lutheran University in Parkland, Washington, before enrolling at, and graduating from, Arizona State University.

In December 2004, Jendrick 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.

In 2006, Jendrick was honored as the female recipient of the Henry Iba Citizen Athlete Award,[4] with the male honoree that year being former NFL quarterback Drew Bledsoe. She was also 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 Award, 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, FitnessRxMag.com.

Late in 2011, Jendrick gave birth to a son named Daethan. In 2014, the Jendricks welcomed a daughter, Sydney.

In 2019, Jendrick was inducted to the Washington State Sports Hall of Fame. [5]

Jendrick and her family live in Buckley, Washington.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ . Archived from the original on June 6, 2007. Retrieved June 9, 2007.
  2. ^ "ESPN Sydney Swimming". Retrieved March 14, 2009.
  3. ^ NBCSports.com
  4. ^ "Henry P. Iba Citizen Athlete Award". Retrieved June 30, 2017.
  5. ^ Megan Jendrick Inducted into state of Washington Hall of Fame | SwimSwam Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  6. ^ Megan Jendrick to teach young swimmers at Fife Swim Center | ZwemZa Retrieved 2018-12-15.

External links

  • Official website  
  • Megan Jendrick at FINA
  • Megan Jendrick at TeamUSA.org  
  • Megan Jendrick at Olympics.com  
  • Megan Jendrick at Olympedia  
  • Olympic gold winner takes time out from studies to train for Summer Olympics
  • Henry P. Iba Citizen Athlete Past Honorees

February 17, 2023
megan, jendrick, megan, jendrick, née, quann, born, january, 1984, american, former, competition, swimmer, former, world, record, holder, fitness, columnist, gold, medals, 2000, summer, olympics, silver, medal, 2008, summer, olympics, jendrick, american, recor. Megan M Jendrick nee Quann born January 15 1984 is an American former competition swimmer former world 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 set 27 American records and four world records in her swimming career She is a 13 time national champion ten time U S Open champion seven time masters world record holder and fifteen time U S Masters national record holder Jendrick is married to American author Nathan Jendrick Megan JendrickPersonal informationBirth nameMegan M QuannFull nameMegan M JendrickNickname s MJ National team United StatesBorn 1984 01 15 January 15 1984 age 39 Tacoma Washington U S Height5 ft 7 in 170 cm Weight140 lb 64 kg SportSportSwimmingStrokesBreaststrokeCoachNate JendrickMedal record Women s swimmingRepresenting the United StatesOlympic Games2000 Sydney 100 m breaststroke2000 Sydney 4 100 m medley2008 Beijing 4 100 m medley relayWorld Championships LC 2001 Fukuoka 4 100 m medley2007 Melbourne 200 m breaststrokePan Pacific Championships1999 Sydney 4 100 m medley1999 Sydney 100 m breaststroke2006 Victoria 100 m breaststrokeSummer Universiade2005 Izmir 50 m breaststroke2005 Izmir 100 m breaststroke2005 Izmir 4 100 m medley Contents 1 Career 2 Personal 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksCareer EditJendrick first made her mark on the swimming world in 1998 During the course of that year she took 3rd in the 100 meter breaststroke at the national championships held in Clovis California and later captured her first national championship in that same event during the nationals held in Minneapolis Minnesota In Minnesota she was presented the Phillips 66 Performance Award At the U S Open that same year in College Station Texas Jendrick won both the 100 and 200 meter breaststrokes In the 100 meter event she broke the 50 meter American record at the 50 meter split of the race a rare feat and her final time of 1 07 14 broke the American record that had been held by Olympian Tracy Caulkins for 17 years To round out her year Jendrick would win a gold 400 meter medley relay and a bronze 100 meter breaststroke at the Goodwill Games in New York In 2000 Jendrick was the youngest medalist on the U S Olympic swim team and second youngest athlete overall only Michael Phelps was younger Jendrick went on to win gold medals in the 100 meter breaststroke setting an American record and 4 100 meter medley relay setting a World record and subsequently she was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine becoming one of a small number of women to be honored as such Jendrick has additionally been featured on covers of newspapers such as The Seattle Times The New York Times and USA Today At the 2001 World Championships in Fukuoka Japan Jendrick earned a silver medal on the 4 100 meter medley relay After failing to make the 2004 Athens Olympic team missing qualifying by eleven one hundredths of a second Jendrick retired from swimming Shortly thereafter she was inducted into the Pacific Northwest Swimming Hall of Fame class of 2004 After coming out of retirement Jendrick was the star of the 2005 World University Games in Izmir Turkey winning three gold medals and setting two University Games records At those games she was the only American woman to capture individual gold in two events Jendrick was only the second woman to swim the 100 yard breaststroke in under a minute and was also the second woman in history to swim the 100 yard breaststroke in under 59 seconds In 2006 Jendrick was the subject of a question on the December 6 episode of the game show Jeopardy The question for 1 600 was under the subject 12 Letter Words and read In the 2000 Summer Olympics the USA s Megan Quann swam the 100m in this event in 1 07 05 to win gold In 2007 Jendrick won the silver medal in the 200 meter breaststroke at the 12th FINA World Championships 1 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 Summer Olympics in Sydney Australia With the disqualification of Jessica Hardy who was dropped from the team after testing positive for a banned substance clenbuterol Jendrick was officially the winner of the event at the U S Olympic Trials 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 4 100 meter medley relay 2 Competing under her married name Megan Jendrick she competed as Megan Quann in 2000 she became only the third person to win Olympic swimming medals under two different names and just the second American to do so The first was Eleanor Garatti later Saville in 1928 and 1932 the second was Libby Lenton later Trickett in 2004 and 2008 On July 25 2009 Jendrick set the 27th American record of her career this time in unusual fashion 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 In 2012 just seven months after giving birth to her first child Jendrick competed at the U S Olympic Trials In 2013 she swam at the U S National Championships winning bronze in the 50 meter breaststroke On September 24 2013 Jendrick announced her retirement from international swimming 3 Personal Edit Megan Jendrick at a swim clinic Jendrick graduated from Emerald Ridge High School in Puyallup Washington Jendrick attended Pacific Lutheran University in Parkland Washington before enrolling at and graduating from Arizona State University In December 2004 Jendrick 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 In 2006 Jendrick was honored as the female recipient of the Henry Iba Citizen Athlete Award 4 with the male honoree that year being former NFL quarterback Drew Bledsoe She was also 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 Award 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 FitnessRxMag com Late in 2011 Jendrick gave birth to a son named Daethan In 2014 the Jendricks welcomed a daughter Sydney In 2019 Jendrick was inducted to the Washington State Sports Hall of Fame 5 Jendrick and her family live in Buckley Washington 6 See also Edit Biography portal Olympics portalList of Olympic medalists in swimming women List of Pacific Lutheran University alumni List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming women World record progression 4 100 metres medley relayReferences Edit 12th FINA World Championships Archived from the original on June 6 2007 Retrieved June 9 2007 ESPN Sydney Swimming Retrieved March 14 2009 NBCSports com Henry P Iba Citizen Athlete Award Retrieved June 30 2017 Megan Jendrick Inducted into state of Washington Hall of Fame SwimSwam Retrieved 2019 07 15 Megan Jendrick to teach young swimmers at Fife Swim Center ZwemZa Retrieved 2018 12 15 External links EditOfficial website Megan Jendrick at FINA Megan Jendrick at TeamUSA org Megan Jendrick at Olympics com Megan Jendrick at Olympedia Olympic gold winner takes time out from studies to train for Summer Olympics Henry P Iba Citizen Athlete Past Honorees Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Megan Jendrick amp oldid 1131808815, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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