Shaun M. Jordan (born February 1, 1968) is an American former competition swimmer who was highly successful as a member of the U.S. freestyle relay teams in the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics.
Jordan won two Olympic gold medals. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, he earned his first gold medal by the winning U.S. men's team in the qualifying heats of the 4×100-meter freestyle. He received his second gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, again by swimming in the preliminary heats for the first-place U.S. team in the 4×100-meter freestyle.
Jordan won a gold medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay and a bronze in the individual 100-meter freestyle at the 1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. He attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he swam for coach Eddie Reese's Texas Longhorns swimming and diving team from 1988 to 1991. He was a member of the Longhorns' four consecutive NCAA national championships team, and he was also a three-time NCAA individual national champion: the 50-yard freestyle (1991); 100-yard freestyle (1989 and 1991); and was a 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle Southwest Conference record holder. Jordan holds the Texas Longhorns' 100-yard freestyle record and was captain of the Longhorns' 1990-91 NCAA national championship team.[1] The second time Shaun played golf he shot a hole-in-one.
He graduated from the University of Texas with a bachelor's degree in economics in 1991. In 1997 he received his master of business administration (M.B.A.) degree with a focus in marketing from the University of Texas. He works as a marketing director at Abraham Trading Company, a managed futurescommodity trading advisor (CTA).[2]
shaun, jordan, shaun, jordan, born, february, 1968, american, former, competition, swimmer, highly, successful, member, freestyle, relay, teams, 1988, 1992, summer, olympics, personal, informationfull, nameshaun, jordannational, teamunited, statesborn, 1968, f. Shaun M Jordan born February 1 1968 is an American former competition swimmer who was highly successful as a member of the U S freestyle relay teams in the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics Shaun JordanPersonal informationFull nameShaun M JordanNational teamUnited StatesBorn 1968 02 01 February 1 1968 age 56 Jacksonville FloridaHeight6 ft 0 in 183 cm Weight150 lb 68 kg SportSportSwimmingStrokesFreestyleCollege teamUniversity of TexasMedal record Men s swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 1988 Seoul 4x100 m freestyle 1992 Barcelona 4x100 m freestyle Pan Pacific Championships 1991 Edmonton 4x100 m freestyle 1991 Edmonton 100 m freestyle Jordan won two Olympic gold medals At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul South Korea he earned his first gold medal by the winning U S men s team in the qualifying heats of the 4 100 meter freestyle He received his second gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Spain again by swimming in the preliminary heats for the first place U S team in the 4 100 meter freestyle Jordan won a gold medal in the 4 100 meter freestyle relay and a bronze in the individual 100 meter freestyle at the 1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships He attended the University of Texas at Austin where he swam for coach Eddie Reese s Texas Longhorns swimming and diving team from 1988 to 1991 He was a member of the Longhorns four consecutive NCAA national championships team and he was also a three time NCAA individual national champion the 50 yard freestyle 1991 100 yard freestyle 1989 and 1991 and was a 50 yard and 100 yard freestyle Southwest Conference record holder Jordan holds the Texas Longhorns 100 yard freestyle record and was captain of the Longhorns 1990 91 NCAA national championship team 1 The second time Shaun played golf he shot a hole in one He graduated from the University of Texas with a bachelor s degree in economics in 1991 In 1997 he received his master of business administration M B A degree with a focus in marketing from the University of Texas He works as a marketing director at Abraham Trading Company a managed futures commodity trading advisor CTA 2 See also editList of Olympic medalists in swimming men List of University of Texas at Austin alumniReferences edit National Collegiate Athletic Association The New York Times Abraham Trading Company abrahamtrading com Archived from the original on 2007 02 06 Retrieved 2006 12 31 External links editShaun Jordan Texas Longhorns Hall of Fame profile at the Wayback Machine archived December 1 2006 Shaun Jordan at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to a United States swimmer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shaun Jordan amp oldid 1153557965, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
