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Jon Olsen

Personal information
Full nameJon C. Olsen
NationalityUnited States
StrokesFreestyle
ClubCurl-Burke
College teamAlabama Crimson Tide
Birth dateApril 25, 1969(age 41)
Birth placeNew Britain, Connecticut
Height1.95 m (6 ft 4.8 in)

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Jon C. B. Olsen (born April 25, 1969 in Jonesboro, Arkansas) is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States, who was highly successful as a member of the US relay teams in the 1990s.

Olsen won a total number of five Olympic medals, including four golds. They were collected at the 1992 and the 1996 Summer Olympics. During his career Olsen was trained by former freestyle sprinter Jonty Skinner.

Olsen was also coached by the current Laurel Swim Association head coach, Warren Holladay, who was once an assistant coach at the University of Alabama.

Olsen swam collegiately for University of Alabama.

Olsen currently resides in the Florida Keys with his family where he coaches swimming.He has 2 daughters and 1 son.


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Medal Record
Men’s swimming
Competitor for the United States
Olympic Games
Gold1992 Barcelona4x100 m freestyle
Gold1992 Barcelona4x100 m medley
Gold1996 Atlanta4x100 m freestyle
Gold1996 Atlanta4x200 m freestyle
Bronze1992 Barcelona4x200 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Gold1994 Rome4x100 m freestyle
Gold1998 Perth4x100 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Gold1993 Palma4x100 m medley
Silver1993 Palma4x100 m freestyle
Bronze1993 Palma100 m freestyle
Pan American Games
Gold1995 Mar del Plata4x100 m freestyle
Gold1995 Mar del Plata4x200 m freestyle
Gold1995 Mar del Plata4x100 m medley
Silver1995 Mar del Plata100 m freestyle
Pan Pacific Games
Gold1989 Tokyo4x100 m freestyle
Gold1989 Tokyo4x200 m freestyle
Gold1991 Edmonton4x100 m freestyle
Gold1991 Edmonton4x200 m freestyle
Gold1993 Kobe50 m freestyle
Gold1993 Kobe100 m freestyle
Gold1993 Kobe4x100 m freestyle
Gold1993 Kobe4x100 m medley
Gold1995 Atlanta4x100 m freestyle
Gold1997 Fukuoka4x100 m freestyle
Silver1989 Tokyo200 m freestyle
Silver1995 Atlanta100 m freestyle

1992 USA Olympic Swimming Team

Men's Team
Mike Barrowman * David Berkoff * Matt Biondi * Greg Burgess * Hans Dersch * Nelson Diebel * Lawrence Frostad * Doug Gjertsen * Joe Hudepohl * Scott Jaffe * Tom Jager * Shaun Jordan * Dan Jorgensen * Ron Karnaugh * Sean Killion * Pablo Morales * Eric Namesnik * Jon Olsen * Jeff Rouse * Roque Santos * Tripp Schwenk * Royce Sharp * Melvin Stewart * Joel Thomas * Dave Wharton
Women's Team
Crissy Ahmann-Leighton * Janet Evans * Nicole Haislett * Erika Hansen * Jill Johnson * Megan Kleine * Lea Loveless * Angel Martino * Anita Nall * Summer Sanders * Ashley Tappin * Jenny Thompson * Dara Torres * Janie Wagstaff * Angie Wester-Krieg
Coaches
Mike Hastings * Richard Quick * Eddie Reese * Mark Schubert * Richard Shoulberg * Nort Thornton * Jon Urbanchek

1996 USA Olympic Swimming Team

Men's Team
Ryan Berube * Brad Bridgewater * Carlton Bruner * Greg Burgess * Ray Carey * Josh Davis * Tom Dolan * David Fox * Kurt Grote * Gary Hall, Jr. * John Hargis * Mark Henderson * Joe Hudepohl * Jeremy Linn * Tom Malchow * Eric Namesnik * Jon Olsen * John Piersma * Jeff Rouse * Brad Schumacher * Tripp Schwenk * Scott Tucker * Peter Wright * Eric Wunderlich
Women's Team
Amanda Beard * Brooke Bennett * Beth Botsford * Janet Evans * Catherine Fox * Whitney Hedgepeth * Trina Jackson * Lisa Jacob * Angel Martino * Whitney Metzler * Kristine Quance * Annette Salmeen * Jilen Siroky * Sheila Taormina * Cristina Teuscher * Jenny Thompson * Melanie Valerio * Amy Van Dyken * Allison Wagner * Ashley Whitney
Coaches
Skip Kenney * David Marsh * Richard Quick * Eddie Reese * Mark Schubert * Jonty Skinner * Murray Stephens * Gregg Troy * Jon Urbanchek

Olympic Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay

1964: USA (Clark, Austin, Ilman, Schollander) * 1968: USA (Zorn, Rerych, Spitz, Walsh) * 1972: USA (Edgar, Murphy, Heidenreich, Spitz) * 1984: USA (Cavanaugh, Heath, Biondi, Gaines) * 1988: USA (Jacobs, Dalbey, Jager, Biondi) * 1992: USA (Hudepohl, Biondi, Jager, Olsen) * 1996: USA (Olsen, Davis, Schumacher, Hall, Jr.) * 2000: Australia (Klim, Fydler, Callus, Thorpe) * 2004: South Africa (Schoeman, Ferns, Townsend, Neethling) * 2008: USA (Phelps, Weber-Gale, Jones, Lezak)

Olympic Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay

1960 USA (McKinney, Hait, Larson, Farrell) * 1964 USA (Mann, Craig, Schmidt, Clark) * 1968 USA (Hickcox, McKenzie, Russell, Walsh) * 1972 USA (Stamm, Bruce, Spitz, Heidenreich) * 1976 USA (Naber, Hencken, Vogel, Montgomery) * 1980 Australia (Kerry, Evans, Tonelli, Brooks) * 1984 USA (Carey, Lundquist, Morales, Gaines) * 1988 USA (Berkoff, Schroeder, Biondi, Jacobs) * 1992 USA (Rouse, Diebel, Morales, Olsen) * 1996 USA (Rouse, Linn, Henderson, Hall, Jr.) * 2000 USA (Krayzelburg, Moses, Crocker, Hall, Jr.) * 2004 USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Crocker, Lezak) * 2008 USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Phelps, Lezak)

World Short Course Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay

1993: United States (Schwenk, Wunderlich, Henderson, Olsen) * 1995: New Zealand (Winter, Kent, Callaghan, Bray) * 1997: Australia (Radley, Rogers, Huegill, Klim) * 1999: Australia (Welsh, Rogers, Klim, Fydler) * 2000: United States (Krayzelburg, Marrs, Walker, Tucker) * 2002: United States (Peirsol, Denniston, Marshall, Lezak) * 2004: United States (Peirsol, Hansen, Crocker, Lezak) * 2006: Australia (Welsh, Rickard, Pine, Callus) * 2008: Russia (Donets, Geybel, Korotyshkin, Sukhorukov)

Pan American Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay

1967: United States (Walsh, Fitzmaurice, Spitz, Schollander) * 1971: United States (Edgar, Genter, Heidenreich, Heckl) * 1975: United States (Babashoff, Ruby, Grattan, Abbott) * 1979: United States (Gaines, Babashoff, Newton, McCagg) * 1983: United States (Leamy, Gribble, Cavanaugh, Gaines) * 1987: United States (Born, McCadam, Robinson, Dudley) * 1991: Brazil (Ferreira, Nascimento, Rebolal, Borges) * 1995: United States (Hall, Jager, Davis, Olsen) * 1999: Brazil (Scherer, Quintaes, Cordeiro, Borges) * 2003: Brazil (Jayme, Borges, Scherer, Souza) * 2007: Brazil (Silva, Deboni, Oliveira, Cielo)

Pan American Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay

1951: United States (Gora, Jones, Cleveland, Heusner) * 1955: United States (Smith, Yorzyk, Moore, McLane) * 1959: United States (Blick, Sintz, Rounsavelle, Winters) * 1963: United States (Ilman, McDonough, Lyons, Townsend) * 1967: United States (Schollander, Hickcox, Charlton, Spitz) * 1971: United States (Heidenreich, McConica, Genter, Heckl) * 1975: United States (DeMont, Favero, Horner, Curington) * 1979: United States (Goodell, Larson, Kirshner, Gaines) * 1983: United States (Larson, Saeger, Hayes, Gaines) * 1987: United States (Robinson, Jones, O'Brien, Witchell) * 1991: United States (Keppeler, Wells, Tippins, Diehl) * 1995: United States (Olsen, Davis, Berube, Burgess) * 1999: United States (Messner, Phillips, Howard, Tucker) * 2003: United States (Lochte, Goldberg, Lee, Ketchum) * 2007: Brazil (Pereira, Castro, Salatta, Oliveira)

Pan American Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay

1951: United States (Stack, Stassforth, Cleveland) * 1955: United States (McKinney, Maguire, Baarcke, Scholes) * 1959: United States (McKinney, Munsch, Troy, Farrell) * 1963: United States (McGeagh, Craig, Richardson, Kirby) * 1967: United States (Russell, Webb, Spitz, Walsh) * 1971: United States (Murphy, Job, Heidenreich, Heckl) * 1975: United States (Rocca, Colella, Curington, Babashoff) * 1979: United States (Jackson, Lundquist, Placak, McCagg) * 1983: United States (Carey, Lundquist, Gribble, Gaines) * 1987: United States (Gill, Korhammer, King, Dudley) * 1991: United States (Gill, Dersch, Merrell, Thomas) * 1995: United States (Rouse, Van Neerden, Henderson, Olsen) * 1999: Brazil (Massura, Tomazini, Scherer, Borges) * 2003: United States (Marshall, Gangloff, Michaelson, Brunelli) * 2007: United States (Bal, Gangloff, Berens, Grant)

Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 50 m Freestyle

1985: Matt Biondi (USA) * 1987 - 1991: Tom Jager (USA) * 1993: Jon Olsen (USA) * 1995: Gary Hall Jr. (USA) * 1997: Ricardo Busquets (PUR) & Bill Pilczuk (USA) * 1999: Brendon Dedekind (RSA) * 2002: Jason Lezak (USA) * 2006: Cullen Jones (USA)

Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 100 m Freestyle

1985 - 1987: Matt Biondi (USA) * 1989: Brent Lang (USA) * 1991: Matt Biondi (USA) * 1993: Jon Olsen (USA) * 1995: Gary Hall Jr. (USA) * 1997 - 1999: Michael Klim (AUS) * 2002: Ian Thorpe (AUS) * 2006: Brent Hayden (CAN)

Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay

1985: USA (McCadam, Heath, Wallace, Biondi) * 1987: USA (Jacobs, Oppel, Dalbey, Biondi) * 1989: USA (Lang, Olsen, Gjertsen, Jager) * 1991: USA (Jordan, Jager, Olsen, Biondi) * 1993: USA (Hudepohl, Pepper, Fox, Olsen) * 1995: USA (Fox, Hudepohl, Olsen, Hall) * 1997: USA (Tucker, Schumacher, Olsen, Walker) * 1999: AUS (Klim, English, Fydler, Thorpe) * 2002: AUS (Callus, Pearson, Hackett, Thorpe) * 2006: USA (Phelps, Walker, Jones, Lezak)

Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay

1985: USA (Heath, Biondi, Dillon, Oppel) * 1987: USA (Dalbey, Biondi, Cetlinski, Oppel) * 1989: USA (Stewart, Jorgensen, Olsen, Gjertsen) * 1991: USA (Dalbey, Jorgensen, Hudepohl, Olsen) * 1993: USA (Burgess, Eckerman, Taner, Davis) * 1995: AUS (Allen, Housman, Dunn, Kowalski) * 1997: USA (Carvin, Malchow, Taner, Davis) * 1999: AUS (Thorpe, Kirby, Hackett, Klim) * 2002: AUS (Hackett, Stevens, Cram, Thorpe) * 2006: USA (Phelps, Lochte, Vanderkaay, Keller)

Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay

1985: USA (Carey, Moffet, Morales, Biondi) * 1987: USA (Veatch, Schroeder, Morales, Biondi) * 1989: USA (Rouse, Korhammer, Morales, Biondi) * 1991: USA (Rouse, Barrowman, Henderson, Biondi) * 1993: USA (Rouse, Van Neerden, Henderson, Olsen) * 1995: USA (Rouse, Wunderlich, Henderson, Hall) * 1997: USA (Krayzelburg, Grote, Dusing, Walker) * 1999: USA (Krayzelburg, Grote, Wales, Walker) * 2002: USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Phelps, Lezak) * 2006: USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Crocker, Lezak)



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