Jay Paul Mortenson (born September 26, 1966) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. He earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×100-meter medley relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He also finished sixth in the final of the men's 100-meter butterfly, and eleventh overall in the B Final of the men's 100-meter backstroke.[1]
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Full name | Jay Paul Mortenson | |||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | September 26, 1966 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke, butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Stanford University | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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edit- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Jay Mortenson Archived 2012-10-19 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 8, 2012.