Lars Jorgensen
Personal information
Full nameLars Ploug Jorgensen
National teamUnited States
Born (1970-09-01) September 1, 1970
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight176 lb (80 kg)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
College teamUniversity of Tennessee
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing the United States
Pan Pacific Games
Silver medal – second place 1989 Tokyo 1500 m freestyle
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1987 Indianapolis 1500m freestyle

Lars Ploug Jorgensen (born September 1, 1970) is an American former competitive swimmer who represented the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.[1] Jorgensen competed in the preliminary heats of the men's 1,500-meter freestyle, and finished with the twenty-third-best time overall (15:39.51).[1][2]

Jorgensen is the former head coach of the swimming team for the University of Kentucky. [3]

He is the brother of fellow Olympic swimmer Dan Jorgensen.[1]

In 1995 he set the swim course record with 46:44 for that leg of the Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. [4] His swim record held until 2018, when Jan Sibbersen set the new fastest swim time in 46:29. [5] Lars Jorgensen's swim time of 46:41 from 1998 does not count as valid course record as he did not finish the Ironman World Championship that year. [6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Lars Jorgensen. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
  2. ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games, Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Lars Jorgenson". UKAthletics. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  4. ↑ http://m.ironman.com/assets/files/results/worldchampionship/1995.pdf Archived 2019-03-02 at the Wayback Machine 1995 official Ironman World Championship Results
  5. ↑ http://eu.ironman.com/triathlon/events/americas/ironman/world-championship/results.aspx?y=2018&rd=20181013&race=worldchampionship&bidid=1317&detail=1 2018 official Ironman World Championship Results
  6. ↑ http://m.ironman.com/assets/files/results/worldchampionship/1998.pdf Archived 2019-03-02 at the Wayback Machine 1998 official Ironman World Championship Results


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