- Doug Gjertsen
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Doug Gjertsen Personal information Born July 31, 1969 Medal recordMen’s swimming Competitor for the 
United StatesOlympic Games Gold 1988 Seoul 4x100 m freestyle Gold 1988 Seoul 4x200 m freestyle Bronze 1992 Barcelona 4x200 m freestyle World Championships (LC) Gold 1991 Perth 4x100 m freestyle Silver 1991 Perth 4x200 m freestyle Pan Pacific Games Gold 1989 Tokyo 200 m freestyle Gold 1989 Tokyo 4x100 m freestyle Gold 1989 Tokyo 4x200 m freestyle Bronze 1989 Tokyo 100 m freestyle Douglas ("Doug") Seneca Gjertsen (born July 31, 1969 in Phillipsburg, New Jersey) is a former American swimmer.
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1988 Summer Olympics
He was the third member of the United States' world record 4x200 freestyle relay team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. This team set the world record with a time of 7:12.51
1992 Summer Olympics
He was also the fourth member of the United States' bronze medal 4x200 freestyle relay team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain with a time of 7:16.23
Collegiate career
He swam collegiately for Texas where he was a three time individual NCAA champion and a nine-time relay NCAA champion.
He was inducted into the Longhorn Hall of Honor in September 2006 for his accomplishments not only at Texas but also on the Olympic stage.
Coaching career
Doug is currently a coach for SwimAtlanta and for one of the best Latvian swimmers, Andrejs Duda.
References
1988 USA Olympic Swimming Team Men's Team Mike Barrowman • David Berkoff • Steve Bigelow • Matt Biondi • Matt Cetlinski • Troy Dalbey • Mark Dean • Doug Gjertsen • Chris Jacobs • Tom Jager • Shaun Jordan • Dan Jorgensen • Lars Jorgensen • Jeff Kostoff • Brett Lang • Jay Mortenson • Craig Oppel • Rich Schroeder • Kirk Stackle • Bill Stapleton • Melvin Stewart • Dan Veatch • Daniel Watters • Dave Wharton
Women's Team Beth Barr • Tami Bruce • Janet Evans • Leigh Ann Fetter • Erika Hansen • Andrea Hayes • Whitney Hedgepeth • Janel Jorgensen • Mitzi Kremer • Susan Lipscomb • Tracey McFarlane • Mary T. Meagher • Betsy Mitchell • Trina Radke • Susan Rapp • Jill Sterkel • Dara Torres • Laura Walker • Mary Wayte • Paige Zemina
Coaches Steve Bultman • Dick Hannula (manager) • Mitch Ivey • Frank Keefe • Skip Kenney • Richard Quick • Eddie Reese • Randy Reese • Mark Schubert
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
World Long Course Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay 1973: United States (Nash, Bottom, Montgomery, Murphy) • 1975: United States (Furniss, Montgomery, Coan, Murphy) • 1978: United States (Babashoff, Gaines, Montgomery, McCagg) • 1982: United States (Cavanaugh, Leamy, McCagg, Gaines) • 1986: United States (Jager, Heath, Wallace, Biondi) • 1991: United States (Jager, Lang, Gjertsen, Biondi) • 1994: United States (Olsen, Davis, Taner, Hall, Jr.) • 1998: United States (Tucker, Olsen, Walker, Hall, Jr.) • 2001: Australia (Klim, Callus, Pearson, Thorpe) • 2003: Russia (Kapralov, Usov, Pimankov, Popov) • 2005: United States (Phelps, Walker, Dusing, Lezak) • 2007: United States (Phelps, Walker, Jones, Lezak) • 2009: United States (Phelps, Lochte, Grevers, Adrian) • 2011: Australia (Magnussen, Targett, Abood, Sullivan)
Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 200 m Freestyle 1985: Michael Heath (USA) • 1987: Craig Oppel (USA) • 1989: Doug Gjertsen (USA) • 1991: Ian Brown (AUS) • 1993: Josh Davis (USA) • 1995: Danyon Loader (NZL) • 1997: Michael Klim (AUS) • 1999: Ian Thorpe (AUS) • 2002: Ian Thorpe (AUS) • 2006: Klete Keller (USA) • 2010: Ryan Lochte (USA)
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) • 2010: USA (Phelps, Lochte, Lezak, Adrian)
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) • 2010: USA (Phelps, Vanderkaay, Berens, Lochte)
Categories:- American swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Texas Longhorns swimmers
- 1969 births
- Living people
- People from Warren County, New Jersey
- American swimming coaches
- Former world record holders in swimming
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Male freestyle swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
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