Janel Jorgensen
Swimmer, Olympic athlete
1971 –
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Who is Janel Jorgensen?
Janel Simone Jorgensen is an American former competition swimmer and butterfly specialist. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, she won a silver medal as a member of the second-place U.S. team in the women's 4x100-meter medley relay, together with her teammates Beth Barr, Tracey McFarlane, and Mary Wayte.
Jorgensen is the current president of Swim Across America, a national non-profit organization that has raised over $30 million for cancer research, prevention and treatment through swimming events all over the United States.
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