- Daniel Jorgensen
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Not to be confused with Dan Jørgensen.
Daniel Jorgensen Personal information Full name Daniel Ploug Jorgensen Nickname(s) "Dan" Nationality 
United StatesBorn April 4, 1968
New London, ConnecticutHeight 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Sport Sport Swimming Stroke(s) Freestyle Medal recordMen’s swimming Competitor for the United StatesOlympic Games Gold 1988 Seoul 4x200 m freestyle Bronze 1992 Barcelona 4x200 m freestyle World Championships (LC) Silver 1991 Perth 4x200 m freestyle Bronze 1986 Madrid 400 m freestyle Bronze 1986 Madrid 1500 m freestyle Bronze 1986 Madrid 4x200 m freestyle Pan Pacific Championships Gold 1989 Tokyo 4x200 m freestyle Gold 1991 Edmonton 4x200 m freestyle Silver 1987 Brisbane 1500 m freestyle Silver 1989 Tokyo 400 m freestyle Bronze 1989 Tokyo 800 m freestyle Bronze 1991 Edmonton 400 m freestyle Daniel ("Dan") Ploug Jorgensen (born April 4, 1968 in New London, Connecticut) is a retired freestyle swimmer from the United States. He competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988. He claimed a gold and a bronze medal with the men's 4x200m freestyle relay team. His brother Lars also swam at the 1988 Olympics for the USA.
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
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:- 1968 births
- Living people
- American swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- People from New London, Connecticut
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Male freestyle swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- American swimming Olympic medalist stubs
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