Tom Jager

Tom Jager

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Michael Jager
Nickname	"Tom"
Nationality	United States
Born	(1964-10-06) October 6, 1964 East St. Louis, Illinois
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	181 lb (82 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
College team	University of California, Los Angeles
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles 4×100 m freestyle 1984 Los Angeles 4×100 m medley 1988 Seoul 4×100 m freestyle 1988 Seoul 4×100 m medley 1992 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle 1988 Seoul 50 m freestyle 1992 Barcelona 50 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 1986 Madrid 50 m freestyle 1986 Madrid 4×100 m freestyle 1991 Perth 50 m freestyle 1991 Perth 4×100 m freestyle 1986 Madrid 100 m freestyle Pan Pacific Games 1987 Brisbane 50 m freestyle 1989 Tokyo 50 m freestyle 1989 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle 1991 Edmonton 50 m freestyle 1991 Edmonton 4×100 m freestyle Pan American Games 1995 Mar del Plata 4×100 m freestyle

Thomas Michael "Tom" Jager (born October 6, 1964) is an American former competition swimmer, five-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Jager set the 50-meter freestyle world record on six occasions during his career. He held this record for over ten years from August 1989 to June 2000.

Jager won seven Olympic medals for the United States. He won five gold medals in relay events. He also won an individual silver medal in the 50-meter freestyle in 1988, and an individual bronze medal in the 50-meter freestyle in 1992.

At the World Championships, Jager won gold medals in the 50 meter freestyle in 1986 and 1991. He also won gold medals in the 50-meter freestyle at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in 1989 and 1991.

Jager was also an eleven-time United States national champion and a five-time NCAA champion.

Jager was inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2001.

Coaching career

In 2004, Jager became the Head Coach of the University of Idaho women's swim team.

On May 2, 2011, Jager accepted the head coaching job at Washington State University.

Family

Tom is the youngest of a family of swimming siblings. While under a swimming scholarship at the University of Iowa, his eldest sister Diane was an All-American swimmer. His brother Bill qualified for Nationals while in high school and then went on to earn a full swimming scholarship at the University of Illinois. All three siblings went on to work as swimming coaches.

Tom has two sons, Wyatt (born 1996) and Cy (born 1999), both of whom swim for his swimming club, the Gold Medal Swim Club.

See also

• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
• List of University of California, Los Angeles people
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
• World record progression 50 metres freestyle
• World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay

External links

• Tom Jager – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
• Tom Jager (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame