American swimmer
Thomas Michael Jager (born October 6, 1964) is an American former competition swimmer. He is five-time Olympic gold medalist in relay events, a two-time World Championship individual gold medalist for the 50-meter freestyle, and a former world record-holder in two events. 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.
Swimming career
Jager attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and swam for coach Ron Ballatore 's UCLA Bruins swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1983 to 1985. He won NCAA individual national championships in the 100-yard freestyle (1983, 1984), the 50-yard freestyle (1984, 1985), and the 100-yard backstroke (1985). In 1984, he was honored as the Pacific-10 Conference Swimmer of the Year.
He was also an eleven-time United States national open champion.
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 .[1]
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 inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2001.[2]
Coaching career
In 2004, Jager became the head coach of the University of Idaho 's Idaho Vandals women's swim team.[3] Jager then accepted the head coaching position for the Washington State Cougars swim team at Washington State University in 2011.
He is now the head coach of the Aspen Swim club in Colorado.
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.
1984 USA Olympic swimming team
Men's Team Women's Team Coaches
1988 USA Olympic swimming team
Men's Team Women's Team Coaches
1992 USA Olympic swimming team
Qualification Men's Team Women's Team Coaches
Olympic champions in men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
1964 : Steve Clark , Mike Austin , Gary Ilman , Don Schollander (USA )
1968 : Zac Zorn , Stephen Rerych , Mark Spitz , Ken Walsh (USA )
1972 : David Edgar , John Murphy , Jerry Heidenreich , Mark Spitz (USA )
1984 : Chris Cavanaugh , Mike Heath , Matt Biondi , Rowdy Gaines (USA )
1988 : Chris Jacobs , Troy Dalbey , Tom Jager , Matt Biondi (USA )
1992 : Joe Hudepohl , Matt Biondi , Tom Jager , Jon Olsen , Shaun Jordan , Joel Thomas (USA )
1996 : Jon Olsen , Josh Davis , Brad Schumacher , Gary Hall Jr. , David Fox , Scott Tucker (USA )
2000 : Michael Klim , Chris Fydler , Ashley Callus , Ian Thorpe , Todd Pearson , Adam Pine (AUS )
2004 : Roland Schoeman , Lyndon Ferns , Darian Townsend , Ryk Neethling (RSA )
2008 : Michael Phelps , Garrett Weber-Gale , Cullen Jones , Jason Lezak , Nathan Adrian , Ben Wildman-Tobriner , Matt Grevers (USA )
2012 : Amaury Leveaux , Fabien Gilot , Clément Lefert , Yannick Agnel , Alain Bernard , Jérémy Stravius (FRA )
2016 : Caeleb Dressel , Michael Phelps , Ryan Held , Nathan Adrian , Jimmy Feigen , Blake Pieroni , Anthony Ervin (USA )
2020 : Caeleb Dressel , Blake Pieroni , Bowe Becker , Zach Apple , Brooks Curry (USA )
World long-course champions in men's 50 m freestyle
World long-course champions in men's 4×100 m freestyle relay
1973 : Melvin Nash , Joe Bottom , Jim Montgomery , John Murphy (USA)
1975 : Bruce Furniss , Jim Montgomery , Andy Coan , John Murphy (USA)
1978 : Jack Babashoff , Rowdy Gaines , Jim Montgomery , David McCagg (USA)
1982 : Chris Cavanaugh , Robin Leamy , David McCagg , Rowdy Gaines (USA)
1986 : Tom Jager , Mike Heath , Paul Wallace , Matt Biondi (USA)
1991 : Tom Jager , Brent Lang , Doug Gjertsen , Matt Biondi (USA)
1994 : Jon Olsen , Josh Davis , Uğur Taner , Gary Hall Jr. (USA)
1998 : Scott Tucker , Jon Olsen , Neil Walker , Gary Hall Jr. (USA)
2001 : Michael Klim , Ashley Callus , Todd Pearson , Ian Thorpe (AUS)
2003 : Andrey Kapralov , Ivan Usov , Denis Pimankov , Alexander Popov (RUS)
2005 : Michael Phelps , Neil Walker , Nate Dusing , Jason Lezak (USA)
2007 : Michael Phelps , Neil Walker , Cullen Jones , Jason Lezak (USA)
2009 : Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Matt Grevers , Nathan Adrian (USA)
2011 : James Magnussen , Matt Targett , Matthew Abood , Eamon Sullivan (AUS)
2013 : Yannick Agnel , Florent Manaudou , Fabien Gilot , Jérémy Stravius (FRA)
2015 : Mehdy Metella , Florent Manaudou , Fabien Gilot , Jérémy Stravius (FRA)
2017 : Caeleb Dressel , Townley Haas , Blake Pieroni , Nathan Adrian (USA)
2019 : Caeleb Dressel , Blake Pieroni , Zach Apple , Nathan Adrian (USA)
2022 : Caeleb Dressel , Ryan Held , Justin Ress , Brooks Curry (USA)
2023 : Jack Cartwright , Flynn Southam , Kai Taylor, Kyle Chalmers (AUS)
Pan American Champions in Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
1967 : K. Walsh , M. Fitzmaurice, M. Spitz , D. Schollander (USA )
1971 : D. Edgar , S. Genter , J. Heidenreich , F. Heckl (USA )
1975 : J. Babashoff , A. Ruby, M. Grattan, R. Abbott (USA )
1979 : R. Gaines , J. Babashoff , J. Newton, D. McCagg (USA )
1983 : R. Leamy , M. Gribble , C. Cavanaugh , R. Gaines (USA )
1987 : J. Born, S. McCadam, P. Robinson, T. Dudley (USA )
1991 : T. Ferreira , E. Nascimento , J. Rebolal, G. Borges (BRA )
1995 : G. Hall Jr. , T. Jager , J. Davis , J. Olsen (USA )
1999 : F. Scherer , C. Quintaes, A. Cordeiro , G. Borges (BRA )
2003 : C. Jayme , G. Borges , F. Scherer , J. Souza (BRA )
2007 : F. Silva , E. Deboni , N. Oliveira , C. Cielo (BRA )
2011 : C. Cielo , B. Fratus , N. Santos , N. Oliveira (BRA )
2015 : M. Santana , J. de Lucca , B. Fratus , M. Chierighini (BRA )
2019 : B. Correia , M. Chierighini , B. Fratus , P. Spajari (BRA )
2023 : G. Caribé , M. Chierighini , V. Alcará , F. Ribeiro (BRA )
Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 50 m Freestyle
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: Australia (Klim , English, Fydler , Thorpe )
2002: Australia (Callus , Pearson , Hackett , Thorpe )
2006: USA (Phelps , Walker , Jones , Lezak )
2010: USA (Phelps , Lochte , Lezak , Adrian )
2014: Australia (D'Orsogna , Magnussen , Abood , McEvoy )
2018: Brazil (Santos , Chierighini , Ferreira Jr., Spajari )
Pac-12 Swimmer of the Year winners
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