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Megan Jendrick
American swimmer
| Birth&#;name | Megan M. Quann |
|---|---|
| Full&#;name | Megan M. Jendrick |
| Nickname | "MJ" |
| National&#;team | &#;United States |
| Born | () January 15, (age&#;41) Tacoma, Washington, U.S. |
| Height | 5&#;ft 7&#;in (&#;cm) |
| Weight | &#;lb (64&#;kg) |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Breaststroke |
| Coach | Nate Jendrick |
Megan M. Jendrick (néeQuann, born January 15, ) is an American former competition swimmer, former world record-holder, and fitness columnist. She won two gold medals at the Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the Summer Olympics. Jendrick set 27 American records and four world records in her swimming career. She is a time national champion, ten-time U.S. Open champion, seven-time masters world record-holder, and fifteen-time U.S. Masters national record-holder. Jendrick is married to American author Nathan Jendrick.
Career
[edit]Jendrick first made her mark on the swimming world in During the course of that year, she took 3rd in the meter breaststroke at the national championships held in Clovis, California, and later captured her first national championship in that same event during the nationals held in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In Minnesota, she was presented the Phillips 66 Performance Award.
At the U.S. Open t
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Megan Quann-Jendrick was a breaststroke specialist who swam at the and Olympic Games. At Sydney in , as Megan Quann, she won gold in her primary event, the metre breaststroke, and also helped the USA medley relay team win gold. After marriage to Nathan Jendrick, they would later name their daughter Sydney. She would add an Olympic silver medal in the medley relay at Beijing.
Quann-Jendrick had two silver medals at the World Championships, in the 4x medley relay and the metre breaststroke. At the Pan Pacific Championships she won gold in the medley relay and silvers in the breaststroke in and She won three gold medals at the World University Games, in the 50 and metre breaststrokes and the medley relay.
Megan Quann started college at Pacific Lutheran University but later transferred to Arizona State University. As Megan Jendrick she attempted to make the US Olympic Team and competed at the US Nationals, winning a bronze in the 50 metre breaststroke, but she retired later that year.
Quann-Jendrick was inducted into the Pacific Northwest Swimming Hall of Fame in and into the Washington State Sports Hall of Fame in She also continued to swim in Masters’ events, winning several US national championships.