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{{short description|American swimmer}}
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{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Jon Olsen
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| fullname       = Jon C. Olsen
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| national_team  = {{USA}}
| strokes        = [[Freestyle swimming|Freestyle]]
| club           = Curl-Burke Swim Club
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| collegeteam    = [[Alabama Crimson Tide|University of Alabama]]
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1969|4|25|mf=y}}
| birth_place    = [[New Britain, Connecticut]], U.S.
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| height         = {{convert|6|ft|5|in|m|abbr=on}}
| weight         = {{convert|181|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry |{{USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
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{{MedalGold | [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | [[Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | 1992 Barcelona | [[Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | 1996 Atlanta | [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze | 1992 Barcelona | [[Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1994 World Aquatics Championships|1994 Rome]] | [[Swimming at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1998 World Aquatics Championships|1998 Perth]] | [[Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|World Championships (SC)]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1993 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|1993 Palma]] | [[1993 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalSilver | 1993 Palma | [[1993 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze | 1993 Palma | [[1993 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1989 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1989 Tokyo]] | [[1989 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | 1989 Tokyo | [[1989 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1991 Edmonton]] | [[1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | 1991 Edmonton | [[1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1993 Kobe]] | [[1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | 1993 Kobe | [[1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | 1993 Kobe | [[1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | 1993 Kobe | [[1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1995 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1995 Atlanta]] | [[1995 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1997 Fukuoka]] | [[1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver | 1989 Tokyo | [[1989 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver | 1995 Atlanta | [[1995 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver | 1995 Atlanta | [[1995 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1995 Pan American Games|1995 Mar del Plata]] | [[Swimming at the 1995 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | 1995 Mar del Plata | [[Swimming at the 1995 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | 1995 Mar del Plata | [[Swimming at the 1995 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalSilver | 1995 Mar del Plata | [[Swimming at the 1995 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]}}
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'''Jon C. Olsen''' (born April 25, 1969) is an American former competition swimmer, four-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Olsen was a successful relay swimmer for the U.S. national team in the late 1980s and 1990s. He has won a total of 27 medals in major international competition, 20 gold, 5 silver, and 2 bronze spanning the Olympics, the [[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World]], [[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific]], and the [[Pan American Games|Pan American]] championships.

==Swimming career==

Olsen represented the United States at two consecutive Olympic Games, and won a total number of five Olympic medals, including four golds.  At the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in Barcelona, Spain, he won his first gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the [[Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|men's 4×100-meter freestyle relay]], together with teammates [[Joe Hudepohl]], [[Matt Biondi]] and [[Tom Jager]].  He won a second gold medal for swimming the freestyle anchor leg for the first-place U.S. team in the [[Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|men's 4×100-meter medley relay]]. With his medley relay teammates [[Jeff Rouse]] (backstroke), [[Nelson Diebel]] (breaststroke), and [[Pablo Morales]] (butterfly), he tied the world record in the event of 3:36.93. He also received a bronze medal as a member of the third-place U.S. team in the [[Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay]].  Individually, he also placed fourth in the final of the [[Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle|men's 100-meter freestyle]] with a time of 49.51 seconds.<ref name=sroprofile>Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162946/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ol/jon-olsen-1.html  Jon Olsen]. Retrieved November 1, 2012.</ref>

Four years later at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in Atlanta, Georgia, Olsen again won a gold medal as a member of the first-place U.S. team in the [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|men's 4×100-meter freestyle relay]] with fellow team members [[Josh Davis (swimmer)|Josh Davis]], [[Brad Schumacher]] and [[Gary Hall, Jr.]], and set a new Olympic record of 3:15.41. He received another gold for swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay]].  He also competed in the individual [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle|men's 100-meter freestyle]] and placed ninth overall in the B Final of the event with a time of 49.80 seconds.<ref name=sroprofile/> Olsen was elected captain of the U.S. Olympic swim team at the 1996 Games by his teammates.

During his career, Olsen was trained by former freestyle sprinter [[Jonty Skinner]].  He was also coached by the current Laurel Swim Association head coach, Warren Holladay, who was previously an assistant coach at the University of Alabama.  Olsen attended the [[University of Alabama]], where he swam for [[Alabama Crimson Tide]] swimming and diving team.  He currently resides in the Florida Keys with his family where he coaches swimming.  He has two daughters and a son.

==See also==
* [[List of multiple Olympic gold medalists]]
* [[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)]]
* [[List of University of Alabama people]]
* [[List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)]]
* [[World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay]]
* [[World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay]]

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