1. Megan M Jendrick is an American former competition swimmer, former world record-holder, and fitness columnist.
18 Facts About Megan Jendrick
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Megan Jendrick won two gold medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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Megan Jendrick is a 13-time national champion, ten-time US Open champion, seven-time masters world record-holder, and fifteen-time US Masters national record-holder.
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Megan Jendrick first made her mark on the swimming world in 1998.
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At the US Open that same year, in College Station, Texas, Megan Jendrick won both the 100 and 200-meter breaststrokes.
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In 2000, Megan Jendrick was the youngest medalist on the US Olympic swim team and second-youngest athlete overall.
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Megan Jendrick has additionally been featured on covers of newspapers such as The Seattle Times, The New York Times, and USA Today.
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Megan Jendrick was only the second woman to swim the 100-yard breaststroke in under a minute and was the second woman in history to swim the 100-yard breaststroke in under 59 seconds.
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In 2007, Megan Jendrick won the silver medal in the 200-meter breaststroke at the 12th FINA World Championships.
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On July 25,2009, Megan Jendrick set the 27th American record of her career, this time in unusual fashion.
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In 2012, just seven months after giving birth to her first child, Megan Jendrick competed at the US Olympic Trials.
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On September 24,2013, Megan Jendrick announced her retirement from international swimming.
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Megan Jendrick graduated from Emerald Ridge High School in Puyallup, Washington.
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Megan Jendrick attended Pacific Lutheran University in Parkland, Washington, before enrolling at, and graduating from, Arizona State University.
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In 2006, Megan Jendrick was honored as the female recipient of the Henry Iba Citizen Athlete Award, with the male honoree that year being former NFL quarterback Drew Bledsoe.
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In late 2008, Megan Jendrick began writing a weekly fitness question and answer column on the Advanced Research Press publication website, FitnessRxMag.
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Late in 2011, Megan Jendrick gave birth to a son named Daethan.
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In 2019, Megan Jendrick was inducted to the Washington State Sports Hall of Fame.