Janie Wagstaff
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| Full name | Elizabeth Jane Wagstaff | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Janie" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
July 22, 1974 Kansas City, Missouri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 146 lb (66 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stroke(s) | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Elizabeth Jane Wagstaff (born July 22, 1974) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic champion.
Wagstaff was born in Kansas City, Missouri.[1]
Wagstaff appeared on the international swimming stage when she took third place in both the 100-meter and 200-meter backstroke events at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Australia. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, Wagstaff earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning United States team in the preliminary heats of the 4x100-meter medley relay.[1][2]
Wagstaff received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she swam for coach Mitch Ivey and coach Chris Martin's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition in 1993 and 1994.[3] Wagstaff was a member of the Gators' NCAA championship 4x100-meter medley relay in 1994, together with teammates Shannon Price, Ashley Tappin and Nicole Haislett, and won five Southeastern Conference (SEC) individual championships and five SEC titles as a member of winning Gators relay teams.[3] During her two-year career as a Gator swimmer, she received eleven All-American honors.[3]
Wagstaff left the University of Florida in September 1994 to train full time for the 1996 Summer Olympics.[4]
See also
- Florida Gators
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of University of Florida alumni
- List of University of Florida Olympians
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Janie Wagstaff. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, United States Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Florida Swimming & Diving 2011–12 Media Supplement, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 61, 62, 67, 75–76, 79 (2011). Retrieved April 10, 2012.
- ↑ Associated Press, "Wagstaff drops out to train for 1996," The Daily Union, p. 12 (September 28, 1994). Retrieved July 18, 2011.
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