Janie Wagstaff

Janie Wagstaff
Personal information
Full name	Elizabeth Jane Wagstaff
National team	United States
Born	July 22, 1974 (age 50); Kansas City, Missouri
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	146 lb (66 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke
College team	University of Florida
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
World Championships (LC)
Pan Pacific Championships

Elizabeth Jane "Janie" 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 U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the 4×100-meter medley relay.^[1]^[2]

Wagstaff accepted 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 4×100-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]

References

^ ^a ^b Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Janie Wagstaff Archived 2012-10-24 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, United States Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games Archived 2012-04-18 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c Florida Swimming & Diving 2011–12 Media Supplement Archived 2013-05-21 at the Wayback Machine, 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.

[sroprofile-1] Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Janie Wagstaff Archived 2012-10-24 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 10, 2012.

[2] Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, United States Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games Archived 2012-04-18 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 10, 2012.

[ufmediasupp-3] Florida Swimming & Diving 2011–12 Media Supplement Archived 2013-05-21 at the Wayback Machine, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 61, 62, 67, 75–76, 79 (2011). Retrieved April 10, 2012.

[4] 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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