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| Full name | Larsen Alan Jensen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Larjo" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1985-09-01)September 1, 1985 (age 39) Bakersfield, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 194 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Mission Viejo Nadadores | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Southern California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Larsen Alan Jensen (born September 1, 1985) is an American former competition swimmer and a two-time Olympic medalist.
At the 2003 World Championships, Jensen earned asilver medal in the 800-meter freestyle, his first medal at the international level.[1]
He competed in the2004 Summer Olympics, winning silver in the 1,500-meter freestyle race, as well as competing in the 400-meter freestyle, where he finished fourth.[2] At the2005 World Aquatics Championships, he won silver medals in the 800 and 1,500-meter freestyle races.
Jensen completed his degree in political science with a minor in business at theUniversity of Southern California in 2007.
Jensen competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he won the bronze medal in the 400-meter freestyle, and also placed fifth in the 1,500-meter freestyle.[3]
Jensen is the currentAmerican record holder in the 400-meter freestyle and former American record holder in the 1,500-meter freestyle.
After Larsen Jensen's career in swimming, he took a career in the military enlisting in the United States Navy and becoming a NavySEAL from 2009 to 2015.
Following his retirement from the military, Larsen enrolled intoStanford Graduate School of Business and obtained an MBA.
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| 400 m freestyle | 3:42.78 | August 10, 2008 |
| 1500 m freestyle | 14:45.29 | August 21, 2004 |
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