Janie Wagstaff
Encyclopedia
Elizabeth Jane "Janie" Wagstaff (born July 22, 1974) is a former American college and international swimmer who was an Olympic
gold medal
ist.
Wagstaff was born in Kansas City, Missouri
.
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 was a member of the winning United States women's 4x100-meter medley
relay team, together with Lea Loveless, Anita Nall
, Crissy Ahmann
and Jenny Thompson
, for which they received gold medals.
Wagstaff received an athletic scholarship
to attend the University of Florida
in Gainesville, Florida
, where she swam for coach Chris Martin's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA) competition from 1992 to 1994. During her career as a Gator swimmer, 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 she also received eleven All-American honors.
Wagstaff left the University of Florida in September 1994 to train full time for the 1996 Summer Olympics
.
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
gold medal
Gold medal
A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...
ist.
Wagstaff was born in Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
.
Wagstaff appeared on the international swimming stage when she took third place in both the 100-meter and 200-meter backstroke
Backstroke
The backstroke, also sometimes called the back crawl, is one of the four swimming styles regulated by FINA, and the only regulated style swum on the back. This has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimmers not being able to see where they are going. It is also the only...
events at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships
1991 World Aquatics Championships
The 1991 World Aquatics Championships took place in Perth, Australia between 3 January and 13 January 1991 with 1142 participating athletes.- Medals table :-Diving:MenWomen-Open water swimming:MenWomen-Swimming:MenWomen...
in Perth, Australia. At the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
in Barcelona, Spain, Wagstaff was a member of the winning United States women's 4x100-meter medley
Medley swimming
Medley is a combination of four different swimming styles into one race. This race is either swum by one swimmer as individual medley or by four swimmers as a medley relay...
relay team, together with Lea Loveless, Anita Nall
Anita Nall
Nadia Anita Nall , more familiarly known as Anita Nall and now Anita Nall-Richesson since her marriage to Luke Richesson in 2002, is a U.S. Olympic medalist in competitive swimming...
, Crissy Ahmann
Crissy Ahmann-Leighton
Crissy Ahmann-Leighton is an American swimmer and olympic champion. She competed at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, where she received a gold medal in 4 × 100 m medley relay, a gold medal in 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, and a silver medal in 100 m butterfly.Attended the University...
and Jenny Thompson
Jenny Thompson
Jennifer Beth Thompson is an American former competitive swimmer, and one of the most decorated Olympians in history, winning twelve medals, including eight gold medals , in the 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer Olympics.Thompson, a Massachusetts native who calls Dover, New Hampshire her...
, for which they received gold medals.
Wagstaff received an athletic scholarship
Athletic scholarship
An athletic scholarship is a form of scholarship to attend a college or university awarded to an individual based predominantly on his or her ability to play in a sport...
to attend the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
in Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Alachua County, Florida, United States as well as the principal city of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area . The preliminary 2010 Census population count for Gainesville is 124,354. Gainesville is home to the sixth...
, where she swam for coach Chris Martin's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
(NCAA) competition from 1992 to 1994. During her career as a Gator swimmer, Wagstaff was a member of the Gators' NCAA championship 4x100-meter medley relay in 1994, together with teammates Shannon Price, Ashley Tappin
Ashley Tappin
Ashley Tara Tappin is a former American college and international swimmer and three-time Olympic gold medalist.Tappin was born in Marietta, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta....
and Nicole Haislett
Nicole Haislett
Nicole Lee Haislett Bacher is a former American college and international swimmer who was an eight-time American national college champion and a three-time Olympic gold medalist.- Early years :...
, and she also received eleven All-American honors.
Wagstaff left the University of Florida in September 1994 to train full time for the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
.
See also
- Florida GatorsFlorida GatorsThe Florida Gators are the intercollegiate sports teams that represent the University of Florida located in Gainesville, Florida. The "Lady Gators" is an alternative nickname sometimes used by the Gators women's teams...
- List of University of Florida alumni
- List of University of Florida Olympians
External links
- Janie Wagstaff biography and Olympic results, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-01-05.