Jan Svendsen

American shot putter

Jan Svendsen
Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	(1948-11-09) November 9, 1948 (age 75)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Shot put

Jan Svendsen (born November 9, 1948) is an American athlete. She competed in the women's shot put at the 1972 Summer Olympics.^[1]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jan Svendsen Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2018.

External links

Jan Svendsen at Olympedia

1972 USA Olympic track and field team

Qualification

1972 United States Olympic trials (track and field)

Men's
track and road
athletes

Jon Anderson
Jack Bacheler
Larry Black
Doug Brown
Dick Bruggeman
Larry Burton
Wayne Collett
Willie Davenport
Tom Dooley
Jeff Galloway
Eddie Hart
Steve Hayden
Thomas Hill
Leonard Hilton
Goetz Klopfer
Mike Manley
Ralph Mann
Vincent Matthews
Rod Milburn
Kenny Moore
Steve Prefontaine
Rey Robinson
Jim Ryun
Steve Savage
Jim Seymour
Frank Shorter
Chuck Smith
John Smith
Ken Swenson
Robert Taylor
Gerald Tinker (r)
William Weigle
Bob Wheeler
Rick Wohlhuter
Dave Wottle
George Young
Larry Young

Men's
field athletes

Women's
track athletes

Women's
field athletes

Coaches

Bill Bowerman (men's head coach)
Ted Haydon (men's assistant coach)
Hoover Wright (men's assistant coach)
Stan Wright (men's assistant coach)
Nell Jackson (women's head coach)
Randall Lambert (women's assistant coach)
Ron Sorkness (women's assistant coach)

v t e US National Championship winners in women's discus throw
1923–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1923: Babe Wolbert 1924: Roberta Ranck 1925: MayBelle Reichardt 1926–7: Lillian Copeland 1928: MayBelle Reichardt 1929: Rena MacDonald 1930–1: Evelyn Ferrara 1932–3: Ruth Osburn 1934: Not held 1935: Margaret Wright 1936: Helen Stephens 1937: Elizabeth Lindsey 1938–40: Catherine Fellmeth 1941: Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) Evelyn Taylor 1942: Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) Anne Pallo (3) 1943: Frances Gorn-Sobczak (POL) * Betty Weaver 1944: Hattie Turner 1945: Frances Kaszubski (POL) * Hattie Turner 1946: Dorothy Dodson 1947–48: Frances Kaszubski (POL) * Dorothy Dodson 1949: Frances Kaszubski (POL) * Herta Rand 1950: Frances Kaszubski (POL) * Amelia Bert 1951: Frances Kaszubski (POL) * Janet Dicks 1952–3: Janet Dicks 1954: Marjorie Larney 1955: Alejandrina Ibarra (CUB) * Marjorie Larney 1956: Pamela Kurrell 1957: Olga Connolly 1958–9: Earlene Brown 1960: Olga Connolly 1961: Earlene Brown 1962: Olga Connolly 1963: Sharon Shepherd 1964: Olga Connolly 1965: Lynn Graham 1966–7: Carol Moseke 1968: Olga Connolly 1969–70: Carol Frost 1971: Josephine de la Viña (PHI) * Carol Frost 1972: Josephine de la Viña (PHI) * Olga Connolly 1973: Jean Roberts (AUS) Monette Driscoll (3) 1974: Joan Pavelich (CAN) Linda Langford 1975: Jean Roberts (AUS) Jan Svendsen 1976: Lynne Winbigler 1977: Jane Haist (CAN) Lynne Winbigler 1978–9: Lynne Winbigler
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Lorna Griffin 1981: Leslie Deniz 1982: Ria Stalman (NED) * Leslie Deniz 1983: Leslie Deniz 1984: Ria Stalman (NED) * Carol Cady 1985–6: Carol Cady 1987: Connie Price 1988: Lacy Barnes 1989–90: Connie Price 1991: Lacy Barnes 1992: Connie Price-Smith
1993–present USA Track & Field	1993–4: Connie Price-Smith 1995: Edie Boyer 1996: Suzy Powell 1997: Lacy Barnes-Mileham 1998–2001: Seilala Sua 2002: Kris Kuehl 2003–4: Aretha Hill 2005: Becky Breisch 2006: Aretha Thurmond 2007: Suzy Powell 2008: Aretha Thurmond 2009: Stephanie Brown Trafton 2010: Becky Breisch 2011–2: Stephanie Brown Trafton 2013–5: Gia Lewis-Smallwood 2016^OT: Whitney Ashley 2017: Gia Lewis-Smallwood 2018-9: Valarie Allman 2021^{2020 OT}-22: Valarie Allman
Notes	OT: Since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event. 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.