Thomas Michael Jager is an American former competition swimmer.
Education
Jager attended the University of California, Los Angeles (University of California, Los Angeles), and swam for coach Ron Ballatore"s University of California, Los Angeles Bruins swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (National Collegiate Athletic Association) competition from 1983 to 1985.
Career
He is five-time Olympic gold medalist in relay events, a two-time World Championship individual gold medalist for the 50-meter freestyle, and a former world record-holder in two events. Jager set the 50-meter freestyle world record on six occasions during his career. He held this record for over ten years from August 1989 to June 2000.
In 1984, he was honored as the Pacific-10 Conference Swimmer of the Year.
Jager was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2001. In 2004, Jager became the head coach of the University of Idaho"s Idaho Vandals women"s swim team
Jager then accepted the head coaching position for the Washington State Cougars swim team at Washington State University in 2011. Tom is the youngest of a family of swimming siblings.
All three siblings went on to work as swimming coaches.