Education
University of Texas at Austin.
University of Texas at Austin.
The American team of Troy Dalbey, Matt Cetlinski, Gjertsen and Matt Biondi set a new world record with a time of 7:12.51. He also received a bronze medal for swimming for the third-place United States. team in the preliminary heats of the men"s 4×100-meter freestyle relay. Individually, he finished eighth in the final of the men"s 200-meter freestyle, recording a time of 1:50.57.
He attended the University of Texas at Austin, and swam for coach Eddie Reese"s Texas Longhorns swimming and diving team
He was inducted into the Longhorn Hall of Honor in September 2006. Gjertsen is currently the head coach for SwimAtlanta, and has served as the personal coach for one of the best Latvian swimmers, Andrejs Duda.
Gjertsen was the third member of the record-setting United States. team in the men"s 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South of Korea.