Name: Evan Jager

Sport: Track and Field

Event(s): 3,000-meter Steeplechase

Height: 6-2

Weight: 145

DOB: 3/8/1989

Birthplace: Algonquinn, Ill.

Hometown: Algonquinn, Ill.

High School: Harry D. Jacobs High School (Algonquin, Ill.) ‘07

College: Portland State University ‘13

Team/Club: Bowerman Track Club

Coach(es): Jerry Schumacher

Olympic Experience

• Two-time Olympian (2012, 2016); Olympic medalist (silver)
• Rio 2016 Olympic Games, silver
• London 2012 Olympic Games, 6th

World Championship Experience

• Most recent: 2015 – 6th (3,000m steeplechase)
• Years of participation: Outdoor – 2009 (5,000m); 2013, 2015 (3,000m steeplechase)
• Top finish: 5th – 2013 (3,000m steeplechase)

Personal: Son of Joel and Cathy Jager...Has one sister, Mallory...Made his steeplechase debut early in 2012 and won the event at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials with only a handful of career races...Ended the 2015 season ranked No. 2 in the world in the 3,000-meter steeplechase...Collected his first national outdoor championship title with a time of 8:20.67 in 2013...Set the American record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at 8:06.81 in just his fifth career event start...Left the University of Wisconsin a year early to sign with Nike and follow his coach, Jerry Schumacher to Portland, Oregon, where he enrolled at Portland State University.

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