Quest for Gold: the Gwen Jorgensen Story

Go, Gwen, Go: A Family’s Journey to Olympic Gold


Gwen Jorgensen won gold in the 2016 Rio Olympics, along with many
other wins, and she is currently training hard for another medal
in the 2020 Olympics, this time in the Marathon.


We all know, it takes a village to raise an Olympian and today we
talk with two of Gwen’s family members, Nancy and Elizabeth
Jorgensen. They authored Go, Gwen, Go, a book about the Jorgensen
family’s commitment to Gwen’s success and ambition to be a world
champion and win gold. Today we have the opportunity to go in
depth about “the village” that raised Gwen to this point. We hear
about the 2012 Olympic disappointment,  the 2016 Olympic
gold medal, and the 2020 marathon hopes and more in this
fast-reading story where Nancy and Elizabeth Jorgensen share
their version of an Olympian’s life and what that entails as
“supporters” of one’s lofty dreams.