Jenny Thompson
Swimmer, Olympic athlete
1973 –
Who is Jenny Thompson?
Jennifer Beth Thompson is an American former competition swimmer, and one of the most decorated Olympians in history, winning twelve medals, including eight gold medals, in the 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer Olympics.
Thompson, a Massachusetts native who calls Dover, New Hampshire her hometown, began swimming at age 7 at a summer country club called Cedardale in Groveland, Massachusetts. During the indoor season, she swam at the Danvers YMCA from ages 8 to 10, and then at the Andover-North Andover YMCA from the ages of 10 to 12. At age 12 she began swimming for Seacoast Swimming Association under coaches Amy and Mike Parratto, and moved to Dover, NH at age 13.
She first appeared on the international scene as a 14-year-old in 1987, when she won the 50-meter freestyle and placed third in the 100-meter freestyle at the Pan American Games. She won her first world championship in 1991, as part of the USA's winning 4x100-meter freestyle relay team, and held the world record in the 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle when she participated in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
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- Born
- Feb 26, 1973
Danvers - Also known as
- Dr. Jennifer Beth Thompson
- Ethnicity
- White American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Doctor of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
( - 2006) - Stanford University
- Doctor of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Employment
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Lived in
- Dover
- Massachusetts
- Danvers
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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