Jenny Thompson

Jenny Thompson

Personal information
Full name	Jennifer Beth Thompson
National team	United States
Born	(1973-02-26) February 26, 1973 (age 51) Danvers, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height	5 ft 9.5 in (177 cm)[1]
Weight	152 lb (69 kg)[1]
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly, freestyle
Club	Seacoast Swimming Association, Stanford, Badger Swim Club
College team	Stanford University
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  United States Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 8 3 1 World Championships (LC) 7 5 2 World Championships (SC) 11 5 2 Pan Pacific Championships 25 7 2 Pan American Games 2 0 1 Total 53 20 8 Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle 1992 Barcelona 4×100 m medley 1996 Atlanta 4×100 m freestyle 1996 Atlanta 4×200 m freestyle 1996 Atlanta 4×100 m medley 2000 Sydney 4×100 m freestyle 2000 Sydney 4×200 m freestyle 2000 Sydney 4×100 m medley 1992 Barcelona 100 m freestyle 2004 Athens 4×100 m freestyle 2004 Athens 4×100 m medley 2000 Sydney 100 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 1991 Perth 4×100 m freestyle 1998 Perth 100 m freestyle 1998 Perth 100 m butterfly 1998 Perth 4×100 m freestyle 1998 Perth 4×100 m medley 2003 Barcelona 100 m butterfly 2003 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle 1994 Rome 4×100 m freestyle 1994 Rome 4×100 m medley 1998 Perth 4×200 m freestyle 2003 Barcelona 50 m butterfly 2003 Barcelona 4×100 m medley 1994 Rome 4×200 m freestyle 2003 Barcelona 100 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 1997 Gothenburg 100 m freestyle 1997 Gothenburg 100 m butterfly 1997 Gothenburg 4×100 m medley 1999 Hong Kong 100 m freestyle 1999 Hong Kong 50 m butterfly 1999 Hong Kong 100 m butterfly 1999 Hong Kong 4×100 m medley 2000 Athens 50 m butterfly 2000 Athens 100 m butterfly 2004 Indianapolis 50 m butterfly 2004 Indianapolis 4×100 m freestyle 1997 Gothenburg 50 m freestyle 1999 Hong Kong 50 m freestyle 2000 Athens 100 m freestyle 2000 Athens 4×200 m freestyle 2004 Indianapolis 4×100 m medley 2000 Athens 4×100 m medley 2004 Indianapolis 100 m butterfly Pan Pacific Championships 1989 Tokyo 50 m freestyle 1989 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle 1991 Edmonton 50 m freestyle 1991 Edmonton 4×100 m freestyle 1993 Kobe 50 m freestyle 1993 Kobe 100 m freestyle 1993 Kobe 100 m butterfly 1993 Kobe 4×100 m freestyle 1993 Kobe 4×200 m freestyle 1993 Kobe 4×100 m medley 1995 Atlanta 100 m freestyle 1995 Atlanta 4×100 m freestyle 1995 Atlanta 4×200 m freestyle 1997 Fukuoka 100 m freestyle 1997 Fukuoka 100 m butterfly 1997 Fukuoka 4×100 m freestyle 1997 Fukuoka 4×200 m freestyle 1997 Fukuoka 4×100 m medley 1999 Sydney 50 m freestyle 1999 Sydney 100 m freestyle 1999 Sydney 100 m butterfly 1999 Sydney 4×100 m freestyle 1999 Sydney 4×200 m freestyle 1999 Sydney 4×100 m medley 2002 Yokohama 50 m freestyle 1989 Tokyo 100 m freestyle 1995 Atlanta 50 m freestyle 1995 Atlanta 100 m butterfly 1995 Atlanta 4×100 m medley 1997 Fukuoka 50 m freestyle 2002 Yokohama 4×100 m freestyle 2002 Yokohama 4×100 m medley 2002 Yokohama 100 m freestyle 2002 Yokohama 100 m butterfly Pan American Games 1987 Indianapolis 50 m freestyle 1987 Indianapolis 4×100 m freestyle 1987 Indianapolis 100 m freestyle

Jennifer Beth Thompson (born February 26, 1973) is an American former competition swimmer and anesthesiologist.

She is one of the most decorated Olympians in history: 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 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 4×100-meter freestyle relay team, and held the world record in the 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle when she participated in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Thompson attended Stanford University, and swam for the Stanford Cardinal swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Pacific-10 Conference competition. She was the recipient of the 1994–95 Honda Sports Award for Swimming and Diving, recognizing her as the outstanding college female swimmer of the year.^[2][3]

In 2006, Thompson received a medical degree from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, completed a residency in anesthesiology at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, and then a fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology at Children's Hospital of Boston.^[4]