Jenny Thompson

Jenny Thompson
Personal information
Full nameJennifer Beth Thompson
National teamUnited States
Born (1973-02-26) February 26, 1973 (age 51)
Danvers, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height5 ft 9.5 in (177 cm)[1]
Weight152 lb (69 kg)[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, freestyle
ClubSeacoast Swimming Association, Stanford, Badger Swim Club
College teamStanford 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
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney 100 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 1991 Perth 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1998 Perth 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1998 Perth 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 1998 Perth 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1998 Perth 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2003 Barcelona 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2003 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1994 Rome 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1994 Rome 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 1998 Perth 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2003 Barcelona 50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2003 Barcelona 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Rome 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Barcelona 100 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 1997 Gothenburg 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1997 Gothenburg 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 1997 Gothenburg 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 1999 Hong Kong 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1999 Hong Kong 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 1999 Hong Kong 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 1999 Hong Kong 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2000 Athens 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2000 Athens 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2004 Indianapolis 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2004 Indianapolis 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1997 Gothenburg 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1999 Hong Kong 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2000 Athens 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2000 Athens 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2004 Indianapolis 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Athens 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Indianapolis 100 m butterfly
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold medal – first place 1989 Tokyo 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1989 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1991 Edmonton 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1991 Edmonton 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1993 Kobe 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1993 Kobe 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1993 Kobe 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 1993 Kobe 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1993 Kobe 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1993 Kobe 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 1995 Atlanta 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1995 Atlanta 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1995 Atlanta 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1997 Fukuoka 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1997 Fukuoka 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 1997 Fukuoka 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1997 Fukuoka 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1997 Fukuoka 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 1999 Sydney 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1999 Sydney 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1999 Sydney 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 1999 Sydney 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1999 Sydney 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1999 Sydney 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2002 Yokohama 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1989 Tokyo 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1995 Atlanta 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1995 Atlanta 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 1995 Atlanta 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 1997 Fukuoka 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2002 Yokohama 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2002 Yokohama 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Yokohama 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Yokohama 100 m butterfly
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1987 Indianapolis 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1987 Indianapolis 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 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]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference sr was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Collegiate Women Sports Awards, Past Honda Sports Award Winners for Swimming & Diving. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
  3. ^ "Jenny Thompson • The Daily Dose". The Daily Dose. June 7, 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  4. ^ Shinzawa, Fluto (June 15, 2006). "Thompson has new calling" (subscription required). The Boston Globe. Retrieved November 1, 2016.