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    USA Jessica Long

    28 February 1992 Irkutsk, Russia
    LATEST TRIUMPHS:
    Rio 2016 Paralympic Games - Gold: 200m individual medley; Silver: 400m freestyle; 100m breaststroke; 4x100m freestyle relay 34 points; Bronze: 100m butterfly; 100m backstroke
    2015 IPC Swimming World Championships - Gold: 100m butterfly, 100m breaststroke, 200m individual medley, 400m freestyle; Silver: 100m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 4 x 100m freestyle relay 34 points
    2013 IPC Swimming World Championships - Gold: 200m individual medley, 400m freestyle, 100m butterfly; Silver: 100m freestyle; Bronze: 4 x 100m freestyle relay 34 points
    London 2012 Paralympics - Gold: 100m butterfly, 100m breaststroke, 200m individual medley, 100m & 400m freestyle; Silver: 100m backstroke; Bronze: 4x100m individiual medley relay
    2010 IPC Swimming World Championships - Gold: 100m butterfly, 100m breaststroke, 200m individual medley, 100m & 400m freestyle; Silver: 50m freestyle & 100m breaststroke
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    Three women on a podium, one of them smiling, in focus and looking to the camera Jessica Long at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain © • Luc Percival Photography. All rights reserved. Jessica Long competes at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain Jessica Long competes at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain © • Luc Percival Photography Paralympic swimmer Jessica Long Paralympic swimmer Jessica Long poses for a portrait at the 2016 Team USA Media Summit in Beverly Hills, California © • Getty Images Jessica Long of the USA competes in the Women's 100m Breaststroke SB7 at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain. Jessica Long of the USA competes in the Women's 100m Breaststroke SB7 at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain. © • Luc Percival Photography. All rights reserved. A picture of a woman in the pool holding the starting block with her hand USA’s Long wins the gold in the Women’s 100m Freestyle - S8 on London 2012 Paralympic Games © • Getty Images
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    Jessica Long continued her Paralympic winning run at Rio 2016, sealing one gold, three silver and two bronze medals. Despite her relatively young age, she is one of the world’s most decorated swimmers with 23 Paralympic medals, including 13 gold, and 30 world medals consisting of 24 gold.

    Four years ago, she was named the 2011-12 Paralympic Sports Woman of the Year by the United States Olympic Committee, after winning eight medals at London 2012.

    Aged 12, making her the youngest member of the US Paralympics team, she made her international debut at the Athens 2004 Games and won three gold medals.

    In 2006, the S8 Para swimmer broke 18 world records, including five at the 2006 IPC World Swimming Championships, where she also picked up nine gold medals. In the same year she was named U.S. Olympic Committee Paralympian of the Year and also Disabled Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World Magazine.

    After winning four Paralympic golds at Beijing 2008 and six world titles at the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships, Long added to her medal collection at the 2013 IPC Swimmming World Championships with three golds, one silver and a bronze. In 2015 she bagged a further four titles.

    Long was adopted from a Russian orphanage at 13 months old. In 2013 she returned to Russia where she met her biological parents ahead of the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games where she presented NBC's coverage of the Games.

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