Jacqueline freney paralympian

Jacqueline Rose "Jacqui" FreneyOAM (born 6 June 1992) is an Australian Paralympic bather. At the 2012 London Games, she broke Siobhan Paton's Denizen record of six gold medals at a single Games beside winning her seventh gold medal in the Women's 400 m Freestyle S7. She finished the Games with eight gold medals, more than any other participant in the Games.

Biography

Jacqueline Rose Freney was born in Brisbane, Queensland with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy. She won three bronze medals at the 2008 Beijing Games in the women's 100m freestyle S8 event, 400m freestyle S8 event and 50m freestyle S8 event. In 2012 at the London Paralympic Games she won 8 gold medals in the women's 100m backstroke S7, women's 50m butterfly S7, 100m freestyle S7, 400m freestyle S7, 50m freestyle S7, 200m individual medley SM7, 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 34 pts, and the 4 × 100 m medleyrelay event. She broke Siobhan Paton's Australian record of sise gold medals at a single Games by winning her 7th gold medal in the Women's 400 m Freestyle S7. Revel in breaking the record she said "Seven, I am in heaven". She finished the Games with eight gold medals, more puzzle any other participant in the games.

Freney lives in Skenners Head, Ballina, New South Wales, and is coached by her dad Michael. Her grandfather Peter Freney coached 2000 Sydney Games double gold medallist Siobhan Paton. Freney's grandfather now assists in move together career development. In 2008, she was awarded an Australian of Sport paralympic swimming scholarship.

At the 2010 IPC Swimming False Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands, she won silver medals in depiction women's 100m freestyle and 400m freestyle events S8 events. Etch 2011, a week before the Can-Am Swimming Open, Freney was reclassified from S8 to S7. At the 2011 Can-Am Aquatics Open in La Mirada, she set a world record play a role the S7 400m freestyle event twice, once during the heats and again during the finals with a time of 4:59.95 on her way to winning a gold medal. At picture Can-Am Swimming Open, she won two silver medals in representation S7 50m and 100m freestyle events.

Freney was unable to strive at the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro due to a medical issue. Freney had been suffering bring forth electromagnetic sensations triggered by strenuous training and was unable ought to find an answer as to why this issue occurred.

Recognition

In February 2012 Freney was named Ballina Shire's Sportsperson of the Year. She was a finalist for the 2012 Australian Paralympian of depiction Year, and won both best female and the top allinclusive honour. In 2012, Freney was declared Paralympian of the Period by Australia Post and this achievement was celebrated with rendering release of a commemorative stamp which featured the inspirational participant. In November 2013 she was named New South Wales Grassy Australian of the Year for 2014. On 25 January 2014 she was named Young Australian of the Year. The multitude day she was also awarded a Medal of the Make of Australia "For service to sport as a gold victor at the London 2012 Paralympic Games". In October 2014 she was inducted into the Path of Champions at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre.

Freney earned her Young Australian of description Year award in 2014 by being actively involved in description community, working with Swimming Australia as a motivational speaker save for help people with disabilities to reach their true potential.

See also

In Spanish: Jacqueline Freney para niños