Jessica Long

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Jessica Long in Rio 2016

Jessica Tatiana Long (* 29. February 1992 as Tatyana Olegovna Kirillowa in Bratsk , Russia ) is an American swimmer who as a participant in the Paralympic Games in the disability categories S8 and SB7 won a total of 23 medals, including gold medals at four Paralympic Summer Games.

Life

Long, born as Tatiana Olegovna Kirillova , suffered from a physical disability from fibular hemimelia from birth . She was given up for adoption by her underage parents in Siberia and adopted by Americans when she was 13 months old. When she was 18 months old, both of her lower legs were amputated . She learned to walk with prostheses and practiced many sports such as gymnastics, cheerleading, figure skating and speed skating at an early age. She learned to ride a bike at the age of ten, and a year later she was named Maryland's best disabled swimmer . Jessica Long took part in international competitions for the first time at the 2004 Paralympic Summer Games in Athens - as the youngest member of the American team with a special permit because of her age of twelve - and won gold three times. In 2006 she improved swimming world records 18 times. At the World Championships of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in Durban , she won gold nine times in seven individual disciplines and two relays. Because of her achievements, she also received the James E. Sullivan Award that year for best American amateur athlete of the year. At the Paralympic Games in 2008 she won gold four times and set three world records. At the Paralympic World Championships 2010 she won gold seven times (two world records); at the 2012 Paralympic Summer Games it was five gold and two silver medals, and at the 2016 Paralympic Summer Games one gold and three silver awards.

She is considered the most successful swimmer with a disability of all time and has received numerous awards. She swims with a special swimming prosthesis. Today she is a professional swimmer and model .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gudrun Doll-Tepper (1999): Disability Sport. In: James Riordan , Arnd Krüger (eds.): The International Politics of Sport in the 20th Century. London: Routledge 1999, ISBN 0-419-21160-8 . Pp. 177-190
  2. ↑ The Siberian parents who gave up Jessica Long as a new-born baby salute her heroic achievement . In: The Siberian Times , September 15, 2012. 
  3. ↑ Jessica Long, Paralympic Gold Medalist, Transfers from NBAC to Loyola . Swimming World Magazine (issued November 12, 2016)
  4. ^ Forgotten pride , September 7, 2012, Siberian Times , ed. November 9, 2016
  5. ↑ Вести.Ru: Русские родители Джессики Лонг рассказали, почему отказались от дочери . Vesti.ru. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  6. ↑ Honoring Jessica Long . Congressional Record. Pp. E907-E908. May 1, 2007.
  7. ↑ Meet Swimmer Jessica Long . Disability Today Network. April 25, 2012. Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.disabilitytodaynetwork.com
  8. ↑ http://jessicalong.org/index.php/gallery/swimming auf. November 12, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Long, Jessica
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kirillowa, Tatiana Olegovna (maiden name); Кириллова, Татьяна Олеговна (birth name in Russian spelling); Kirillova, Tatiana Olegovna (birth name in English transcription); Long, Jessica Tatiana (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American multiple Paralympic swimming winner
DATE OF BIRTH February 29, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Bratsk , Irkutsk Oblast , Russia