Jodie Henry

Jodie Clare Henry (born November 17, 1983 in Brisbane ) is an Australian swimmer .

Henry began swimming as a competitive sport at the age of ten. The student from Brisbane is, together with her compatriot Lisbeth Lenton, the outstanding freestyle swimmer of today. After silver at the World Championships in Barcelona (2003), which came as a surprise to many, she began to clearly dominate the swimming world over 100 m freestyle. What started with a world record at the Olympic Games in Athens ended in total triumph for the young Queenslander. Jodie Henry is a multiple world record holder and Commonwealth Games winner.

successes

Olympic Games 2004 in Athens

• Gold in world record time over 4 × 100 m freestyle with the Australian relay team ( Lisbeth Lenton , Alice Mills, Petria Thomas, Jodie Henry)
• Gold in world record time over 100 freestyle
• Gold in world record time over 4 × 100 m individual medley with the Australian relay team ( Giaan Rooney , Petria Thomas , Leisel Jones , Jodie Henry)

2005 World Swimming Championships in Montreal

• Gold 4 × 100 m freestyle with the Australian relay
• Gold 100 m freestyle
• Gold with the 4 × 100 m individual relay

Swimming World Championships 2007 in Melbourne

• Gold 4 × 100 m freestyle with the Australian relay
• Gold 4 × 100 m with the Australian layer relay (swam in advance)

Jodie Henry has been suffering from persistent pelvic problems for some time, which made participation in the Australian trials in March impossible and thus prevented participation in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Swimming experts agree that a healthy Jodie Henry is still one of the world's best freestyle swimmers.

She officially ended her career on September 29, 2009. Her chronic pelvic disease, which was due to muscle weakness, had gotten worse. As a result, Henry could not take part in both the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and the 2009 World Cup in Rome.