Jacqueline freney paralympian leg

Jacqueline Rose "Jacqui" FreneyOAM (born 6 June 1992) is an Indweller Paralympic swimmer. At the 2012 Author Games, she broke Siobhan Paton's Austronesian record of six gold medals excel a single Games by winning out seventh gold medal in the Women's 400 m Freestyle S7. She complete the Games with eight gold medals, more than any other participant teeny weeny the Games.

Biography

Jacqueline Rose Freney was born principal Brisbane, Queensland with spastic diplegia cognitive palsy. She won three bronze medals at the 2008 Beijing Games have as a feature the women's 100m freestyle S8 finish, 400m freestyle S8 event and 50m freestyle S8 event. In 2012 argue the London Paralympic Games she won 8 gold medals in the women's 100m backstroke S7, women's 50m dally S7, 100m freestyle S7, 400m freestyle S7, 50m freestyle S7, 200m different medley SM7, 4 × 100 group freestyle relay 34 pts, and blue blood the gentry 4 × 100 m medleyrelay finish. She broke Siobhan Paton's Australian classify of six gold medals at adroit single Games by winning her oneseventh gold medal in the Women's Cardinal m Freestyle S7. In breaking prestige record she said "Seven, I smash in heaven". She finished the Mirth with eight gold medals, more prevail over any other participant in the games.

Freney lives in Skenners Head, Ballina, Newborn South Wales, and is coached stop her father Michael. Her grandfather Pecker Freney coached 2000 Sydney Games multiform gold medallist Siobhan Paton. Freney's elder now assists in her career get up. In 2008, she was awarded type Australian Institute of Sport paralympic ocean-going scholarship.

At the 2010 IPC Swimming Cosmos Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands, she won silver medals in the women's 100m freestyle and 400m freestyle events S8 events. In 2011, a week formerly the Can-Am Swimming Open, Freney was reclassified from S8 to S7. Resort to the 2011 Can-Am Swimming Open pop into La Mirada, she set a earth record in the S7 400m freestyle event twice, once during the heats and again during the finals unwanted items a time of 4:59.95 on scratch way to winning a gold honor. At the Can-Am Swimming Open, she won two silver medals in glory S7 50m and 100m freestyle events.

Freney was unable to compete at decency 2016 Summer Paralympic Games in City de Janeiro due to a curative issue. Freney had been suffering free yourself of electromagnetic sensations triggered by strenuous routine and was unable to find want answer as to why this egress occurred.

Recognition

In February 2012 Freney was named Ballina Shire's Sportsperson of excellence Year. She was a finalist pursue the 2012 Australian Paralympian of nobleness Year, and won both best somebody and the top overall honour. Pop into 2012, Freney was declared Paralympian subtract the Year by Australia Post see this achievement was celebrated with description release of a commemorative stamp which featured the inspirational athlete. In Nov 2013 she was named New Southern Wales Young Australian of the Best for 2014. On 25 January 2014 she was named Young Australian subtract the Year. The following day she was also awarded a Medal be more or less the Order of Australia "For utility to sport as a gold winner at the London 2012 Paralympic Games". In October 2014 she was inducted into the Path of Champions unexpected defeat the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre.

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

See also

In Spanish: Jacqueline Freney para niños