Jessica Sloan (born November 2, 1982, in Calgary, Alberta[1]) is a Canadian swimmer who won six gold medals in the 2000 Summer Paralympics.[2] In the games, held in Sydney, she won gold in freestyle (100m and 50m), breaststroke (100m), individual medley (200m), relay medley, and freestyle relay.[2]
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Born | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | 2 November 1982||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Paralympic swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | S10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She was considered for the 2000 Lou Marsh Trophy.[3]
Personal life
editSloan is one of many elite Canadian athletes to have attended high school at the National Sport School operated by the Calgary Board of Education.[4][5] Sloan is now one of the coaches for the Provo aquatics club or PAC for short along with Ezekial Hall.
References
edit- ^ (in French) Profile of Jessica Sloan by Radio Canada Sports Archived 2004-08-18 at the Wayback Machine; URL last accessed March 16, 2006
- ^ a b Baron, Ethan, "Sloane caps golden Paralympics, has eye on Olympics"[usurped], Calgary Sun, October 30, 2000.
- ^ "Daniel Igali wins Lou Marsh Trophy". The Spectator. Hamilton ON. 13 December 2000. p. E06.
- ^ National Sport School; URL accessed on February 17, 2006
- ^ "National Sport School Core to CCOSE Plans" Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine, Cross Country Canada, May 27, 2003.