Jessicah Schipper
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Jessicah Schipper OAM (born November 19, 1986) is an Australian swimmer. She was born in Brisbane, Australia. She trains at the Redcliffe Lawton club in Brisbane, under veteran coach Ken Wood.
Jessicah Schipper made her debut for Australia at the 2003 FINA World Championships in Barcelona. There she won a bronze medal, as part of the 4x100 m medley relay team.
In 2004 she competed in the Athens Olympics, placing 4th in the 100 m butterfly, with the time of 58.22 s. She also collected the gold medal in the 4x100 m medley relay, having swum the butterfly leg in the heats of the event.
She made her international breakthrough at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montréal. There she won silver (2.05.65) in the 200 m butterfly, timing only 0.04 seconds behind Otylia Jędrzejczak of Poland, who consequently recorded a new world record in the event. However, the race was overshadowed by a video replay which showed that Jędrzejczak touched the finishing wall with only one hand, which is illegal under the butterfly rules. Video replays cannot be used in appeals against race results. Schipper also won gold in the 100 m butterfly (57.23 s) and in the 4x100 m medley relay, with teammates Sophie Edington, Leisel Jones and Libby Lenton. In doing so, she erased the Australian records in both the 100 m and 200 m butterfly set by Susie O'Neill and Petria Thomas, respectively.
With the start of a new year, and new goals, Schipper wiped 0.08 s off her 100 m butterfly (57.15 s) Commonwealth record to become the second fastest woman ever in the history of the event, surpassing Martina Moravcova.
She was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in January 2005 for her services to swimming, and is a seasoned public speaker.
She is currently on the books with management company Markson Sparks.
She won the gold medal in both the 100 m and 200 m butterfly as well as the silver medal in 50 m butterfly in the 2006 Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne. She combined with Sophie Edington, Leisel Jones and Libby Lenton to set a new world record in the 4x100 m medley relay, collecting her third gold medal of the meet.
External link
- * Swimming Australia profile for [Jessicah Schipper]
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