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Jennifer Coughlin

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Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment

Further personal information

Residence
Mickleover, ENG
Occupation
Student
Languages
English
Higher education
Paramedicine - Sheffield Hallam University: Sheffield, ENG

General interest

Hobbies
Going out with friends, watching movies and supporting her football club, Liverpool FC. (paralympics.org.uk, 18 Jan 2010)
Most influential person in career
Her mother. (britishswimming.org, 18 Jan 2010)
Hero / Idol
Australian swimmer Susie O'Neill. (britishswimming.org, 18 Jan 2010)
Awards and honours
She won the Wigan Sports Council Disability Sports Performer of the Year Award in 2003. (tyldesleyswimming.co.uk, 18 Jan 2010)
Other sports
She also tried to make the Great Britain Paralympic team in goalball. (paralympiansclub.org.uk, 10 May 2011)

Results

Unit Date Rank
Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games (Sydney, Australia)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 50 m Freestyle S13 Final Round 5
Women's 100 m Freestyle S13 Final Round 5
Women's 200 m Medley SM13 Heat 2 3
Women's 200 m Medley SM13 Final Round 5
Athens 2004 Paralympic Games (Athens, Greece)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 100 m Backstroke S13 Heat 2 3
Women's 100 m Backstroke S13 Final Round 7
Women's 100 m Butterfly S13 Final Round 6
Women's 400 m Freestyle S13 Final Round 7
Women's 100 m Freestyle S13 Heat 2 5
Women's 50 m Freestyle S13 Heat 2 5
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 100 m Freestyle S13 Heat 1 4
Women's 100 m Freestyle S13 Final Round 8
Women's 400 m Freestyle S13 Heat 1 4
Women's 400 m Freestyle S13 Final Round 7
Women's 100 m Butterfly S13 Heat 1 4
Women's 100 m Butterfly S13 Final Round 8
Women's 100 m Backstroke S13 Heat 1 4
Women's 100 m Backstroke S13 Final Round 6
IPC Swimming World Championships Mar del Plata 2002 (Mar del Plata, Argentina)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 50 m Freestyle S13 Heats 8
Women's 50 m Freestyle S13 Final Round 8
Women's 100 m Freestyle S13 Heats 4
Women's 100 m Freestyle S13 Final Round 4
Women's 100 m Backstroke S13 Heats 2
Women's 100 m Backstroke S13 Final Round 2
Women's 100 m Butterfly S13 Final Round 4