Jessica Sloan
Appearance
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]
Personal life
Sloan is one of many elite Canadian athletes to have attended high school at the National Sport School operated by the Calgary Board of Education.[3][4] Sloan is now one of the coaches for the Provo aquatics club or PAC for short along with Ezekial Hall.
References
- ^ (in French) Profile of Jessica Sloan by Radio Canada Sports; URL last accessed March 16, 2006
- ^ a b Baron, Ethan, "Sloane caps golden Paralympics, has eye on Olympics", Calgary Sun, October 30, 2000.
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Canadian female freestyle swimmers
- Sportspeople from Calgary
- Canadian female breaststroke swimmers
- Paralympic swimmers of Canada
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Canada
- World record holders in paralympic swimming
- Canadian female medley swimmers
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in swimming
- Canadian swimming biography stubs
- Canadian Paralympic medalist stubs