Joanne Jackson (swimmer)
.jpg) Jackson at 2009 World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joanne Amy Jackson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Jo" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 September 1986 Northallerton, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | JoanneJackson.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Derwentside SC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Loughborough University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Joanne Amy Jackson (born 12 September 1986) is an English freestyle swimmer. She is the sister of retired Olympic swimmer Nicola Jackson.[1] She was born in Northallerton and went to Richmond School, North Yorkshire.
Swimming career[edit]
2003[edit]
Jackson won the 400 m freestyle event at the 2003 European Short Course Swimming Championships.[1]
2004[edit]
She swam in the 2004 Athens Olympics in the 400 m freestyle and 4×200 m freestyle relay.[2][3] She was partly funded by Richmondshire District Council.[4]
2006[edit]
In the 2006 Commonwealth Games she won a silver medal in the 400 m freestyle event.
2008[edit]
On 11 August 2008 at the 2008 Summer Olympics she won a bronze medal in 400 m freestyle,[5][6] finished 14th in the 200 m freestyle[7] and 9th as part of the Great British team in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay.[8]
2009[edit]
On 16 March 2009 she set a new world record in the 400 m freestyle (long course) in a time of 4:00.66, beating her British rival and reigning Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington in the process, who also broke the previous world record with a time of 4:00.89.[9]
On 26 July, she claimed silver in the 400-metre freestyle at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, finishing behind Pellegrini but ahead of Adlington.[10] She then went on to claim a bronze medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay and a silver medal in the 800 m freestyle – the most medals that any British swimmer has ever won in a single world championships.
2012[edit]
At the London 2012 Olympics, Jackson finished seventh in her 400 m freestyle heat in a time of 4:11.50[11] and was also part of the British team that finished in fifth place in the 4×200 m freestyle relay.[12]
Retirement from swimming[edit]
After retiring from competitive swimming in 2012, Jackson went on to establish the Joanne Jackson Swim Academy with former Olympic swimmer Grant Turner.
Personal bests and records held[edit]
| Event | Long course | Short course |
|---|---|---|
| 200 m freestyle | 1:55.54 (2008) NR | 1:56.72 (2005) 1.52.8 relay leg at UK GP 2009 |
| 400 m freestyle | 4:00.60 (2009) NR | 3:54.92 (2009) WR |
| 800 m freestyle | 8:16.66 (2009) | 8:15.50 (2007) |
| Record Key NR:British | ||
See also[edit]
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
- List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)
- World record progression 400 metres freestyle
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Olympedia – Jo Jackson". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "Olympedia – 400 metres Freestyle, Women". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "Olympedia – 4 x 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Women". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "Olympian Joanne thanks council for support". The Northern Echo. 1 December 2004. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "Adlington snatches swimming gold". BBC Sport. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2008.
- ^ "Olympedia – 400 metres Freestyle, Women". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "Olympedia – 200 metres Freestyle, Women". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "Olympedia – 4 x 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Women". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "Jackson claims new world record". BBC Sport. 16 March 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
- ^ "Jackson and Adlington win medals". BBC News. 26 July 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
- ^ "Women's 400m Freestyle Results". Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ "Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Results". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- JJSA Official website Archived 6 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- British Olympic Association athlete profile Archived 13 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- British Swimming athlete profile
- Profile: Joanne Jackson Inspirational Story Archived 10 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine olympics30.com
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- People from Northallerton
- World record setters in swimming
- Sportspeople from Richmond, North Yorkshire
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
- English female freestyle swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- English Olympic medallists
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from North Yorkshire
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- 20th-century English women
- 21st-century English women
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games