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Jenny Thompson

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Jennifer Beth Thompson (born February 26, 1973) is an American former competition swimmer. She is one of the most decorated Olympians in history: twelve medals, including eight gold medals, in the 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer Olympics. Thompson, a Massachusetts native who calls Dover, New Hampshire, her hometown, began swimming at age 7 at a summer country club called Cedardale in Groveland, Massachusetts. During the indoor season, she swam at the Danvers YMCA from ages 8 to 10, and then at the Andover-North Andover YMCA from the ages of 10 to 12. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Jenny Thompson is the 259th most popular swimmer (down from 215th in 2024), the 14,802nd most popular biography from United States (down from 13,702nd in 2019) and the 98th most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Jenny Thompson ranks 259 out of 709. Before her are Anne Ottenbrite, Susanne Nielsson, Silke Hörner, Alex Baumann, Oussama Mellouli, and Beverley Whitfield. After her are Peter Evans, Donna de Varona, Ivar Stukolkin, Károly Güttler, Janet Evans, and Tom Jager.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Jenny Thompson ranks 596. Before her are Eisuke Nakanishi, Rimi Natsukawa, Saulius Štombergas, Ville Peltonen, Ânderson Lima, and Jakob Piil. After her are Shinichi Fujita, Michael Weston, Eurelijus Žukauskas, Marko Kristal, Takis Fyssas, and Najla El Mangoush.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jenny Thompson ranks 14,806 out of 20,380. Before her are Roy Blunt (1950), Bill Toomey (1939), Tera Wray (1982), Sandy Berger (1945), Nikki McCray-Penson (1971), and William Gilmore Simms (1806). After her are Eric Balfour (1977), James T. Farrell (1904), Ruth Ann Minner (1935), Nic Pizzolatto (1975), Joseph Strickland (1958), and Lauren Faust (1974).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Jenny Thompson ranks 98. Before her are Keena Rothhammer (1957), Stephen Rerych (1946), Shirley Babashoff (1957), Shelley Mann (1937), Pablo Morales (1964), and Tim Shaw (1957). After her are Donna de Varona (1947), Janet Evans (1971), Tom Jager (1964), Mike O'Brien (1965), Tracy Caulkins (1963), and Rick Carey (1963).

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