Jenny Thompson

Jenny Thompson is, quite simply, the single most highly decorated US Olympic female swimmer ever, having earned 12 medals in four Olympiads. In the 1992 Games in Barcelona, Jenny was awarded Gold Medals in both the 400m free and medley relays and Silver in the 100m free. In .96 Games in Atlanta, Jenny grabbed Gold in both the 400 and 800m free relays as well as the 400m medley. In the 2000 Games in Sydney, she helped set World Records and capture Gold in both the 400m free and medley relays ... and Jenny again took the top spot, Gold around her neck, in the 800m free relay. While a biology major at Stanford, in .92 she helped her team to the NCAA National Championships by winning the NCAA title in both the 50m and 100m free. Jenny was named the 1999 USOC Sportswoman of the Year, the 2000 Women’s Sports Foundation’s Sportswoman of the Year, and the .93 and .98 USA Swimmer of the Year. In 2006 Jenny received her medical degree from Columbia University, is in the process of completing internship at NY's Memorial Sloane-Kettering Cancer Center, and plans to practice anesthesiology at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Thompson has participated in SAA events since 1995.