Jessica Pengelly
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Full name | Jessica Evelyn Pengelly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Edenvale, Gauteng, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle, medley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | West Coast Swimming Club[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Mick Palfrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jessica Evelyn Pengelly (born 1 July 1991) is a South African-born Australian swimmer, who specializes in freestyle and individual medley events.
Pengelly competed as South Africa's youngest swimmer (aged 17) in a medley double at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She took the women's 400 m individual medley title in 4:41.35 and eventually fired off a 2:15.22 to crush the national record in the 200 m individual medley at the South African Championships four months earlier in Johannesburg to assure her a place on the Olympic team, both dipping beneath the FINA Olympic qualifying cut.[3][6]
On the first night of the Games, Pengelly held off the fast-charging French swimmer Joanne Andraca to save the seventh spot and twenty-first overall by 2.84 seconds in heat five of the 400 m individual medley, finishing with a time of 4:41.04.[7] Two days later, in the 200 m individual medley, Pengelly scored a time of 2:15.80 to touch out the daunting Dutch swimmer Femke Heemskerk by almost a quarter of her body-length for the fifth spot in heat two, but missed the semifinals with a twenty-sixth-place finish from the prelims.[8]
Pengelly emigrated to
References
- ^ a b "City Swimmer Profile – Jessica Pengelly". City of Perth Swimming Club. 18 August 2011. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jessica Pengelly". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ Swimming World Magazine. 6 April 2008. Archived from the originalon 4 February 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ Omok, Isa (16 July 2007). "South African swimmers shine, Algeria soccer hopes dashed". Reuters. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ Staff (9 April 2008). "SA swimmers shine in Manchester". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- Swimming World Magazine. p. 79. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- NBC Olympics. Archived from the originalon 21 August 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- NBC Olympics. Archived from the originalon 21 August 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ Dale Miller (13 April 2014). "Jessica set for green and gold" – The West Australian. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
External links
- Jessica Pengelly on Twitter
- Jessica Pengelly at Swimming Australia (archived)