Jodie Henry

Jodie Clare Henry ( born November 17, 1983 in Brisbane ) is an Australian swimmer.

Henry began at the age of ten years of swimming as a competitive sport. The student from Brisbane, along with her ​​compatriot Libby Trickett the outstanding freestyle swimmer of the present. After silver at the World Championships in Barcelona ( 2003), which came as a surprise to many, she began to clearly dominate the world swimming the 100m freestyle. What began with a world record in Athens at the Olympic Games, ended in total victory for the young Queensländerin. Jodie Henry is multiple world record holder and Commonwealth Games champion.

Achievements

Olympic Games in Athens 2004

• Gold in world record time 4 x 100 m freestyle with the Australian Season ( Lisbeth Lenton, Alice Mills, Petria Thomas, Jodie Henry)
• Gold in world record time over 100 Freestyle
• Gold in world record time 4 x 100m medley relay with the Australian ( Giaan Rooney, Petria Thomas, Leisel Jones, Jodie Henry)

World Swimming Championships 2005 in Montreal

• Gold 4 × 100 m freestyle relay with the Australian
• Gold 100 m freestyle
• Gold with the 4 x 100 m medley relay

World Swimming Championships in 2007 in Melbourne

• Gold 4 × 100 m freestyle relay with the Australian
• Gold 4 × 100 m medley relay with the Australian ( swum in advance )

Jodie Henry has been suffering for some time with intractable pelvic problems which made ​​it impossible to participate in the Australian trials in March and thus to participate in the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 prevented. Swimming experts agree that a healthy Jodie Henry is still one of the world's best freestyle swimmers.

On September 29, 2009, she officially ended her career. Your chronic pelvic suffering that is due to muscle weakness had become worse and worse. This Henry could not participate in both the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and at the 2009 World Championships in Rome.

1973: Kornelia Ender | 1975: Kornelia Ender | 1978: Barbara Krause | 1982: Birgit Meineke | 1986: Kristin Otto | 1991: Nicole Haislett | 1994: Le Jingyi | 1998: Jenny Thompson | 2001: Inge de Bruijn | 2003: Hanna- Maria Seppälä | 2005: Jodie Henry | 2007: Lisbeth Lenton | 2009: Britta Steffen | 2011: Jeanette Ottesen / Aljaxandra Herassimenja | 2013: Cate Campbell

1912: Fanny Durack | 1920: Ethelda Bleibtrey | 1924 Ethel Lackie | 1928: Albina Osipowich | 1932: Helene Madison | 1936: Hendrika Mastenbroek | 1948: Greta Andersen | 1952: Katalin Szoke | 1956: Dawn Fraser | 1960: Dawn Fraser | 1964: Dawn Fraser | 1968: Jan hen | 1972 Sandy Neilson | 1976: Kornelia Ender | 1980: Barbara Krause | 1984: Nancy Hogshead / Carrie stone zeal | 1988: Kristin Otto | 1992: Zhuang Yong | 1996: Le Jingyi | 2000: Inge de Bruijn | 2004: Jodie Henry | 2008: Britta Steffen | 2012: Ranomi Kromowidjojo

List of Olympic gold medalist in swimming

• Swimmer (Australia)
• World Champion ( swimming)
• Olympic gold medalist ( swimming)
• Born in 1983
• Woman