Jessicah Schipper

Jessicah Schipper

Personal information
Full name	Jessicah Lee Schipper
Nationality	Australia
Born	19 November 1986 (1986-11-19) (age 25) Brisbane, Queensland
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for  Australia Olympic Games Gold 2004 Athens[1] 4×100 m medley Gold 2008 Beijing 4×100 m medley Bronze 2008 Beijing 100 m butterfly Bronze 2008 Beijing 200 m butterfly World Championships (LC) Gold 2005 Montreal[2] 100 m butterfly Gold 2005 Montreal 4 100 m medley Gold 2007 Melbourne[3] 200 m butterfly Gold 2007 Melbourne 4 100 m medley Gold 2009 Rome 200 m butterfly Silver 2005 Montreal 200 m butterfly Silver 2007 Melbourne 100 m butterfly Silver 2009 Rome 100 m butterfly Silver 2009 Rome 4×100 m medley Bronze 2003 Barcelona[4] 4×100 m medley World Championships (SC) Gold 2004 Indianapolis[5] 4×100 m medley Gold 2006 Shanghai[6] 200 m butterfly Gold 2006 Shanghai 4×200 m freestyle Gold 2006 Shanghai 4×100 m medley Bronze 2006 Shanghai 100 m butterfly Commonwealth Games Gold 2006 Melbourne[7] 100 m butterfly Gold 2006 Melbourne 200 m butterfly Gold 2006 Melbourne 4×100 m medley Gold 2010 Delhi 200 m butterfly Gold 2010 Delhi 4x100 m medley Silver 2006 Melbourne 50 m butterfly Pan Pacific Championships Gold 2006 Victoria 100 m butterfly Gold 2006 Victoria 200 m butterfly Gold 2010 Irvine 200 m butterfly Bronze 2006 Victoria 4x100 m medley

Jessicah Lee Schipper OAM (born 19 November 1986 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian swimmer. She trained at the Redcliffe Leagues Lawnton club in Brisbane, under veteran coach Ken Wood up until the conclusion of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Schipper now trains under the guidance of Stephan Widmer with the Commercial Swimming Club. She was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in January 2005 for her services to swimming.

Swimming career

Schipper made her debut for Australia at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, winning the bronze medal as part of the 4x100 m medley relay team.

2004 Summer Olympics

In 2004 she competed in the Athens Olympics, placing 4th in the 100 m butterfly with the time of 58.22 s. She also collected the gold medal in the 4x100 m medley relay, having swum the butterfly leg in the heats of the event.

At the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal she won the silver medal in the 200 m butterfly with the time of 2.05.65 s, only 0.04 seconds behind Otylia Jędrzejczak of Poland, who consequently recorded a new world record in the event. However, the race was overshadowed by the video replay showing that Jędrzejczak touched the finishing wall with only one hand, which is illegal under the butterfly rules. Doing so allows the swimmer to stretch out further with their single hand. Video replays cannot be used in appeals against race results. Schipper also won the gold in the 100 m butterfly (57.23 s) and in the 4×100 m medley relay, with teammates Sophie Edington, Leisel Jones and Libby Lenton. In doing so, she erased the Australian records in both the 100 m and 200 m butterfly set by Petria Thomas and Susie O'Neill, respectively.

In 2006 Schipper wiped 0.08 s off her 100 m butterfly (57.15 s) Commonwealth record to become the second fastest woman ever in the history of the event, surpassing Martina Moravcová.

She won the gold medal in both the 100 m and 200 m butterfly as well as the silver medal in 50 m butterfly at the 2006 Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne. She combined with Sophie Edington, Leisel Jones and Libby Lenton to set a new world record in the 4×100 m medley relay, collecting her third gold medal of the meet.

On 17 August 2006 Schipper set a new world record in the women's 200m butterfly, on the opening night of the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. Schipper won the final in 2:05.40, bettering the mark of 2:05.61 set by Otylia Jędrzejczak at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships.^[8]

Schipper won the gold medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, as well as the silver medal in the 100 m butterfly, behind fellow Australian Libby Lenton.

2008 Summer Olympics

Schipper qualified for the 100 m and 200 m butterfly events in Beijing, where she is among the favourites for the medals. She is a member of the 4×100 m medley relay squad. Schipper won two bronze medals in her individual events at the Beijing Olympics, the 100 m and 200 m butterfly. Schipper also won gold in the 4×100 m medley relay team with teammates Leisel Jones, Libby Trickett and Emily Seebohm.

Following the Olympics, Schipper split with her coach Ken Wood. This came after Wood had sold Schipper's training program to Chinese swimmer Liu Zige, who broke Schipper's world record to take the 200 m title.[1] She then joined the Commercial Swimming Club in Brisbane, under Stephan Widmar, who previously coached her Australian relay teammates Leisel Jones and Trickett.

Schipper maintained her consistency at the world championship level. On day two, she took silver in the 100 m butterfly, clocking the second fastest time in history. On day five she retained her 200 m butterfly title in world record time, defeating Liu Zige by 0.49s.

World & Olympic accomplishments

2003 World Championships Events Event Time Place 100m Butterfly 59.48 10th 200m Butterfly 2:12.28 10th 4 x 100m Medley Relay 4:01.37 Bronze 2005 World Championships Events Event Time Place 100m Butterfly 57.23 Gold AR 200m Butterfly 2:05.65 Silver AR 4 x 100m Medley Relay 3:57.47 Gold 2007 World Championships Events Event Time Place 100m Butterfly 57.24 Silver 200m Butterfly 2:06.39 Gold 4 x 100m Medley Relay 3:55.74 Gold WR 2009 World Championships Events Event Time Place 100m Butterfly 56.23 Silver AR 200m Butterfly 2:03.41 Gold WR 4 x 100 m Medley Relay 3:52.58 Silver AR

2004 Summer Olympics Events Event Time Place 100m Butterfly 58.22 4th 4 x 100m Medley Relay 3:57.32 Gold WR 2008 Summer Olympics Events Event Time Place 100m Butterfly 57.25 Bronze 200m Butterfly 2:06.26 Bronze 4 x 100m Medley Relay 3:52.69 Gold WR

See also

• List of world records in swimming
• Commonwealth Games records in swimming
• List of Australian records in swimming
• List of Olympic records in swimming

External links

• Swimming Australia profile for Jessicah Schipper

References

1. ^ "2004 Olympic Games swimming results". CNN. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2004/schedules/117BySport.html. Retrieved 2007-07-22. 
2. ^ "Montreal 2005 Results". Archived from the original on 2007-01-28. http://web.archive.org/web/20070128064425/http://www.fina.org/events/WC/Montreal_2005/results/sw.php. Retrieved 2007-06-09. 
3. ^ "12th FINA World Championships". Archived from the original on 2007-06-06. http://web.archive.org/web/20070606111744/http://www.fina.org/events/WC/Melbourne_2007/results/swimming.php. Retrieved 2007-06-09. 
4. ^ "2003 World Championships – Short Course Swim Rankings results". http://www.swimrankings.net/index.php?page=meetDetail&meetId=2132600. Retrieved 2007-07-24. 
5. ^ "7th FINA World Championships – 25m Indianapolis 2004". Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. http://web.archive.org/web/20070926041704/http://www.fina.org/events/SW/SWC(25m)/Indianapolis_2004/results/pdf/Results_2004_World_Short_Course_25m_Indianapolis.pdf. Retrieved 2007-07-24. 
6. ^ "Shanghai 2006 results". Archived from the original on 2007-03-06. http://web.archive.org/web/20070306103724/http://www.fina.org/events/SW/SWC(25m)/Shanghai_2006/results/index.php. Retrieved 2007-07-24. 
7. ^ "Swimming Schedule and Results". http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Schedule+and+Results/By+Sport/Aquatics%20Swimming. Retrieved 2007-08-22. 
8. ^ "Schipper, Phelps break world records". The Age (Melbourne). 2006-08-18. http://www.theage.com.au/news/sports/schipper-phelps-break-world-records/2006/08/18/1155408001158.html. Retrieved 2007-08-15. 

Records
Preceded by Otylia Jędrzejczak	Women's 200 metre butterfly world record holder (long course) 17 August 2006 – 14 August 2008	Succeeded by Liu Zige
Preceded by Mary DeScenza	Women's 200 metre butterfly world record holder (long course) 30 July 2009 – 21 October 2009	Succeeded by Liu Zige

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Name	Schipper, Jessicah
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Date of birth	19 November 1986
Place of birth	Brisbane, Queensland
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