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Born | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | 2 November 1982||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Paralympic swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | S10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jessica Sloan (born November 2, 1982, in Calgary, Alberta [1]) is a Canadian swimmer who won six gold medals in the 2000 Summer Paralympics. [2] In the games, held in Sydney, she won gold in freestyle (100m and 50m), breaststroke (100m), individual medley (200m), relay medley, and freestyle relay. [2]
She was considered for the 2000 Lou Marsh Trophy. [3]
Sloan is one of many elite Canadian athletes to have attended high school at the National Sport School operated by the Calgary Board of Education. [4] [5] Sloan is now one of the coaches for the Provo aquatics club or PAC for short along with Ezekial Hall.