By Bailey Marsh ©

1. Jacqueline Freney
Bailey Marsh

2. Background
Born on the 6th of June,1992 with cerebral palsy,
which means she has difficulty moving her legs and
body,Jacqueline followed in the footsteps of her
swimming family and set herself the goal that she
would one day become a competitive swimmer.As
therapy, her mum and dad would take her for
swims...everday! As Jacqueline spent most of her
time playing in the pool she learnt to swim before she
could walk. At first she struggled to keep up with the
other swimmers but over time she progressed from
the bottom of the pack to become the best swimmer
in his squad.
She is the third generation of competitive swimmers.
Her grandfather (Peter Freney) coached her father
(Michael Freney) and now her dad coaches
Jacqueline.

4. INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
2012: 2012 LONDON PARALYMPIC GAMES -
RANKED THE NO. 1 ATHLETE ON THE
INTERNATIONAL MEDAL TALLY OVERALL
2012: SWIMMING WORLD - 2012 FEMALE
SWIMMER WITH A DISABILITY AWARD awarded by
Swimming World Magazine
2012: SPORTS360 - FEMALE SPORTSPERSON OF
2012 awarded by the International Sports
Newspaper Sports360
2012: INTERNATIONAL PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE-
Finalist in the IPC's Athlete of the month for
August-September 2012
Achievements
London 2012 Paralympic Games Results:
8 Paralympic Gold Medals, 3 World Records, 7
Paralympic Records, 6 Oceania Records, 6
Australian Open Records.

5. National Awards
2013: 2013 Finalist in the Australian Cosmopolitan Magazine's Fun Fearless Female
awards in the Sportswomen Category
2012: THE PRIME MINIsTER'S SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD awarded by the Hon.
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard
2012: 2012 AUSTRALIAN PARALYMPIAN OF THE YEAR awarded by the Australian
Paralympic Committee
2012: 2012 AUSTRALIAN FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR awarded by the Australian
Paralympic Committee
2012: 2012 SWIMMING AUSTRALIA'S MULTI CLASS ATHLETE OF THE YEAR awarded
by Swimming Australia
2012: 2012 Named in Energy Australia's All Stars Swimming Squad for 2012-2013
2012: 2012 Finalist in the Australian Sporting Hall of Fame, 'The Don Awards'
2012: 2012 Finalist in Madame Tussauds 'Australia's Sporting Heroes' Wax Figures
2012: 2012 CPSARA DAWN FRASER AWARD for recognition of London 2012
Paralympics achievements awarded by the Cerebral Palsy Sports and Recreation
Association
2012: PARALYMPIAN OF THE YEAR POSTAGE STAMP released by Australia Post in
celebration of Paralympian of the Year for 2012
2010: Named in the Swimming Australia Telstra Dolphins Allstars Swimming Squad for
2010-2011

6. Heroes
Siobhan Paton
Siobhan Bethany Paton, OAM is an Australian Paralympic
swimmer. As of 2004, she holds thirteen world records in her disability class of S14.

7. Why she is an inspiration to me ??

8. Reasons
Being born with cerebral palsy has not stopped Jacqueline Freney from achieving
greatness.
She is also involved in the community, working with Swimming Australia as a
motivational speaker to help other people with disabilities reach their potential.
Jacqueline is a role model and proves that, with hard work and determination,
anything is possible.

10. How many olympic gold medals has she won?
8 Paralympic Gold Medals
How many world records does she hold?
3 World Records
Quiz