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Career Highlights
Won gold in the 400m medley relay and bronze in the 400m free relay at the 2012 Olympic Games in London ... also set a best time of 53.84 in the 100m free ... Qualified for the 2012 Olympic team by finishing first in the 100m free and the 50m free ... Won gold in the 50m breast and swam a leg on the silver medal winning 4x100m free relay at the 2011 FINA World Championships; also finished eighth in
the 50m free ... Won the 100m breast at the 2011 ConocoPhillips National Championships ... Helped the 4x100m free-relay and 4x100m med-relay teams bring home two silver medals at the 2010 FINA Short Course World Championships ... Four-time gold medalist at the 2010 MOO Pan Pacific Championships … Earned gold and broke the 50m and 100m breaststroke world records at the 2008 Short Course World Championships … At the 2005 World Championships, in which she was a U.S. National Team Rookie, set a world record in the semis of the 100m breast before ultimately finishing second in the finals; also earned silver in the 50, breast and as a member of the 400m medley relay … Won the 50m breast and captured silver on the 400m medley relay at the 2007 World Championships … Won her first NCAA title in the 100y breast at the 2006 NCAA Championships
Olympics History
2012: (p) Gold 4x100 Med-R, Bronze 4x100 Fr-R
World Champs History
2011: Gold, 50m BR; Silver, 400m FR-R; 8th, 50m FR ... 2007: Gold, 50m BR; Silver, 400m MR(pr); 4th, 100m BR ... 2005: Silver, 50m & 100m BR and 400m MR (set 100 WR in sf-now broken)
Pan Pacs History
2010: Gold, 50m BR & 50m FR & 400m FR-R & 400m MR; 6th, 50m FL ... 2006: Gold, 400m MR; 9th, 100m BR(CR in finals)
SC Worlds History
2010: Silver, 400m FR-R, 400 MR ... 2008: Gold, 50m & 100m BR (WR); 400m MR-R; 4th, 50m FR ... 2006: Silver, 400m MR(pr); Bronze, 50m BR; 4th, 100m BR
Duel in the Pool History
2011: Gold, 100m BR; Silver, 400m FR-R (AM) ... 2009: Gold, 400m MR(WR); Silver, 50m FR & 100m BR ... 2007: 4th, 100m BR; 7th, 50m FR ... 2005: Silver, 50m & 100m BR and 400m MR (set 100 WR in sf-now broken)
Olympic Trials History
2012: 1st, 50m FR; 1st, 100m FR; 3rd, 100m BR ... 2008: 1st, 100m BR; 2nd, 50m FR; 4th, 100m FR
Briefly
Current World Record holder in the 50m and 100m Br
Fun Facts
High School
Long Beach Wilson '05
College Major
Communications
Future Professional Aspirations
Sports Media/Marketing
Parents
Denise Robinson … Denise is a psychotherapist, was a swimmer at Indiana State University for a week. and showed horses professionally… stepfather is Bill Robinson, and he is an aviation and intellectual properties attorney who attended the U.S. Naval Academy
Sibling(s)
Younger sister (Amanda) was a Junior National Water Polo player ... Stepsister (Kerri Robinson-Johnson) works as a corporate marketer for McDonald's
Notable Relative(s)
Grandfather (John Tourtellot) was on the crew team at Columbia University and invented the diamond tip needle on the record player
Started Swimming
Age 7... Started going to the community pool during the summer...noticed a club team at the pool and asked mom if she could go "beat them," instead of asking to join the team. Shortly after she decided to join the swim team.
Sports Played Before Swimming
Water polo
Nickname(s)
Jess
Hobbies Outside the Pool
All water sports (body surfing, scuba diving and stand up paddle board), travel, fashion, sports, charity work
Ultimate Way to Relax
Laying out on a tropical beach for vacation or on the beach at home in Long Beach
Most Influential Person
Dave Salo, Staciana Stitts, parents … “My parents have always supported me, through the ups and downs.”
Charities
USOC's Team for Tomorrow ... Advocate for water conservation with Long Beach Water Department
Training Stats
Swims 6,000 meters/yards per day, 3 hours a day, 6 days a week
More
Role model: Her mom ... "My mom is selfless to the point where she sacrificed her life to help me."
Favorites
U.S. city: Long Beach, Calif. ... int'l destination: Europe ... musician: Madonna ... summer activity: sleeping in the sun
Favorites
Movie: Almost Famous ... TV show: Planet Earth... Holiday tradition: Tamales on Christmas Eve