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{{Short description|American swimmer (born 1973)}}
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| fullname       = Jennifer Beth Thompson
| national_team  = United States
| strokes        = [[Butterfly stroke|Butterfly]], [[freestyle swimming|freestyle]]
| club           = Seacoast Swimming Association, Stanford, Badger Swim Club
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| collegeteam    = [[Stanford Cardinal|Stanford University]]
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1973|2|26}}
| birth_place    = [[Danvers, Massachusetts]], U.S.
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| height         = 5 ft 9.5 in<ref name="sr"/>
| weight         = 152 lb<ref name="sr"/>
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{{MedalSport | Women's swimming }}
{{MedalCountry | {{USA}}}}
{{MedalCount
| [[Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] | 8 | 3 | 1
| [[World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]] | 7 | 5 | 2
| [[World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (SC)]] | 11 | 5 | 2
| [[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific Championships]] | 25 | 7 | 2
| [[Pan American Games]] | 2|0|1
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{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | [[Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1992 Barcelona | [[Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1996 Atlanta | [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1996 Atlanta | [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | 2000 Sydney | [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | 2000 Sydney | [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]] }}
{{MedalSilver | 1992 Barcelona | [[Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalSilver | 2004 Athens | [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]] }}
{{MedalBronze | 2000 Sydney | [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1991 World Aquatics Championships|1991 Perth]] | [[Swimming at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1998 World Aquatics Championships|1998 Perth]] | [[Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1998 Perth | [[Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1998 Perth | [[Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1998 Perth | [[Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2003 World Aquatics Championships|2003 Barcelona]] | [[Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]] }}
{{MedalGold | 2003 Barcelona | [[Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1994 World Aquatics Championships|1994 Rome]] | [[Swimming at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalSilver | 1994 Rome | [[Swimming at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]] }}
{{MedalSilver | 1998 Perth | [[Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalSilver | 2003 Barcelona | [[Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly|50 m butterfly]] }}
{{MedalSilver | 2003 Barcelona | [[Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]] }}
{{MedalBronze | 1994 Rome | [[Swimming at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalBronze | 2003 Barcelona | [[Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|World Championships (SC)]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1997 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|1997 Gothenburg]] | [[1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Women's 100m Freestyle|100 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1997 Gothenburg | [[1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Women's 100m Butterfly|100 m butterfly]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1997 Gothenburg | [[1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Women's 4x100m Medley Relay|4×100 m medley]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1999 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|1999 Hong Kong]] | 100 m freestyle }}
{{MedalGold | 1999 Hong Kong | 50 m butterfly }}
{{MedalGold | 1999 Hong Kong | 100 m butterfly }}
{{MedalGold | 1999 Hong Kong | 4×100 m medley }}
{{MedalGold | [[2000 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|2000 Athens]] | 50 m butterfly }}
{{MedalGold | 2000 Athens | 100 m butterfly }}
{{MedalGold | [[2004 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|2004 Indianapolis]] | 50 m butterfly }}
{{MedalGold | 2004 Indianapolis | 4×100 m freestyle }}
{{MedalSilver | 1997 Gothenburg | [[1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Women's 50m Freestyle|50 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalSilver | 1999 Hong Kong | 50 m freestyle }}
{{MedalSilver | 2000 Athens | 100 m freestyle }}
{{MedalSilver | 2000 Athens | 4×200 m freestyle }}
{{MedalSilver | 2004 Indianapolis | 4×100 m medley }}
{{MedalBronze | 2000 Athens | 4×100 m medley }}
{{MedalBronze | 2004 Indianapolis | 100 m butterfly }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1989 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1989 Tokyo]] | [[1989 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1989 Tokyo | [[1989 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1991 Edmonton]] | [[1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1991 Edmonton | [[1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1993 Kobe]] | [[1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1993 Kobe | [[1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1993 Kobe | [[1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1993 Kobe | [[1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1993 Kobe | [[1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1993 Kobe | [[1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1995 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1995 Atlanta]] | [[1995 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1995 Atlanta | [[1995 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1995 Atlanta | [[1995 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1997 Fukuoka]] | [[1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1997 Fukuoka | [[1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1997 Fukuoka | [[1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1997 Fukuoka | [[1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1997 Fukuoka | [[1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1999 Sydney]] | [[1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1999 Sydney | [[1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1999 Sydney | [[1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1999 Sydney | [[1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1999 Sydney | [[1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1999 Sydney | [[1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|2002 Yokohama]] | [[2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalSilver | 1989 Tokyo | [[1989 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalSilver | 1995 Atlanta | [[1995 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalSilver | 1995 Atlanta | [[1995 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]] }}
{{MedalSilver | 1995 Atlanta | [[1995 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]] }}
{{MedalSilver | 1997 Fukuoka | [[1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalSilver | 2002 Yokohama | [[2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalSilver | 2002 Yokohama | [[2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]] }}
{{MedalBronze | 2002 Yokohama | [[2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalBronze | 2002 Yokohama | [[2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1987 Pan American Games|1987 Indianapolis]] | [[Swimming at the 1987 Pan American Games – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1987 Indianapolis | [[Swimming at the 1987 Pan American Games – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]] }}
{{MedalBronze | 1987 Indianapolis | [[Swimming at the 1987 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] }}
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'''Jennifer Beth Thompson''' (born February 26, 1973) is an American former competition [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]].

She is one of the most decorated Olympians in history: twelve medals, including eight gold medals, in the [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992]], [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996]], [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000]], and [[2004 Summer Olympics]].

Thompson, a [[Massachusetts]] native who calls [[Dover, New Hampshire]], her hometown, began swimming at age 7 at a summer country club called Cedardale in [[Groveland, Massachusetts]]. During the indoor season, she swam at the Danvers YMCA from ages 8 to 10, and then at the Andover-North Andover YMCA from the ages of 10 to 12. At age 12 she began swimming for Seacoast Swimming Association under coaches Amy and Mike Parratto, and moved to Dover at age 13.

She first appeared on the international scene as a 14-year-old in 1987, when she won the 50-meter freestyle and placed third in the 100-meter freestyle at the [[Pan American Games]]. She won her first world championship in 1991, as part of the USA's winning 4×100-meter freestyle relay team, and held the world record in the 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle when she participated in the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in [[Barcelona]].

Thompson attended [[Stanford University]], and swam for the [[Stanford Cardinal]] swimming and diving team in [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) and [[Pacific-10 Conference]] competition. She was the recipient of the 1994–95 [[Honda Sports Award]] for Swimming and Diving, recognizing her as the outstanding college female swimmer of the year.<ref>Collegiate Women Sports Awards, [http://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/archives/swimdive Past Honda Sports Award Winners for Swimming & Diving]. Retrieved December 3, 2014.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dailydsports.com/jenny-thompson/|title=Jenny Thompson • The Daily Dose|date=2016-06-07|website=The Daily Dose|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref>

In 2006, Thompson received a medical degree from the [[Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons]], completed a residency in [[anesthesiology]] at the [[Brigham and Women's Hospital]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts]], and then a fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology at Children's Hospital of Boston.<ref name="calling">{{cite news |url=http://www.boston.com/sports/articles/2006/06/15/thompson_has_new_calling |title=Thompson has new calling |work=The Boston Globe |date=June 15, 2006 |first=Fluto |last=Shinzawa |format=subscription required |access-date=November 1, 2016}}</ref>

==World competitions and records==

===1992 Olympics===
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Thought to be at the height of her competitive career at the time, Thompson was expected to win up to five gold medals at those Olympics. However, she failed to qualify for the final in the 200-meter freestyle, finished a disappointing fifth in the 50-meter, and finished second in the 100-meter, where she was beaten by [[Zhuang Yong]] of China. Thompson won two gold medals as part of the 4×100-meter freestyle and 4×100-meter medley teams. Considerable controversy was raised after the 100-meter freestyle when the U.S. team speculated on the loose doping policy standards in Barcelona—at that time the event winner did not have a mandatory doping test—only the second and fourth-place finishers were tested, based on a random draw. Thompson and her teammates believed that the Olympic champion should be tested and that rule was changed a few months later when nine members of the Chinese swimming team tested positive for steroid use.

===University years===
Thompson continued her career as a member of the U.S. national team and a member of the [[Stanford University]] swimming team, and continued to rank among the world's best swimmers for the next four years. During Thompson's four years at Stanford, she was a member of four [[NCAA]] championship teams, considered to be some of the most dominant collegiate teams in NCAA history. During that time, Thompson amassed nineteen individual and relay NCAA titles. She competed as a member of the USA [[Finswimming]] Team at the 8th World Championship held in [[Hungary]] during August 1996.<ref>{{cite web |last=Howley |first=Elaine K. |title=MonoMermaid The Olympic champion's other breathless aquatic adventures |url=https://www.usms.org/articles/articledisplay.php?aid=2803 |publisher=United States Masters Swimming, Inc. |access-date=January 13, 2014 |date=January 7, 2014}}</ref> Thompson had a poor performance at the 1996 Olympic Trials which kept her from qualifying in her individual events.

===1996 Olympics===
Thompson won Gold medals on three relay teams at the Olympics; the 4×100-meter freestyle, 4×100-meter medley, and 4×200-meter freestyle.

Between 1997 and 1999, Thompson won eight more world championship titles, including three in a row in the 100-meter freestyle.

===2000 Olympics===
At the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in Sydney, Australia she won a bronze in the 100-meter freestyle and was fifth in the 100-meter butterfly. But in the relay events, she swam the anchor leg in helping the USA defend its titles in the 4×100-meter freestyle and the 4×200-meter freestyle relays. She also swam the butterfly leg in the winning 4×100-meter relays. The 4×100-meter freestyle and medley teams set new world records in the process.

===2000 through 2004===
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At the World Championships that year, she broke the world record in the 100-meter butterfly for the fourth time, winning a qualifying heat in a time of 56.56 en route to a gold medal in the event.
Thompson seemingly retired from competition after the 2000 season with 10 Olympic medals, eight gold, one silver and one bronze, and 12 gold medals at World Championships. In 2001, Thompson moved to New York City to begin studying at the [[Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons]]. However, while attending medical school, she made a return to competition at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in [[Yokohama]], Japan. Thompson won five medals in two days, setting a career-best time in winning the 50-meter freestyle. At the 2003 World Championships, she would win five medals, including two gold medals.

===2004 Olympics===
At age 31, Thompson was the oldest member of the 2004 U.S. Swimming and Diving team, competing in her fourth Olympics in Athens, Greece. She was the anchor member of the 400-meter freestyle relay, where she contributed to a national record of 3:36.39 and a silver medal. She earned another silver medal as a member of the 4×100-meter medley relay. During her Olympic career, Thompson won twelve medals, eight of which were relay gold; the most for any female Olympic swimmer in history.<ref name="sr">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/th/jenny-thompson-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203181054/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/th/jenny-thompson-1.html |archive-date=December 3, 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=September 12, 2017}}</ref>

==Recent life and work==
In 2006, Thompson received a medical degree from the [[Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons]]. She did her internship at the New York City [[Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center]], and residency [[anesthesiologist]] at the [[Brigham and Women's Hospital]] in [[Boston]].<ref name="calling"/> In June 2010, she was assaulted when two men attempted to steal her scooter, but she was able to fight off both of her attackers.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/brookline/2010/06/olympian_allegedly_assaulted_i.html |work=The Boston Globe |first=Your |last=Town |title=Olympian allegedly assaulted in Brookline |date=June 30, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://wbztv.com/local/jenny.thompson.brookline.2.1780461.html |title=Olympian Jenny Thompson Attacked In Brookline |date=July 1, 2010 |website=wbztv.com |access-date=2010-07-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100703030615/http://wbztv.com/local/jenny.thompson.brookline.2.1780461.html |archive-date=July 3, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

Thompson married Daniel Richard Cumpelik on September 5, 2010.<ref name=nyt_married>{{cite news |last=Schwartz |first=Paula |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/fashion/weddings/05Thompson.html |title=Jenny Thompson, Daniel Cumpelik |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=July 5, 2011 |date=September 3, 2010}}</ref>

Thompson has volunteered as a celebrity swimmer for [[Swim Across America]], a charitable organization that raises money for cancer research, since 1995.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jenny Thompson |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/jenny-thompson }}</ref>

==Accolades and other recognition==
She was the 1993 and 1998 USA Swimming Swimmer of the Year, and ranked as the 62nd greatest female athlete of all time in a 1999 poll conducted by ''Sports Illustrated''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jenny Thompson |url=https://bashof.org/inductee/jenny-thompson/ |access-date=2025-08-11 |website=Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame |language=en-US}}</ref> She was named by ''[[Swimming World Magazine]]'' as the [[List of Swimming World Swimmers of the Year|Female World Swimmer of the Year]] in 1998, and as Female American Swimmer of the Year in 1993, 1998 and 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Swimming World Award Honorees |url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/swimming-world-honorees/ |access-date=2025-08-11 |website=Swimming World |language=en-US}}</ref> She was the [[Women's Sports Foundation]]'s Athlete of the Year in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Awards |url=https://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/what-we-do/awards/ |access-date=2025-08-11 |website=Women's Sports Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref>

Her adopted hometown of [[Dover, New Hampshire]] has a public swimming pool named in her honor.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-03-04 |title=Jenny Thompson Outdoor Pool |url=https://www.dover.nh.gov/government/city-operations/recreation/jenny-thompson-pool/ |access-date=2025-08-11 |website=dover.nh.gov |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|Olympics}}
* [[List of multiple Olympic gold medalists]]
* [[List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games]]
* [[List of multiple Olympic gold medalists in one event]]
* [[List of multiple Olympic medalists]]
* [[List of multiple Summer Olympic medalists]]
* [[List of Stanford University people]]
* [[List of top Olympic gold medalists in swimming]]
* [[List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)]]
* [[World record progression 50 metres butterfly]]
* [[World record progression 100 metres butterfly]]
* [[World record progression 100 metres freestyle]]
* [[World record progression 100 metres individual medley]]
* [[World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay]]
* [[World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{World Aquatics|1038408}}
* {{International Swimming Hall of Fame|honoree-jenny-thompson}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150218230040/http://www.ishof.org/jenny-thompson-(usa).html archive])
* {{Team USA Hall of Fame|new_id=jenny-thompson}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512182653/http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_1247.htm |title=Jenny Thompson at the U.S. Olympic Team |date=mdy }}
* {{Olympics.com profile|oc_archive=20201115052119|org_archive=20201230120857}}
* {{Olympedia}}

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[[Category:Swimmers at the 1987 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in swimming]]
[[Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in swimming]]
[[Category:21st-century American sportswomen]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportswomen]]