Mikaela Jenkins
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Nickname(s) | Jikaela Menkins Michael | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Tampa, Florida, U.S. | March 11, 2003|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Paralympic swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Proximal femoral focal deficiency | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | S10, SM10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Newburgh Sea Creatures | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Aaron Opell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mikaela Jenkins (born March 11, 2003) is an American Paralympic swimmer who represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Career[edit]
Jenkins made her international debut for the United States at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships where she won a gold medal in the women's 100 metre butterfly S10 event, and silver medals in the women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 34pts and women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 34pts events.[1]
Jenkins represented the United States in the women's 100 metre butterfly S10 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a gold medal. She also competed in the women's 4×100 metre medley relay 34pts and won a gold medal.[2]
On April 14, 2022, Jenkins was named to the roster to represent the United States at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships.[3] On April 29, 2023, Jenkins was named to the roster to represent the United States at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships.[4]
Personal life[edit]
Jenkins was born with proximal femoral focal deficiency and underwent a left Syme's amputation when she was eight months old. Best friend and Maid of Honor is Caleb Morris. [5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Mikaela Jenkins". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on August 31, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ "Mikaela Jenkins". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on August 31, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ Gowdy, Kristen (April 14, 2022). "U.S. Paralympics Swimming Nominates 25 athletes to World Championship Roster". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on May 16, 2022. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
- ^ Overend, Riley (April 29, 2023). "U.S. Paralympics Swimming Selects 22 (Including Just 6 Men) for 2023 Worlds Roster". swimswam.com. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
- ^ Sokeland, Kyle (August 23, 2021). "Reitz grad Mikaela Jenkins living a dream this week: Competing in Paralympic Games". Evansville Courier & Press. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
External links[edit]
- Mikaela Jenkins at Team USA (archived)
- Mikaela Jenkins at the International Paralympic Committee
- Mikaela Jenkins at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Mikaela Jenkins at the IPC Tokyo 2020 website Archived 2021-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
- 2003 births
- Living people
- American amputees
- American disabled sportspeople
- American female butterfly swimmers
- Sportspeople with limb difference
- Sportspeople from Tampa, Florida
- Swimmers from Florida
- Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships
- Paralympic swimmers for the United States
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in swimming
- Paralympic gold medalists for the United States
- Swimmers at the 2023 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Parapan American Games
- 21st-century American women
- American female freestyle swimmers
- S10-classified para swimmers
- American swimming biography stubs