Venture Paralympian

Jessica Jane’s story –  Paralympics .

You will undoubtedly have read much about Jessica-Jane Applegate’s success in the

Paralympics 

– just after completing her studies at Venture (after many years and early mornings of hard training and travel) she succeeded in winning her GOLD in London 2012. Jessica is also an accomplished artist and her photography work is on permanent display at the Academy for all to see .Jessica not only won gold, she also watched other swimmers competing alongside none other than Prince Harry! Inserted below are some press links to Jessica’s work and how her home town showed their pride. She was awarded her MBE in the New Year’s honours lists. We are so proud of all she has achieved! Go, Jess!

TOKYO 2021 RESULTS

Jessica-Jane Applegate MBE impressed the para-swimming world with her gold medal performance at the London 2012 Paralympic Games and has since continued to be on the podium at all levels of international competition, including three more medals at her second Paralympics in Rio.

Following a lack of available competitive opportunities in 2020, with the Paralympic Games postponed 12 months, the European Championships in Madeira saw Applegate make a golden start to the 2021 season as she secured a clean sweep of victories in the S14 100m Freestyle, 200m Freestyle, 100m Backstroke and 100m Butterfly events.
Applegate’s 2019 campaign saw her claim a quartet of medals at the World Para Swimming Championships on home soil, including gold as part of the Mixed S14 4x100m Freestyle Relay team. She also took silver in the S14 100m Butterfly and bronze in both the S14 100m Backstroke and S14 200m Freestyle events, as well as finishing fourth in the SM14 200m Individual Medley. 
After winning gold and silver medals in the MC 100m Butterfly and MC 200m Freestyle events respectively at the 2018 British Para-Swimming International Meet, Applegate secured her third call-up for a European Para Swimming Championships squad in Dublin.
They proved to be a fruitful Europeans for the City of Norwich athlete, who clinched her first European title in a world-record time in the S14 100m Butterfly. She also claimed three silver medals, helped the S14 4x100m Freestyle Relay team to gold and was part of two British clean sweeps of the European podium.
In 2016, Applegate made her second appearance at a Paralympic Games, in Rio, picking up silver medals in the SM14 200m Individual Medley and S14 200m Freestyle, plus a S14 100m Backstroke bronze. That followed on from a strong start to the year, which included three visits to the podium at the British Para-Swimming International Meet and three more medals at the European Championships. 
Applegate had her second outing at the World Para Swimming Championships in Glasgow in the summer of 2015, coming away with the title in the S14 100m Backstroke and a further two silver medals in the S14 200m Freestyle and 200m Individual Medley events. The year also saw her break the world record in the S14 100m Butterfly.
The versatile para-swimmer’s 2014 season saw her make her European Championship debut in Eindhoven, adding three medals to her swiftly-growing collection with S14 200m Freestyle silver and bronzes over the S14 100m Backstroke and SM14 200m Individual Medley events. 
The rapid progress made in her early career continued into 2013, and she went on to represent Britain again in Montreal’s World Championships, winning gold in the 200m Freestyle. Applegate also won silver in the 200m Individual Medley, and bronze in the 100m Freestyle

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