Nationality American Name Cortney Jordan Coach Brian Loeffler | Sport Swimming Height 5'3 Weight 59 kg | |
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Born 24 June 1991 (age 32) ( 1991-06-24 ) Las Vegas, Nevada Strokes Backstroke, Freestyle, Medley Education California Lutheran University Profiles | ||
Cortney jordan on the morning swim show
Cortney Jordan (born June 24, 1991 in Las Vegas, Nevada) is an American swimmer.
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Cortney jordan s memories
Swimming career
Jordan broke onto the international swimming scene when she won bronze in the 50, 100, and 400 metre freestyles at 2006 World Championships. Two years later, she participated at the 2008 Summer Paralympics where she won two silver medals for 100 metres (330 ft) and 400 metres (1,300 ft) freestyles, a gold one for a 50 metres (160 ft) freestyle and for the same sport a bronze medal for 200 metres (660 ft). In 2009, she competed at 2009 Short course World Championships for 50, 100, and 400 freestyles and won silver for all of them. Next year, she was awarded with two gold medals for 4x100 individual medley and freestyle at 2010 World Championships. She also competed at ParaPan Pacific Games in 2011, where she won 3 silver medals for 50, 100, and 200 metre freestyles and an individual medley. The same year, she was awarded with two bronze medals in 400 metre freestyle and 100 metre backstroke. 2012 Summer Paralympics brought her 3 silver ones for 50, 100, and 400 metre freestyle and a bronze one for 100 metre backstroke. She has been swimming since she was seven years old.
