Cortney Jordan

Cortney Jordan

Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	(1991-06-24) 24 June 1991 Las Vegas, Nevada
Height	5'3
Weight	130 lb (59 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke, Freestyle, Medley
Coach	Brian Loeffler
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for  United States Paralympic Games Bronze 2006 World Championships 50 metre freestyle Bronze 2006 World Championships 100 metre freestyle Bronze 2006 World Championships 400 metre freestyle Gold 2008 Beijing 50 metre freestyle S7 Silver 2008 Beijing 400 metre freestyle S7 Silver 2008 Beijing 100 metre freestyle S7 Bronze 2008 Beijing 200 metre individual medley SM7 Silver 2009 Short course World Championships 50 metre freestyle Silver 2009 Short course World Championships 100 metre freestyle Silver 2009 Short course World Championships 200 metre freestyle Silver 2009 Short course World Championships 200 metre individual medley Gold 2010 World Championships 4x100 metre individual medley Gold 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships 4x100 metre freestyle Bronze 2010 World Championships 100 metre freestyle Bronze 2010 World Championships 200 metre individual medley Silver 2011 ParaPan Pacific Games 50 metre freestyle Silver 2011 ParaPan Pacific Games 100 metre freestyle Silver 2011 ParaPan Pacific Games 200 metre individual medley Bronze 2011 ParaPan Pacific Games 100 metre backstroke Bronze 2011 ParaPan Pacific Games 400 metre freestyle Silver 2012 London 50 metre freestyle S7 Silver 2012 London 100 metre freestyle S7 Silver 2012 London 400 metre freestyle S7 Bronze 2012 London 100 metre backstroke S7 Gold 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships 400 metre freestyle Gold 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships 100 metre freestyle Gold 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships 50 metre freestyle Silver 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships 100 metre backstroke Bronze 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships 200 metre individual medley Gold 2014 Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships 400 metre freestyle Gold 2014 Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships 100 metre freestyle Gold 2014 Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships 50 metre freestyle Silver 2014 Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships 100 metre backstroke Bronze 2014 Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships 50 metre butterfly Bronze 2014 Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships 200 metre individual medley Bronze 2014 Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships 4x50 metre 20 Pt mixed freestyle relay

Cortney Jordan (born June 24, 1991^[1] in Las Vegas, Nevada) is an American swimmer. She is the daughter of Jarrett and Nancy Jordan. She has one sibling (Mikaela Jordan).

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.^[2] She has been swimming since she was seven years old.^[3]

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