Jenna Forrester
{{Short description|Australian swimmer (born 2003)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2021}}
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|strokes = Backstroke, medley
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|birth_place = Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa{{cite web |url=https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/jenna-forrester/ |title=Jenna Forrester |publisher=Australian Olympic Committee |access-date=2021-07-29}}
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{{MedalCompetition|World Championships (LC)}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 Fukuoka|400 m medley}}
{{MedalCompetition | World Junior Championships}}
{{MedalSilver | 2019 Budapest | 4×200 m freestyle}}
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Jenna Forrester (born 14 June 2003) is an Australian swimmer. She won a bronze medal in the 400 metre individual medley at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships.
Career
Forrester swims for St. Peter's Western Swim Club in Brisbane. In 2017, she was part of the 4 x 200-metre freestyle relay at the Junior World Championships, which was disqualified in the preliminary round.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldaquatics.com/athletes/1057213/jenna-forrester |title=Jenna Forrester |website=worldaquatics.com}} Two years later, she won the silver medal with the relay behind the US quartet.{{cite web |url=https://www.the-sports.org/swimming-world-junior-championships-results-2019-women-epf94491.html#433651 |title=Juniorenweltmeisterschaften 2019 |website=the-sports.org}}{{cite web |title=2019 FINA World Junior Championships: Day One Finals Live Recap |url=https://swimswam.com/2019-fina-world-junior-championships-day-one-finals-live-recap/ |date=20 August 2019 |website=SwimSwam |accessdate=30 July 2023}} In 2021, Forrester won the Australian Olympic qualification in the 400-metre individual medley, but remained about a second over the standard time for Tokyo.
At the 2022 World Championships in Budapest, Forrester reached the final of the 400-metre individual medley and finished seventh.{{cite web |url=https://www.the-sports.org/swimming-world-championships-results-2022-women-epf120502.html#539654 |title=Weltmeisterschaften 2022 |website=the-sports.org}} A month later at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Forrester finished sixth in the 400-meter individual medley, with her compatriot Kiah Melverton winning the silver medal.{{cite web |url=https://www.the-sports.org/swimming-commonwealth-games-results-2022-women-epf121308.html#552689 |title=Commonwealth Games 2022 |website=the-sports.org}}
The following year, Forrester competed in three distances at the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka. She finished fourth in the 200-meter individual medley, 0.24 seconds behind third-placed Chinese Yu Yiting. In the 200-meter backstroke, Forrester finished eighth. In the 400-meter individual medley, Canadian Summer McIntosh won ahead of Katie Grimes from the United States, 0.89 seconds behind Grimes, Forrester won the bronze medal and was over two seconds ahead of fourth-placed Alexandra Walsh.{{Cite web |url=https://www.worldaquatics.com/news/3610904/united-states-closes-fukuoka-with-three-gold-medals-on-day-eight-of-swimming |title=United States closes Fukuoka with three gold medals on day eight of swimming |date=30 July 2023 |accessdate=19 February 2024}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/sport/2023/07/30/jenna-forrester-australia-record-medal-haul-fukuoka |title=Jenna Forrester delivers Australia record medal haul at Fukuoka world championships |date=30 July 2023 |accessdate=19 February 2024}}
Forrester was in the Australian swimming team at the 2024 Paris Olynpics. She and Ella Ramsay were both in the 400m individual medley for Australia. Ramsay qualified for the final but Forrester missed out by a fraction of a second after coming ninth.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-29 |title=Aussie shock as silver medallist out, 0.15sec costs star final as Titmus eyes GOAT status — LIVE |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/olympics/paris-olympics-2024-swimming-day-3-live-results-updates-schedule-ariarne-titmus-mollie-ocallaghan/news-story/229ddfe86c3a7e76a9caec8999e2fdc5 |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=Fox Sports |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{World Aquatics}}
- {{Swimming Australia|jenna-forrester}}
- {{AOC profile}}
- {{CGA profile|jenna-forrester}}
- {{Olympics.com}}
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Category:Swimmers from Brisbane
Category:Sportswomen from Queensland
Category:Australian female backstroke swimmers
Category:Australian female medley swimmers
Category:Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic swimmers for Australia
Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen
Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming