Jenna Strauch
{{Short description|Australian swimmer (born 1997)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name = Jenna Strauch
| honorific_suffix = OLY
| image = SWIM-Jenna-strauch-CAV 0668.jpg
| caption = Strauch in 2021
| fullname = Jenna Elise Strauch
| nationality = Australian
| strokes = Breaststroke
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|3|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Bendigo, Australia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height =
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| coach = Richard Scarce
| club = Rackley Miami
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalSilver|{{GamesName|SOG|2024}}|4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships (LC)}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Budapest|200 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Budapest|4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships (SC)}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Melbourne|4×50 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Melbourne|4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Birmingham|200 m breaststroke}}
}}
Jenna Strauch {{post-nominals|list=OLY}} (born 24 March 1997) is a former Australian swimmer. Jenna first represented Australia at the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships.{{cite web |url=https://swimswam.com/rookie-jenna-strauch-relishing-chance-to-finally-represent-australia/ |title=Rookie Jenna Strauch Relishing Chance To Finally Represent Australia |work=SwimSwam |date=10 December 2018 |access-date=25 July 2019}} She competed in the women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea.{{cite web |url=http://omegatiming.com/File/00011301070203EE01FFFFFFFFFFFF00.pdf |title=18th FINA World Championships 2019: Women's 200m Breaststroke start list |work=FINA |access-date=25 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721183350/http://omegatiming.com/File/00011301070203EE01FFFFFFFFFFFF00.pdf |archive-date=21 July 2019 |url-status=dead }} Jenna reached the semi-finals and she did not qualify to compete in the final.{{Cite web|title=Women's 200 metre breaststroke – Semi-finals|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070203EE02FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214202105/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070203EE02FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|archive-date=14 February 2020|access-date=5 August 2020|website=2019 World Aquatics Championships}}{{Cite web|last=Bourke|first=Adam|date=2021-06-16|title=Jenna Strauch to swim for Australia at Tokyo Olympics|url=https://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/7300727/jenna-strauch-to-swim-for-australia-at-tokyo-olympics/|access-date=2021-08-20|website=Bendigo Advertiser|language=en-AU}} Jenna then went on to represent Australia in the 2020 Summer Olympics where she made it to the semi-finals in the 200m Breaststroke qualifying 9th fastest in the world.
Biography
After competing at the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Jenna then fell ill battling undiagnosed parasites for over a year which saw her take significant time out of the pool. After making a recovering in 2015 she made the move from her home town of Bendigo to the Gold Coast, Queensland. Jenna was the recipient of the Gina Rinehart Swimming Excellence Scholarship through Bond University where she studied Biomedical sciences in 2016. Training under Richard Scarce,{{Cite web|title=Jenna Strauch {{!}} Swimming Australia|url=https://www.swimming.org.au/athletes/jenna-strauch|access-date=2021-08-20|website=www.swimming.org.au}} Jenna went on the make her first national senior team at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) She claimed her first national title in 2019 at The Australian National Long Course Championships. This was a breakthrough meet for Jenna which saw her sign deals with [https://www.tyrsport.com.au/] TYR Australia. She competed the 2020 Summer Olympics swimming in career best form placing her top 10 in the world.
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20241007145921/https://www.olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/jenna-strauch_1946190 Jenna Strauch] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, [https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024/atleta/jenna-strauch_1946190 alternate link])
- {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|50748}}
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Category:Australian female breaststroke swimmers
Category:Sportspeople from Bendigo
Category:Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic swimmers for Australia
Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Category:Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen
Category:Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming
Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Sportswomen from Victoria (state)
Category:Bond University alumni
Category:Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic silver medalists in swimming