# Jessica Abbott > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jessica_Abbott > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jessica_Abbott.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Abbott > Source revision: 1296625984 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Australian swimmer (born 1985)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2015}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Jessica Abbott | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Jessica Abbott | nicknames = | nationality = Australian | strokes = [freestyle](/source/medley_swimming) | club = | coach = | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|07|22|df=yes}}{{cite web|title=Profile of Jessica Abbott|url=http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ath=2533|publisher=Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games|accessdate=16 January 2014|archive-date=16 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116122204/http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ath=2533|url-status=dead}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.67|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|53|kg|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}} | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games)}} {{MedalBronze|[2002 Manchester](/source/Swimming_at_the_2002_Commonwealth_Games)|[400 m medley](/source/Swimming_at_the_2002_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_400_metre_individual_medley)}} {{MedalCompetition|[Oceania Championships](/source/Oceania_Swimming_Championships)}} {{MedalGold|[2000 Christchurch](/source/2000_Oceania_Swimming_Championships)|4×100 m freestyle}} {{MedalBronze|2000 Christchurch|50 m backstroke}} | show-medals = | updated = 16 January 2014 }} '''Jessica Abbott''' (born 22 July 1985) is an Australian [swimmer](/source/swimming_(sport)). ==Career== Abbott first competed for Australia at the [2000 Oceania Swimming Championships](/source/2000_Oceania_Swimming_Championships) in Christchurch where she won gold in the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay alongside [Melinda Geraghty](/source/Melinda_Geraghty), [Michelle Engelsman](/source/Michelle_Engelsman) and [Joy Symons](/source/Joy_Symons) and won bronze in the 50 metre backstroke event. At the [2002 Commonwealth Games](/source/Swimming_at_the_2002_Commonwealth_Games) in Manchester, Abbott won bronze in the [400 metre individual medley](/source/Swimming_at_the_2002_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_400_metre_individual_medley) in 4:47.11.{{cite web|title=Results of the women's 400 metre individual medley at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|url=http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ID=SW_400IM_W&content=SW_400IM_W_ps_F&type=event&title=Phase%5EStatus|publisher=Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games|date=4 August 2002|accessdate=16 January 2014|archive-date=16 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116122207/http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ID=SW_400IM_W&content=SW_400IM_W_ps_F&type=event&title=Phase%5EStatus|url-status=dead}} and finished 6th [200 metre individual medley](/source/Swimming_at_the_2002_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_400_metre_individual_medley) in 2:17.00.{{cite web|title=Results of the women's 200 metre individual medley at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|url=http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ID=SW_200IM_W&content=SW_200IM_W_ps_F&type=event&title=Phase%5EStatus|publisher=Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games|date=30 July 2002|accessdate=16 January 2014|archive-date=16 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116122241/http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ID=SW_200IM_W&content=SW_200IM_W_ps_F&type=event&title=Phase%5EStatus|url-status=dead}} She competed in the [2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships](/source/2002_Pan_Pacific_Swimming_Championships) in Yokohama, Japan in the [200 metre butterfly](/source/2002_Pan_Pacific_Swimming_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_200_metre_butterfly) and made the finals both the [200](/source/2002_Pan_Pacific_Swimming_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_200_metre_individual_medley) and [400 metre individual medleys](/source/2002_Pan_Pacific_Swimming_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_400_metre_individual_medley). At the [2003 World Championships](/source/Swimming_at_the_2003_World_Aquatics_Championships) in Barcelona, Abbott finished 21st in the [400 metre individual medley](/source/Swimming_at_the_2003_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_400_metre_individual_medley) in 4:52.72.{{cite journal|title=Results of the women's 400 metre individual medley heats at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000103050063000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01|page=1|publisher=[Omega](/source/Omega_SA)|date=27 July 2003|accessdate=16 January 2014}} At the 2003 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, both Jessica and her sister Chloe Abbott represented Australia in swimming simultaneously – the first sisters to do so since Karen and Narelle Moras at the 1972 Munich Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://secure.ausport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/268877/eswimmer_14_July_2003.pdf |title=World Champ Sister Act as Australian Swimming takes stepping stone to Athens |last1=Hanson |first1=Ian |date=July 2004 |website=swimming.org.au |publisher=Australian_Swimming |accessdate=2014-09-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110319100959/https://secure.ausport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/268877/eswimmer_14_July_2003.pdf |archivedate=19 March 2011 }} ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Abbott, Jessica}} Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:Australian female backstroke swimmers Category:Australian female butterfly swimmers Category:Australian female freestyle swimmers Category:Australian female medley swimmers Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Category:Commonwealth Games swimmers for Australia Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming Category:Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen Category:Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-swimming-bio-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jessica Abbott](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Abbott) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Abbott?action=history)). 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