From Anger to Freedom with 18x Paralympic Gold Medalist Jessica Long

About this episode

Jessica Long shares her journey from overcoming physical challenges to becoming a celebrated Paralympic swimmer.

Jessica Long is the most decorated Paralympic swimmers in history. She’s a 31-time Paralympic medalist—including 18 golds—and has represented the United States in six Paralympic Games, setting multiple world records along the way. She was born in Siberia with fibular hemimelia, and at just 18 months old, both of her lower legs were amputated. She was later adopted by an American family and introduced to swimming at a young age—where she quickly found not only her talent, but her purpose. Sinc...

People in this episode

Host: DJ Hillier

Guest: Jessica Long

Topics covered

• Paralympics
• swimming
• overcoming adversity
• inspiration
• athletics

Keywords

• Paralympic gold medalist
• swimming
• inspiration
• adversity
• athlete

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: United States

Books & works: Paralympic medalist

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