At just 14, Jasmine Greenwood is the youngest Australian on the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games squad, but she has already shown, through early success and poise on the world stage, that she is an athlete to be taken as seriously as any other.

Jasmine made her international debut as a pre-teen at the 2017 Canadian Open in Toronto, where it took just two days to reach the podium with gold in the women’s 100m breaststroke SB9. This was an immense effort by the 12-year-old, but as would soon become apparent, we had seen nothing yet.

Competing at her first international multi-sport event, the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Jasmine placed fifth in the women’s 100m breaststroke SB9 and women’s 200m individual medley SM10. She followed it with a bronze medal in the women’s 100m butterfly S10 at the 2019 World Para-swimming Championships, and fourth place in the women’s 100m backstroke S10 and …

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Date of birth
13 October 2004
Sport
Para-swimming
Past Paralympic Games

Nil

Impairment
Physical Impairment – Acquired brain injury
How acquired
Septic shock from appendicitis
Residence
Sussex Inlet, NSW
Occupation
Student
Started competing
2014
First competed for Australia
2017
Sport career highlights

Contesting the women’s 100m breaststroke SB9 and women’s 200m individual medley SM10 at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Greatest sporting moments

Representing Australia for the first time at the 2017 Canadian Open in Toronto

Heroes/role models

Her mum, the Australian Para-swimming team

Disciplines

  • Sport: Para-swimming Discipline: 50m freestyle Classification: S10
  • Sport: Para-swimming Discipline: 100m backstroke Classification: S10
  • Sport: Para-swimming Discipline: 100m butterfly Classification: S10
  • Sport: Para-swimming Discipline: 100m freestyle Classification: S10
  • Sport: Para-swimming Discipline: 200m individual medley Classification: SM10
  • Sport: Para-swimming Discipline: 4x100m freestyle Classification: S10

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