with 29 par Olympic medals including 16 Golds Jessica long is the second most decorated Team USA par olympion in history Trisha Zorn Hudson also a swimmer won 55 including 41 Golds over seven Paralympics retiring after Athens in 2004 as for long she was born in Russia to teenagers and given up for adoption to Baltimore parents at 13 months 5 months later her lower legs were amputated due to fibular hemimelia long competed in a variety of sports but gravitated towards swimming from her time in her grandparents pool she first started competing at 10 and made her par Olympic debut in Athens at just 12 winning gold in the 100 meter and 400 meter freestyle and the 4x100 met freestyle relay in 2014 long made a documentary about tracking down her biological appearance and Toyota once told her story in a Super Bowl commercial