Meet Jessica Long, the Russian-American para-swimmer who made 5 Paralympic appearances with 30

meet Jessica long the russian-american Paras swimer who made Five paralympic appearances with 30 medals to her name Jessica long has done it yet again though she didn't break any record the 32-year-old paralympic champion won the gold medal for the women's 400 meters freestyle sa category at the Paris Paralympics 2024 clocking 4 minutes 48.7 4 seconds Alice Ty of Great Britain won the silver medal while Franchesca Zenia Palazo of Italy won the bronze this this is Long's fifth consecutive appearance at the par Olympics since the Athens par Olympics held in 2004 with the gold medal in the 400 meters freestyle S8 event the American Paras swimmer has won a whopping 30 paralympic medals including 17 gold medals her total is two more than Michael Phelps Jr who has won 28 Olympic medals the only difference being that Phelps has won more Olympic gold medals than the par Olympic gold medals won by Jessica long from being abandoned after birth in Russia to earning infinite Laurel for the USA Jessica long has seen it all one of the youngest par Olympic champions for the USA Jessica long also has 54 World Championship medals to her credit including 33 gold medals in the long course and four gold medals in the short course