Jessica Sloan (born November 2, 1982, in

Calgary, Alberta Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...

) is a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

swimmer who won six gold medals in the

2000 Summer Paralympics The 2000 Summer Paralympic Games or the XI Summer Paralympics were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, between 18 and 29 October. The Sydney Paralympics was last time that the Summer Paralympics which were organized by two different ...

.Baron, Ethan
"Sloane caps golden Paralympics, has eye on Olympics"
''Calgary Sun'', October 30, 2000. In the games, held in Sydney, she won gold in freestyle (100m and 50m), breaststroke (100m), individual medley (200m), relay medley, and freestyle relay. She was considered for the 2000

Lou Marsh Trophy The Northern Star Award, formerly known as the Lou Marsh Trophy, the Lou Marsh Memorial Trophy and Lou Marsh Award, is a trophy that is awarded annually to Canada's top athlete, professional or amateur. It is awarded by a panel of journalists, wi ...

Personal life

Sloan is one of many elite Canadian athletes to have attended high school at the National Sport School operated by the Calgary Board of Education."National Sport School Core to CCOSE Plans"
, ''Cross Country Canada'', May 27, 2003. Sloan is now one of the coaches for the Provo aquatics club or PAC for short along with Ezekial Hall.

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1982 births Living people Swimmers from Calgary Paralympic swimmers for Canada Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Canada World record holders in paralympic swimming Canadian female freestyle swimmers Canadian female backstroke swimmers Canadian female breaststroke swimmers Canadian female medley swimmers Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in swimming S10-classified para swimmers Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships 20th-century Canadian women 21st-century Canadian women {{Canada-Paralympic-medalist-stub