Jeanette Ottesen

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Jeanette Ottesen
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Personal information
Full nameJeanette Ottesen
National teamFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Born (1987-12-30) 30 December 1987 (age 37)
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Weight70 kg (154 lb) [1]
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, butterfly
ClubFarum
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Denmark
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 001
World Championships (LC) 220
World Championships (SC) 417
European Championships (LC) 242
European Championships (SC) 81010
Total161720
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m medley
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Shanghai 100 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Barcelona 50 m butterfly
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Kazan 50 m butterfly
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2015 Kazan 100 m butterfly
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Istanbul 4×100 m medley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Doha 4×50 m medley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Doha 4×100 m medley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Windsor 50 m butterfly
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Doha 50 m butterfly
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Dubai 50 m butterfly
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Istanbul 50 m butterfly
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Istanbul 50 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Istanbul 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Doha 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Doha 4×50 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2016 Windsor 4x50 m medley
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Berlin 100 m butterfly
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2014 Berlin 4×100 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Budapest 50 m butterfly
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2014 Berlin 50 m butterfly
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 London 50 m butterfly
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 London 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2014 Berlin 50 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 London 50 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Rijeka 100 m butterfly
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Szczecin 50 m butterfly
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2011 Szczecin100 m butterfly
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2011 Szczecin4×50 m medley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Chartres 50 m butterfly
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2012 Chartres4×50 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2012 Chartres4×50 m medley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2013 Herning4×50 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2008 Rijeka100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2008 Rijeka50 m butterfly
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2011 Szczecin50 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2011 Szczecin100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2011 Szczecin4×50 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2012 Chartres100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Herning 50 m butterfly
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2013 Herning4×50 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Netanya 50 m butterfly
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Netanya 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2008 Rijeka50 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Istanbul 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2009 Istanbul100 m butterfly
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2012 Chartres100 m butterfly
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2012 Chartres50 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2013 Herning100 m butterfly
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2015 Netanya 50 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Glasgow 50 m butterfly
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2019 Glasgow4×50 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2019 Glasgow4×50 m mixed medley

Jeanette Ottesen (born 30 December 1987) [2] is a Danish competitive swimmer who participated at the 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. In total, she has won 50 international medals.

Contents

Records

She currently holds the Danish record in the following:

Long course (50 m pool): 50 m butterfly, 100 m butterfly [3] [4]

Short course (25 m pool): 50 m butterfly, 100 m butterfly, 50 m freestyle, 100 m freestyle [5] [6] [7]

Career

Ottesen's won her first international title at the 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Rijeka, Croatia in the 100 m butterfly. She has won two individual long course world titles; in 100 m freestyle in 2011 (shared with Aleksandra Gerasimenya from Belarus, and in the 50 m butterfly in 2013.

In June 2015, two months before the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia, Ottesen and her boyfriend Marco Loughran were attacked in a road rage incident in Copenhagen, during which she broke her finger. She recovered in time and won two silver medals at the world championships. [8]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she won a bronze medal as a part of the 4 × 100 m medley relay alongside Rikke Møller Pedersen, Mie Ø. Nielsen and Pernille Blume. Here they also broke the European record with a time of 3:55.01.

In 2020, Ottesen was part of the NY Breakers in the International Swimming League. [9]

She swims in the swimming club Kvik Kastrup and mainly concentrates on the short distances in freestyle and butterfly.

Personal life

On 13 August 2011 she married Bobby William Gray, whom she had been dating for 8 years. [10] The couple separated in 2013 and got divorced in 2014. [11]

In February 2017 she got engaged to British swimmer Marco Loughran, whom she has been dating since 2014. [12] On 30 June 2017 she announced, via her blog, that they are expecting their first child. [13] The couple wed in a surprise ceremony, in Copenhagen, on 16 July 2017. [14] In December 2022 she announced that she and Marco Loughran were getting divorced.

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References

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  2. "About me". Archived from the original on 2016-01-15. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
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  4. "Cate Campbell Lowers 100 Free Olympic Record In Semi-Finals; Oleksiak Posts New World Junior Record - Swimming World News". Swimming World News. 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
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  6. "Women's 50m Freestyle Results". Omega Timing. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
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  13. ""汤显祖的千层套路"上热搜,他究竟是个怎样的人? - 随州市新材料运营部". jeanetteottesen.com.
  14. "香港新增确诊15例 一名怀孕39周孕妇初步确诊 - 随州市新材料运营部". jeanetteottesen.com.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Danish Sports Name of the Year
2011
Succeeded by