Jessica-Jane Applegate
Jessica-Jane is best known for London 2012,
When she won the gold in a dramatic finish,
In the swimming 200 metres freestyle event,
In the S14 class, for intellectual disabilities.
She has autism and was born in August 1996,
She was the first S14 swimmer to win a gold.
For her performance at 2012 and charity work,
She was awarded the MBE 2013 for her efforts.
Since 2013 she’s been a Mencap ambassador,
Where she’s raised funds and much awareness,
And she’s also involved in as an ambassador for,
The Norwich City Community Sports Foundation.
In 2013 at the World Champs, Montreal, Canada,
Jessica-Jane won the gold plus a silver, a bronze,
And then in 2014 in Eindhoven in the Netherlands,
She won silver for the free, bronzes back, medley.
At the Worlds 2015, Glasgow, in the back, medley,
Jessica-Jane took two golds, and in the freestyle,
She won the silver, so in the 2016 Euros, Portugal,
Jessica-Jane won one gold free, and two silvers.
But to make it to Rio this champ needed surgery,
‘Cos there was something wrong with her throat.
She got this, and in Rio she won freestyle silver,
Individual medley silver and backstroke bronze.
Copyright © Dominique Webb | Year Posted 2016
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