Jessica-Jane Applegate is a retired British Paralympic swimmer who competed in the S14 classification for swimmers with intellectual disabilities, mainly in freestyle and backstroke over shorter distances. Born in Great Yarmouth in 1996 and diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, she began swimming at Lowestoft and Oulton Broad Swimming Club and was setting regional records by the age of thirteen. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics she won gold in the S14 200 metre freestyle and set a Paralympic record, after a close race against Ireland's Bethany Firth. She was appointed MBE in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to swimming and announced her retirement in December 2025.
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Jessica-Jane Applegate MBE (born 22 August 1996) is a retired British Paralympic swimmer.
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Applegate competed in the S14 classification for swimmers with intellectual disabilities, mainly freestyle and backstroke preferring shorter distances.
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Jessica-Jane Applegate MBE (born 22 August 1996) is a retired British Paralympic swimmer.
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She qualified for the 2012 Summer Paralympics and on 2 September, Applegate won the gold setting a Paralympic record in the S14 200m freestyle.
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