Laura Jensen

Swimming

Biography

Type of Impairment

Cerebral Palsy

Residence

Vancouver, BC, CAN

When and where did you begin this sport?

Started swimming at age eight in Canada.

Why this sport?

She was introduced to the sport by Janet Dunn, a founding member of the Canadian Cerebral Palsy Sports Association.

Club / Team

Chena Swim Club: Fort St. John, BC, CAN

Name of coach

Chad Webb

Hobbies

She enjoys spending time in the outdoors, especially in the mountains of British Columbia because of its remoteness. (paralympic.ca, 26 Mar 2010)

Sporting philosophy / motto

Live life to the fullest. Everything happens for a reason. (paralympic.ca, 26 Mar 2010)

		Unit	Date	Rank

IPC Swimming World Championships Durban 2006 (Durban, South Africa)
Event	Unit	Rank
Women's 50 m Butterfly S7	Heats	10
Women's 50 m Freestyle S7	Final Round	8
Women's 50 m Freestyle S7	Heats	7
Women's 100 m Backstroke S7	Heats	6
Women's 100 m Backstroke S7	Final Round	6
Women's 4x100 m Medley 34 pts	Final Round	4
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle 34 pts	Final Round	2
Women's 400 m Freestyle S7	Final Round	6
Women's 400 m Freestyle S7	Heats	6
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM7	Final Round	5
Women's 100 m Freestyle S7	Final Round	5
Women's 100 m Freestyle S7	Heats	5
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB7	Final Round	5
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB7	Heats	6

Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event	Unit	Rank
Women's 50 m Freestyle S7	Heat 2	3
Women's 50 m Freestyle S7	Final Round	6
Women's 100 m Freestyle S7	Final Round	6
Women's 400 m Freestyle S7	Heat 1	5
Women's 50 m Butterfly S7	Heat 1	6
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB7	Final Round	8
Women's 100 m Backstroke S7	Heat 1	3
Women's 100 m Backstroke S7	Final Round	7
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM7	Heat 1	5