Jenny McLoughlin was born on 3 October 1991 and is a British Paralympian track and field athlete competing mainly in T37 sprint events.
12 Facts About Jenny McLoughlin
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Jenny McLoughlin has represented Great Britain in the 2008 Summer Paralympics and in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.
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Jenny McLoughlin joined the Athletics team and switched her training ground to Cardiff in 2007, taking the UK School Games gold that year.
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In 2008 Jenny McLoughlin was selected to represent Great Britain in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing in both the 100m and 200m sprints in the T37 class.
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Jenny McLoughlin failed to qualify out of the first heat in the 200m, but reached the 2nd heat in the 100m, finishing 7th.
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Jenny McLoughlin competed in the T37 sprint and equalled her personal best of 14.68 seconds, a result which saw her take the silver medal.
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Jenny McLoughlin was selected to represent Great Britain in the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand in both the 100m and 200m.
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Jenny McLoughlin reached the finals of the 200m, finishing 8th.
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Jenny McLoughlin continued to improve in 2012, posting her first sub-30-second time for the 200m at the Samsung Diamond League in July.
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Jenny McLoughlin improved her 100m personal best with a result of 14.68s at the German National Paralympic Championships.
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In 2013, Jenny McLoughlin was ruled out of the IPC World Championships through injury.
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However, in 2014 Jenny McLoughlin came back to finish a credible fifth at the IPC European Championships, a month after setting a new personal best of 14.34.