Jeanette Ottesen

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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.

Jeanette Ottesen
Personal information
Full nameJeanette Ottesen
National team Denmark
Born (1987-12-30) 30 December 1987 (age 36)
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight70 kg (154 lb)[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, butterfly
ClubFarum
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Denmark
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games001
World Championships (LC)220
World Championships (SC)417
European Championships (LC)242
European Championships (SC)81010
Total161720
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2016 Rio de Janeiro4×100 m medley
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shanghai 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Barcelona 50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2015 Kazan 50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place2015 Kazan100 m butterfly
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2012 Istanbul 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2014 Doha 4×50 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2014 Doha 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2016 Windsor 50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2014 Doha 50 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Dubai 50 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Istanbul 50 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Istanbul 50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Istanbul 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Doha 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Doha 4×50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2016 Windsor 4x50 m medley
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2014 Berlin 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place2014 Berlin4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place2010 Budapest50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place2014 Berlin50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place2016 London50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place2016 London100 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place2014 Berlin50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2016 London50 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place2008 Rijeka100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place2011 Szczecin50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place2011 Szczecin100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place2011 Szczecin4×50 m medley
Gold medal – first place2012 Chartres50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place2012 Chartres4×50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2012 Chartres4×50 m medley
Gold medal – first place2013 Herning4×50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2008 Rijeka100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2008 Rijeka50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place2011 Szczecin50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2011 Szczecin100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2011 Szczecin4×50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2012 Chartres100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2013 Herning50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place2013 Herning4×50 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2015 Netanya 50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2015 Netanya 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place2008 Rijeka50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2009 Istanbul 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2009 Istanbul100 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place2012 Chartres100 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place2012 Chartres50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2013 Herning100 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place2015 Netanya 50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2019 Glasgow50 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place2019 Glasgow4×50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2019 Glasgow4×50 m mixed medley

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 Marco Loughran and her were getting divorced.

See also

References

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Danish Sports Name of the Year
2011
Succeeded by