Jasmine Greenwood
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Jasmine Greenwood (swimming) was the strong favourite ahead of winning gold in the women’s 200m individual medley SM10 at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games. Just a few weeks earlier, she had won bronze in the event at the world championships in Madeira and a year before that was the silver medallist at the Tokyo Paralympic Games. Jasmine also had a strong showing at her first Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in 2018 as the youngest athlete on the 469-strong Australian Team at 13, reaching the final in both the 100m breaststroke SB9 and 200m individual medley SM10.
Growing up in the NSW south coast town of Sussex Inlet, Jasmine started swimming at an early age. However, she acquired a brain injury when she was six following complications from a bout of acute appendicitis and swimming became a method for her rehabilitation. She made her international debut at the 2017 Canadian Open in Toronto just before her 13th birthday.
Jasmine was one of the inaugural Kurt Fearnley Scholarship recipients launched in 2019 by Commonwealth Games Australia and the Carbine Club of NSW to help support young Para-sport athletes in New South Wales.
Named Sport NSW Young Athlete of the Year with a Disability in 2022, Jasmine is studying for a Bachelor of Science in Psychology at the University of Canberra close to where she trains at the Australian Institute of Sport.
Jasmine says that her mum Chelsea has been the most influential person on her career and Ellie Cole is her sporting idol.
Sport / Discipline
Swimming
Birth Place
Figtree
Birth state
NSW
Date of Birth
13/10/2004
Age
21
SOCIAL MEDIA
Gold Coast, 2018
Birmingham, 2022
Results History
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Additional Information
Languages Spoken:
No
Are you a citizen of a country other than Australia? If yes, please provide details?
NO
Education Details:
HIGH SCHOOL YEAR 7
Club details:
BAY & BASIN SWIM CLUB
Why did you begin your sport?
I HAVE BEEN SWIMMING SINCE I WAS 6 MONTHS OLD, BUT I STARTED COMPETING BECAUSE IT WAS GOOD FOR MY HEALTH, AND BECAUSE I ENJOY IT.
Do you have any pre-competition routines or rituals?
NO, BUT BEFORE A RACE, I FOLLOW A SIMPLE WARM UP ROUTINE, TO GET MYSELF READY TO RACE.
What is your most memorable sporting achievement?
WINNING GOLD IN THE SB9 100M BREASTROKE AT THE CANADIAN OPEN AND JOINING THE AUSTRALIAN DOLPHINS PARA SWIM TEAM.
Who is your hero / idol, and why? Have you ever met them?
ELLIE COLE, BECAUSE SHE IS VERY CONFIDENT AND DOES NOT LET HER IMPAIRMENT GET IN HER WAY. I MET HER WHEN I JOINED THE TEAM, AND SHE IS A GOOD TEAM MATE.
Who has been the most influential person or people in your career and why?
MY FAMILY AND COACHES, BECAUSE HEY ALWAYS SUPPORT WHATEVER I DO, AND ARE WILLING TO MAKE SACRIFICES FOR ME AND MY SWIMMING.
Do you have any hobbies away from your sport?
I DO MANY THINGS OUTSIDE OF SPORT, LIKE GOING TO THE BEACH OR CHILLING WITH FRIENDS, I ALSO DO OTHER SPORTS AT SCHOOL, LIKE NETBALL AND ATHLETICS.
What is your sporting ambition?
BY THE END OF MY CAREER, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE GONE TO A PARALYMPICS AND WON A GOLD MEDAL, AND ALSO ACHIEVE A WORLD RECORD, AND ALSO HAVE LOTS OF FRIENDS FROM SWIMMING. I WOULD LIKE TO BE A GREAT ROLE MODEL FOR OTHERS TO LOOK UP TO.
