Jenna Jones (swimming) made her Commonwealth Games debut in Birmingham where she narrowly missed a medal in the inaugural women’s 50m freestyle S13.

Diagnosed with the rare degenerative eye disease Cone-Rod Dystrophy when she was in kindergarten, Jenna tried a variety of sports while growing up in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney but decided on swimming as her eyesight deteriorated. It proved to be a smart choice: after joining coach Nick Robinson in 2014, she broke 11 age records and made the Rio 2016 Paralympics team when she was 15. She competed in five events in Rio and reached the final of the 50m freestyle S13 and 100m backstroke S13. She won her first international medal in 2023 – silver in the 100m backstroke S12 – at the Manchester world championships.

The second youngest of six children, Jenna is an excellent cook (her family owns a restaurant), is obsessed with dogs and describes herself as a Harry Potter nerd. Jenna finished her Higher School Certificate at TAFE before moving to the Sunshine Coast to train at the end of 2021.