Jenny Thompson is a great swimmer in the world swimming. Jenny could win 12 medals participating in four Olympics Games. Her number of Olympic gold medal is 8 which deserve her to be included in the list of one of the great Olympians. Though she could not meet with the expectations created after she won her first international gold medal in the Pan American Games at the age of 14, she could win 3 medals including 2 gold in her first appearance in the Olympic Games. In that competition she failed to qualify in the 50 m Freestyle and finished second in the 100 m Freestyle though she was the then world record holder of these two events. In spite of such failure to meet the expectations around her; she could continue winning medals in the following Olympic Games and in other international competitions. In 1999, she became the World Swimmer of the Year by the Swimming World Magazine.