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U.S. Olympic Swimmer Jenny Thompson, 8-Time Gold Medalist, Reflects On Her 4 Games
Resume![Jenny Thompson of USA in action during the Women's 4x100 Medley Relay Final at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney Australia. (Hamish Blair/Allsport via Getty Images)](https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/0804_jenny-thompson-1000x751.jpg)
Today, as part of our series on former Olympic medalists and their lives after the games, we talk with swimmer Jenny Thompson. She competed in four Olympics — Barcelona, Atlanta, Sydney and Athens.
With 12 medals, eight of them gold, she’s Olympic women’s swimming’s most decorated athlete ever. She’s now a practicing anesthesiologist in Portland, Maine, and the mother of two.
Here & Now's Eric Westervelt talks with Thompson about her career.
More from Here & Now's series on life after the Olympics.
Guest
Jenny Thompson, former Olympic swimmer. She tweets @JennyThompsonUS.
This segment aired on August 4, 2016.