Jodie Henry

Career

Henry trained at Chandler Swimming Club under Shannon Rollason, alongside relay teammate Alice Mills. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, she won gold in the 100 m freestyle (55.45) and silver in the 50 m freestyle (25.37). She swam the second leg of the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, taking gold in a games record 3:40.41, and the freestyle leg of the 4 × 100 m medley relay, winning gold in a games record 4:03.70. At the 2002 Pan Pacific Championships in Yokohama, Henry led off the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay with a personal best 54.94; Australia won gold in a championship record 3:39.78.

She placed second in the 50 m freestyle (25.31) and the 100 m freestyle (54.55), the latter breaking Susie O'Neill's Australian record of 54.79. She split 54.07 on the freestyle leg of the 4 × 100 m medley relay, winning gold in a championship record 4:00.50. At the 2003 World Championships in Barcelona, Henry swam the third leg of the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay (split 54.22) for a bronze medal in 3:38.83, and won silver in the 100 m freestyle (54.58).

She split 54.14 on the freestyle leg of the 4 × 100 m medley relay, earning bronze in 4:01.37. At the 2004 Australian Championships in Sydney, Libby Lenton broke the world record in the 100 m freestyle semifinal with 53.66; in the second semifinal Henry matched the previous world record of 53.77. Henry won the final in 53.82, qualifying for the 2004 Olympics.