Team USA, Team Toyota’s Jessica Long Wins 28th Paralympic Medal at Tokyo 2020

TOKYO (September 2, 2021) – At 29 years old, Team Toyota athlete Jessica Long won her 28th Paralympic medal in Tokyo. Team Toyota’s Long won a gold medal in the women’s 4x100m medley relay 34pts at the Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 on Thursday, September 2.

Team Toyota’s Long swam the third leg of the relay in 1:09.86. The team completed the 4x100m medley relay in a final time of 4:52.40, defeating the silver medal team by over three seconds. This podium appearance marks Long’s fifth medal at Tokyo 2020 (two gold, two silver and one bronze). The five-time Paralympian now has 28 career medals, including 15 golds, since competing in her first Paralympic Games at the age of 12.

“We did everything in our power and control to be the best we could be, and the outcome speaks for itself,” said Long. “There was this really powerful look between each of us, that we knew we could do it and we didn’t even have to say anything. We just [gave] a look with each other and a nod. We know what we’re capable of, and we proved it out in the pool today.”

For additional bio information and image assets on this Team Toyota athlete, click here. For all news related to Tokyo 2020, including additional Team Toyota athletes who are competing, click here.

For up-to-date athlete news, follow #TeamToyota on Instagram (@TeamToyota).

About Toyota

Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been a part of the cultural fabric in North America for more than 60 years, and is committed to advancing sustainable, next-generation mobility through our Toyota and Lexus brands plus our 1,800 dealerships.

Toyota has created a tremendous value chain and directly employs more than 47,000 in North America. The company has contributed world-class design, engineering, and assembly of more than 40 million cars and trucks at our 14 manufacturing plants, 15 including our joint venture in Alabama that begins production in 2021.

Through its Start Your Impossible campaign, Toyota highlights the way it partners with community, civic, academic and governmental organizations to address our society’s most pressing mobility challenges. We believe that when people are free to move, anything is possible. For more information about Toyota, visit www.toyotanewsroom.com.