Not just the gold medalist jessica long, but where it started, in that russian orphanage,' jessica long reportedly said.

Jessica long adopted parents. Natalia and jessica’s father, oleg valtyshev, soon married and hoped to take jessica back a few years later. A year later she was adopted by american couple beth and steve long and grew up in baltimore, usa. In total, she needed 25 surgeries.

Abandoned by her parents who were only teenagers at the time, she was then adopted by an american couple who lived in maryland, at the age of 13 months. Channel one tv, rossiya 1 tv, russia. Jessica long’s incredible story involving her parents.

To accomplishing amazing athletic goals. Long was adopted by an american couple and grew up in baltimore. 'on 6 july 1993 i gave birth to.

This is the heartwarming moment that us paralympic swimmer jessica long met her siberian parents. Jessica’s legs were amputated at 18 months in order to improve her mobility with prosthetic legs. Jessica long's mother natalia, father oleg, as jessica as a baby, pictured soon after birth.

2 what is the net worth of jessica long? She was born tatiana olegovna kirillova in bratsk, russia. Until a few days ago they had no.

Paralympic star jessica long as a new born baby have emerged to salute her achievements. Half a world away, steve and beth long were living in. Jessica with her father steve long.