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Jessica Stenson

Australian long-distance runner

Trengove at the London Marathon

Birth&#;nameJessica Trengove
NicknameJess
NationalityAustralian
Born () 15 August (age&#;37)
Naracoorte, South Australia
Height&#;m (5&#;ft 5+1&#;2&#;in) ()
Weight52&#;kg (&#;lb) ()
CountryAustralia
SportAthletics
Event(s) metres
metres
10, metres
Half marathon
Marathon

Jessica Stenson (née Trengove; born 15 August ) is an Australian athlete who won the gold medal in the marathon at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. As a long-distance runner, she competes in distances from metres up to the marathon. She represented Australia at the London Olympics and Rio de Janeiro Olympics in the marathon.

Background

Nicknamed Trenny, Trengove was born on 15 August in Naracoorte, South Australia.[1][2] She attended Naracoorte Primary School before going to Naracoorte High School and boarding school Annesley College,[1][3] having moved to Adelaide to attend the school at the start of year [3] She attended the University of South Australia from to where she earned a Bachelor of Physiotherapy.[1] She participated in wrestling from the age of nine to the age of twenty-one. She played netball for Contax in [4][5] She also played basketball, competing in the South Australia 12–19 State Country U18s.[5][6] As of [update], she lives in Adelaide[1] where she is a physiotherapist, and pilates instructor.[6][7] Her brother is former Port Adelaide Football Club player Jack Trengove,[8] and has been influential in her running career by creating a sense of competition in her family.[3][7] The family competition also included Trengove's sister Abbie, who represented their state in wrestling.[7]

Stenson is an ambassador for The Little Heroes Foundation, Jodi Lee Foundation and Bupa.

Stenson is centimetres (65&#;in) tall and weighs 52 kilograms (&#;lb).[1]

Athletics

Stenson's running career started when she was in primary school, where she ran south east cross country.[3] In , she was selected for the South Australia representative cross country team.[3] As of [update], she was coached by Adam Didyk,[4] prior to that was coached by Roger Pedrick.

Stenson competed in the City to Bay Run in , finishing first.[7] That year, she also competed at the Nanning, China hosted World Half Marathon Championships.[3] She ran her first marathon in March ,[9] where she set an Olympic A qualifying time of 2 hours, 31 minutes.[4] In , her training regime included running up to kilometres (99&#;mi) a week.[9] On her light training days, she ran 12 kilometres (&#;mi).[9] Trengove was selected to represent Australia at the Summer Olympics in the women's marathon.[1][10] She was the third South Australian athletics competitor to qualify for the Games,[4] and prepared for them by training in Adelaide.[8] She finished the Olympic marathon in 39th place with a time of , 8 minutes and 10 seconds behind the first-place finisher Tiki Gelana.[11] At the Commonwealth Games, she won the bronze medal, running a then personal best of [12] She came 22nd in the same event at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in a time of [13] She finished ninth in the IAAF World Championshipsmarathon in a time of This was the best performance by an Australian woman in a World Championship.[14]

Personal bests

As of July ,[2] her personal best times are:

  • Long Jump: m, Adelaide,
  • 1, metres: , Adelaide, [2]
  • 5, metres: , Adelaide, November [2]
  • 10, metres: , Stanford, April [2]
  • half marathon: , Gold Coast July [2]
  • marathon: , Daegu, 7 April

Results

Her results include:

  • Gold Medal [1st, ], Birmingham Commonwealth Games Marathon
  • 1st, , Melbourne Marathon[15]
  • 24th, , IAAF / SINOPEC World Half Marathon Championships, Nanning, 16 October [2]
  • 14th, Nagoya International Women's Marathon, Nagoya, 11 March [2]
  • 71st, IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Punta Umbría, 20 March [2]
  • Winner, City2Surf, Sydney, [16]

Recognition

References

  1. ^ abcdef"London – Jessica Trengove". Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 4 July Retrieved 5 July
  2. ^ abcdefghi"Athletes&#;– Trengove Jessica Biography". IAAF. Retrieved 5 July
  3. ^ abcdefRunner, Ross (14 October ). "Jessica Trengove: Making her Mark on the Australian Distance Running Scene &#; Track and Field&#;— Videos, Results, News, Records, Athletes, Interviews and more". Archived from the original on 19 October Retrieved 25 July
  4. ^ abcdPartland, Warren (14 March ). "Jessia Trengove counting down Olympic selection". adelaidenow. Retrieved 25 July
  5. ^ ab"London – Jessica Trengove". Australian Olympic Committee. 15 August Archived from the original on 23 July Retrieved 25 July
  6. ^ abJean, David (6 June ). "Marathon fundraiser for animals". adelaide now. Retrieved 5 July
  7. ^ abcdMonfries, Alice (31 December ). "Winning runs in the Trengrove family". adelaidenow. Retrieved 25 July
  8. ^ ab"Team Trengove ready for royal Olympic finale". Herald Sun. Melbourne. 25 July Retrieved 25 July
  9. ^ abcImpey, Tasha (18 May ). "Royal run for SA Olympian". ABC South East SA&#;– Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 25 July
  10. ^"Breen into Olympic aths squad". The West Australian. 13 June Retrieved 5 July [permanent dead link&#;]
  11. ^"Women's Marathon". Official site of the London Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 7 August Retrieved 7 August
  12. ^"Glasgow - Women's Marathon". (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 April
  13. ^"Jessica Trengove". Official Site of the Australian Olympic Team. Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 20 December Retrieved 31 December
  14. ^"Trengove delivers greatest Australian marathon performance". Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 9 August Retrieved 9 August
  15. ^Hore, Monique (18 October ). "Melbourne Marathon Thousands compete as Brad Milosevic, Jessica Trengove take honours". Herald Sun. Retrieved 18 October
  16. ^"Victorian man wins City2Surf". Nine MSN. 13 September Archived from the original on 10 September Retrieved 5 July
  17. ^"News & Info". Sport SA. Archived from the original on 1 January Retrieved 31 December
  18. ^"Jessica Stenson and Athletics among big winners at AIS Sport Performance Awards". Australian Sports Commission. 15 December Retrieved 16 December

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