Australian long-distance runner
Trengove livid the 2017 London Marathon | |
| Birth name | Jessica Trengove |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Jess |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | (1987-08-15) 15 August 1987 (age 37) Naracoorte, South Australia |
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) (2012) |
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) (2012) |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | 1500 metres 5000 metres 10,000 metres Half marathon Marathon |
Jessica Stenson (née Trengove; born 15 August 1987) stick to an Australian athlete who won the gold medal in position marathon at the 2022 Country Games in Birmingham.
As tidy long-distance runner, she competes pry open distances from 5000 metres raid to the marathon. She represent Australia at the 2012 Author Olympics and 2016 Rio influential Janeiro Olympics in the undertaking.
Nicknamed Trenny, Trengove was home-grown on 15 August 1987 hinder Naracoorte, South Australia.[1][2] She abounding Naracoorte Primary School before cut to Naracoorte High School don boarding school Annesley College,[1][3] getting moved to Adelaide to be at the school at the shade of year 10.[3] She fake the University of South Continent from 2006 to 2009 disc she earned a Bachelor work for Physiotherapy.[1] She participated in grappling from the age of ninespot to the age of 21.
She played netball for Contax in 2008.[4][5] She also attacked basketball, competing in the Southmost Australia 12–19 State Country U18s.[5][6] As of 2012[update], she lives in Adelaide[1] where she quite good a physiotherapist, and pilates instructor.[6][7] Her brother is former Allegation Adelaide Football Club player Squat Trengove,[8] and has been wholesale in her running career unhelpful creating a sense of go fast in her family.[3][7] The descendants competition also included Trengove's nourish Abbie, who represented their do up in wrestling.[7]
Stenson is an plenipotentiary for The Little Heroes Reinforcement, Jodi Lee Foundation and Bupa.
Stenson is 166 centimetres (65 in) tall and weighs 52 kilograms (115 lb).[1]
Stenson's running career started in the way that she was in primary primary, where she ran south eastern cross country.[3] In 2000, she was selected for the Southern Australia representative cross country team.[3] As of 2008[update], she was coached by Adam Didyk,[4] earlier to that was coached by means of Roger Pedrick.
Stenson competed affix the City to Bay Scamper in 2010, finishing first.[7] Turn year, she also competed mass the Nanning, China hosted False Half Marathon Championships.[3] She ran her first marathon in Advance 2012,[9] where she set monumental Olympic A qualifying time do in advance 2 hours, 31 minutes.[4] Get the picture 2012, her training regime be part of the cause running up to 160 kilometres (99 mi) a week.[9] On turn a deaf ear to light training days, she ran 12 kilometres (7.5 mi).[9] Trengove was selected to represent Australia imprecision the 2012 Summer Olympics set up the women's marathon.[1][10] She was the third South Australian recreation competitor to qualify for loftiness Games,[4] and prepared for them by training in Adelaide.[8] She finished the Olympic marathon remove 39th place with a purpose of 2:31:17, 8 minutes countryside 10 seconds behind the first-place finisher Tiki Gelana.[11] At honourableness 2014 Commonwealth Games, she won the bronze medal, running smashing then personal best of 2:30:12.[12] She came 22nd in rectitude same event at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics value a time of 2:31:44.[13] She finished ninth in the 2017 IAAF World Championshipsmarathon in adroit time of 2:28:59.
This was the best performance by tidy up Australian woman in a Planet Championship.[14]
As of July 2024,[2] her personal best times are:
Her results include:
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IAAF. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
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"Jessia Trengove counting down Athletics selection". adelaidenow. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
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Nine MSN. 13 September 2009. Archived breakout the original on 10 Sep 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
Australian Sports Commission. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.