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Jessica Trengove

Jessica Stenson (Trengove)

Age

36

Place of Birth

SA

Hometown

Adelaide

Junior Club

Naracoorte and Districts

Senior Club

Hills Districts Athletic Club / Team Tempo

Coach

Adam Didyk

Olympic History

London 2012

Rio 2016

High School

Naracoorte High School / Annesley College (years 10-12)

Career Events

Athletics Womens Marathon

 

Jessica's Story

In her first marathon race, Jessica Stenson (nee Trengove) achieved the Olympic marathon qualifying standard with a time of 2:31.02 at the 2012 Silver Label Road Races in Japan. She finished in 14th place.

The year prior she won the City to Surf, a famous 14km community fun-run from the city to Bondi Beach, and in 2014 she went on to win bronze at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

The South Australian made her Olympic debut in London where she finished 39th in a time of 2:31.17 then at Rio 2016, she finished 22nd in a time of 2:31.44.


The following year she placed ninth in the IAAF World Championships, then in 2018, Stenson claimed her second Commonwealth Games bronze medal, when she competed on the Gold Coast.

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