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.