Jenny Rose (born 1964) is a former international triathlete from New Zealand.[1] In 1994 she won three of the 10 races that made up the ITU Triathlon World Cup, and in 1995 she was the world long-distance champion.[2]
Rose was born and raised in Tākaka, Golden Bay on a dairy farm. She was the fifth of the seven children of Pat and Fran Rose. She received her education at Golden Bay High School.[3] During her athletic career she was based in Christchurch, as well as, Paris during the NZ winter months.[4] [5] In 1993 she won the first of four ITU Triathlon World Cup events with a win in Embrun. In 1994 she won the ITU World Cup series with wins in three events- Ixtapa, San Sebastian and Gerardmer.[6] In 1995, she won the ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championship in Nice.[7]
Rose attempted a comeback in 2014. She entered the Lake Wanaka Half on 18 January and came first in her age group (45–54).[8] [9] She was a finisher in the 2014 Swissman triathlon.[10]
Later on, she lived in Wellington.