Jessica Stenson Explained

Jessica Stenson
Birth Name:Jessica Trengove
Nickname:Jess
Nationality:Australian
Birth Date:1987 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Naracoorte, South Australia
Height: (2012)
Weight: (2012)
Country:Australia
Sport:Athletics
Event:1500 metres
5000 metres
10,000 metres
Half marathon
Marathon

Jessica Stenson (née Trengove; born 15 August 1987) is an Australian athlete who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. As a long-distance runner, she competes in distances from 5000 metres up to the marathon. She represented Australia at the 2012 London Olympics and 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics in the marathon.

Background

Nicknamed Trenny, Trengove was born on 15 August 1987 in Naracoorte, South Australia.[1] [2] She attended Naracoorte Primary School before going to Naracoorte High School and boarding school Annesley College,[1] having moved to Adelaide to attend the school at the start of year 10. She attended the University of South Australia from 2006 to 2009 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 2008.[3] She also played basketball, competing in the South Australia 12–19 State Country U18s.[3] [4], she lives in Adelaide[1] where she is a physiotherapist, and pilates instructor.[4] Her brother is former Port Adelaide Football Club player Jack Trengove, and has been influential in her running career by creating a sense of competition in her family.[5] The family competition also included Trengove's sister Abbie, who represented their state in wrestling.[5]

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

Stenson is tall and weighs .[1]

Athletics

Stenson's running career started when she was in primary school, where she ran south east cross country.[6] In 2000, she was selected for the South Australia representative cross country team.[6], she was coached by Adam Didyk, prior to that was coached by Roger Pedrick.

Stenson competed in the City to Bay Run in 2010, finishing first.[5] That year, she also competed at the Nanning, China hosted World Half Marathon Championships.[6] She ran her first marathon in March 2012,[7] where she set an Olympic A qualifying time of 2 hours, 31 minutes.[8] In 2012, her training regime included running up to a week.[7] On her light training days, she ran .[7] Trengove was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's marathon.[1] [9] She was the third South Australian athletics competitor to qualify for the Games,[8] and prepared for them by training in Adelaide.[10] She finished the Olympic marathon in 39th place with a time of 2:31:17, 8 minutes and 10 seconds behind the first-place finisher Tiki Gelana.[11] At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she won the bronze medal, running a then personal best of 2:30:12.[12] She came 22nd in the same event at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics in a time of 2:31:44.[13] She finished ninth in the 2017 IAAF World Championships marathon in a time of 2:28:59. This was the best performance by an Australian woman in a World Championship.[14]

Personal bests

As of July 2024,[2] her personal best times are:

Results

Her results include:

Recognition

Notes and References

  1. Web site: London 2012 – Jessica Trengove . Australian Olympic Committee . 5 July 2012 . 4 July 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120704090553/http://london2012.olympics.com.au/athlete/jessica-trengove . dead .
  2. Web site: Athletes – Trengove Jessica Biography . IAAF . 5 July 2012.
  3. Web site: London 2012 – Jessica Trengove . Australian Olympic Committee . 15 August 1987 . 25 July 2012 . 23 July 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120723055744/http://london2012.olympics.com.au/athlete/jessica-trengove/meet . dead .
  4. Web site: Jean . David . Marathon fundraiser for animals . adelaide now . 6 June 2012 . 5 July 2012.
  5. Web site: Monfries . Alice . Winning runs in the Trengrove family . adelaidenow . 31 December 2011 . 25 July 2012.
  6. Web site: Runner . Ross . Jessica Trengove: Making her Mark on the Australian Distance Running Scene | Track and Field — Videos, Results, News, Records, Athletes, Interviews and more . https://web.archive.org/web/20101019065333/http://www.runnerstribe.com/article/post/show/id/835-Jessica-Trengove-Making-her-Mark-on-the-Australian-Distance-Running-Scene . dead . 19 October 2010 . Runnerstribe.com . 14 October 2010 . 25 July 2012.
  7. Web site: Impey . Tasha . Royal run for SA Olympian . ABC South East SA – Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 18 May 2012 . 25 July 2012.
  8. Web site: Partland . Warren . Jessia Trengove counting down Olympic selection . adelaidenow . 14 March 2012 . 25 July 2012.
  9. Web site: Breen into Olympic aths squad . The West Australian . 13 June 2012 . 5 July 2012.
  10. News: Team Trengove ready for royal Olympic finale . Herald Sun . Melbourne . 25 July 2012 . 25 July 2012.
  11. Web site: Women's Marathon . Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games . 7 August 2012 . 7 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120807083730/http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event=athletics-women-marathon/ . dead .
  12. Web site: Glasgow 2014 - Women's Marathon . g2014results.thecgf.com . es . 2017-04-16.
  13. Web site: Jessica Trengove . . . 31 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220144302/http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/jessica-trengove1 . 20 December 2016 . dead.
  14. Web site: Trengove delivers greatest Australian marathon performance . Australian Olympic Committee . 9 August 2017 . 9 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170809091031/http://corporate.olympics.com.au/news/trengove-delivers-greatest-australian-marathon-performance . dead .
  15. News: Hore . Monique . Melbourne Marathon 2015: Thousands compete as Brad Milosevic, Jessica Trengove take honours . 18 October 2015 . Herald Sun . 18 October 2015.
  16. Web site: Victorian man wins 2011 City2Surf . Nine MSN . 13 September 2009 . 5 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110910134932/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/glanceview/183526/victorian-man-wins-2011-city2surf.glance . 10 September 2011.
  17. Web site: News & Info . Sport SA . 31 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170101002246/http://www.sportsa.org.au/news-info . 1 January 2017 . live.
  18. Web site: 15 December 2022 . Jessica Stenson and Athletics among big winners at AIS Sport Performance Awards . 16 December 2022 . Australian Sports Commission.

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