Jessica Thornton Explained

Jessica Thornton
Sport:Track and field
Event:200 metres, 400 metres
Nationality:Australian
Birth Date:1998 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Australia
Height:[1]
Weight:59 kg
Pb:200 m: 23.26 (2016)
400 m: 52.05 (2016)

Jessica Thornton (born 12 April 1998) is an Australian track and field sprinter who competes in the 200 metres and 400 metres. She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She holds a personal best of 52.05 seconds for the 400 m.[2]

She was born in Randwick, New South Wales and studied nutrition science at the University of Wollongong. Thornton won the 400 m at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, setting a personal best of 52.50 seconds to beat Bahrain's Salwa Eid Naser.[3] She ran for the Asia-Pacific relay team at the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup, though the team finished last. She was a relay finalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics alongside Anneliese Rubie, Caitlin Sargent and Morgan Mitchell.[4]

International competitions

2014Youth Olympic GamesNanjing, Chinabgcolor=gold1st400 m52.50
Continental CupMarrakech, Morocco4th4 × 400 m relay3:36.89
2016World U20 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland4th400 m52.05
7th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:37.83
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil8th4 × 400 m relay3:27.45

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/jessica-thornton Jessica Thornton
  2. http://www.all-athletics.com/node/584202 Jessica Thornton
  3. Web site: Athletics Results Book. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161026234354/http://doc.rero.ch/record/211434/files/Results_Book_Athletics_V1.0.pdf. 26 October 2016. 17 August 2020. 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.
  4. http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/jessica-thornton Jessica Thornton