Christie Jenkins

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Christie Jenkins
Country representedAustralia
Born (1988-03-26) 26 March 1988 (age 32)
Melbourne, Victoria
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
DisciplineTrampolining
LevelWorld Championships
ClubCheltenham Youth Club
Head coach(es)Nikolay Zhuravlev, Jarrod Herriot
Retired2011

Christie Jenkins (born 26 March 1988) in Melbourne, Victoria is an Australian trampoline athlete. Jenkins has competed at both Australian national and international level, and has been Australia's top-ranking female trampoline sports athlete. [1] She was national champion for her age group from 1998 to 2003 and in Open division in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2010. She competed in Individual trampoline, Double Mini-trampoline and Synchronised trampoline events, specialising in Double mini trampoline in later years.

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Personal life

Jenkins began trampoline sports at the age of five years, after being enrolled in trampoline lessons by her mother. At the beginning of 2011, Jenkins retired from trampoline sports to pursue a career in professional beach volleyball. [2]

Education

A talented and zealous student, Jenkins graduated from Firbank Grammar School in Melbourne in 2005 as Dux of her year 12 cohort and was awarded perfect scores in Biology and Maths. Her academic capability extended to other subjects including English and Psychology, in which she was awarded near perfect scores. [3]

In 2010, Jenkins graduated from Monash University in Melbourne with a dual degree in Bachelor of Arts (Chinese)/Bachelor of Economics. [1] She has subsequently accepted a graduate position with ANZ Bank in Australia.[ citation needed ]

Career

In 2010, Jenkins received two gold medals in the Double Mini Trampoline and Synchronized Trampoline events at the Indo Pacific Trampoline and Tumbling Championships in Kakegawa, Japan. [1] Other notable achievements include representing Australia in the Trampoline World Championships in Metz, France and the 2009 World Games in Kaoshuing, Taiwan. [4]

She won her first professional beach volleyball tournament in Hermosa Beach in August 2013 with her partner Iwona Lodzik coming into the tournament as the 6th seed qualifiers and the 29th seed in the main draw. [5]

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References

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  2. Christie Jenkins Profile - Sponsored Athletes - Vuly Trampolines Retrieved: 2011-11-24.
  3. lumen - from backyard to Beijing, The University of Adelaide Magazine. Retrieved 2011-11-24.
  4. Trampoling - more than meets the eye Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved: 2011-11-24.
  5. Women's NVL $25,000 West Coast Championships 16-18 August 2013 Hermosa Beach, California Archived 2013-11-03 at the Wayback Machine