Jessica Pickering

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Jessica Pickering
2018-10-14 Gymnastics at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics - Girls' Trampoline Gymnastics - Victory ceremony (Martin Rulsch) 15.jpg
Pickering at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Nickname(s)Jess
Born (2001-04-24) 24 April 2001 (age 24)
North Gosford, New South Wales
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in) [1]
Gymnastics career
Discipline Trampoline gymnastics
Country
represented		Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
ClubEastlake Trampoline Sports
Head coach(es)Brett Austine
Christine Swadling
Medal record
Women's trampoline gymnastics
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Buenos Aires Individual

Jessica Pickering (born 24 April 2001) is an Australian trampoline gymnast. She is the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics individual silver medalist and a competitor at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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Biography

Pickering started trampoline gymnastics when she was seven years old. Her mother feared for her on the trampoline at home and persuaded her to join Eastlake Trampoline Sports Club. She is still with the same club. [2] [3]

At the 2018 Pacific Rim Championships, Pickering won a silver medal in the junior synchro event alongside Britney Glazebrook. Additionally, she finished fourth in the individual event. [4] She then represented Australia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and qualified to the individual final in second place. [5] She went on to win the silver medal in the final, behind China's Fan Xinyi. [6] She competed with Imogen Florian at the 2018 World Age Group Competition and finished fourth in the synchro competition in the 17-21 age group. [7]

Pickering stopped competing at the junior level and made her senior debut in 2019. [3] At the 2019 Khabarovsk World Cup, she won a silver medal in the synchro competition alongside Lauren Sampson. [8] Pickering and Sampson also won the synchro silver medal at the Valladolid World Cup. [9] They then qualified for the synchro final at the 2019 World Championships and finished fifth, [10] and were later bumped up to fourth after Camilla Gomes was disqualified for a doping violation. [11]

Pickering finished fifth in the individual event at the 2021 Brescia World Cup. [12] She won a silver medal in the synchro event with new partner Kira Ward at the Anadia World Cup. [13] She represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [14] She was ranked 16th and last in the qualification round after making errors in both routines. [3]

Pickering won a bronze medal in the synchro event with Abbie Watts at the 2023 Palm Beach World Cup. [15]

References

  1. ↑ "Trampoline Gymnastics - PICKERING Jessica". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Jessica Pickering". Gymnastics Australia . Retrieved 1 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. 1 2 3 "Jessica Pickering". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Pacific Rim 2018 Campeonato Alianza del Pacifico 2018 Trampoline Results" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "'Team Rosie MacLennan' leads after day two at Youth Olympic Games". International Gymnastics Federation . 9 October 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "Pickering shakes off jitters and jumps to Olympic joy". International Gymnastics Federation . 15 October 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "26th FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Age Group Competitions 15-18 November, St.Petersburg, Russia Synchronised trampoline — SYN Women 17-21 — Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . 15 November 2018. p. 8. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "Champions return on big weekend for Pavlova and US pair in Khabarovsk". International Gymnastics Federation . 23 September 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  9. ↑ "Hancharou and Liu back on top in Valladolid". International Gymnastics Federation . 8 October 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  10. ↑ "34th FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships Tokyo (Japan), 28 November - 1 December 2019 Women's Synchronised Trampoline Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 30 November 2019. p. 2. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  11. ↑ Pavitt, Michael (26 August 2020). "Brazilian trampoline gymnast serves doping ban after World Championship positive". Inside the Games . Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  12. ↑ "Mori and Morante land on top at Brescia Trampoline World Cup". International Gymnastics Federation . 7 June 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  13. ↑ "Reigning Olympic champion Hancharou shows form in Anadia". International Gymnastics Federation . 29 June 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  14. ↑ "Belmont North trampoline player Jessica Pickering represents Australia in a game in Tokyo "Beyond the Moon"". Sydney News Today. 5 July 2021. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  15. ↑ "A golden haul for USA at the Trampoline World Cup". International Gymnastics Federation . 9 August 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
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