Jessica Trengove

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Jessica Trengove
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Trengove at the 2017 London Marathon
Personal information
Nickname(s)Jess
NationalityAustralian
Born (1987-08-15) 15 August 1987 (age 34)
Naracoorte, South Australia, Australia
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) (2012)
Weight52 kg (115 lb) (2012)
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportAthletics
Event(s)1500 metres
5000 metres
10,000 metres
Half marathon
Marathon
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Glasgow Marathon
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Marathon

Jessica Trengove (born 15 August 1987) is an Australian long-distance runner who 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.

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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] [3] having moved to Adelaide to attend the school at the start of year 10. [3] She attended the University of South Australia from 2006 to 2009 where she earned a Bachelor of Physiotherapy. [1] She participated in netball from the age of nine to the age of twenty-one. She played netball for Contax in 2008. [4] [5] She also played basketball, competing in the South Australia 12–19 State Country U18s. [5] [6] As of 2012, she lives in Adelaide [1] where she is a physiotherapist, and pilates instructor. [6] [7] Her brother is Port Adelaide Football Club player Jack Trengove, [8] and has been influential in her running career by creating a sense of competition in her family. [3] [7] The family competition also included Trengove's sister Abbie, who represented their state in rowing. [7]

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

Trengove is 166 centimetres (65 in) tall and weighs 52 kilograms (115 lb). [1]

Athletics

Her running career started when she was in primary school, where she ran south east cross country. [3] In 2000, she was selected for the South Australia representative cross country team. [3] As of 2008, she was coached by Adam Didyk. [4] Prior to that was coached by Roger Pedrick.

She competed in the City to Bay Run in 2010, finishing first. [7] That year, she also competed at the Nanning, China hosted World Half Marathon Championships. [3] She ran her first marathon in March 2012, [9] where she set an Olympic A qualifying time of 2 hours, 31 minutes. [4] In 2012, her training regime included running up to 160 kilometres (99 mi) a week. [9] On her light training days, she ran 12 kilometres (7.5 mi). [9] Trengove was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's marathon. [1] [10] She was the third South Australian athletics competitor to qualify for the Games, [4] and prepared for them by training in Adelaide. [8] 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 January 2019, [2] her personal best times are:

Results

Her results include:

Recognition

In 2016, Trengove won the People's Choice Award at the Advertiser/Channel 7 Sport Star of the Year awards. [18]

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