Lee-Steve Jackson

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Lee Steve Jackson
Personal information
Full nameLee Steve Jackson
Born (1980-04-20) 20 April 1980 (age 45)
Norton, Stockton-on-Tees, England, United Kingdom
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
Professional information
Sport Biathlon
World Cup debut5 December 2002
Olympic Games
Teams2 (2010, 2014)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams9 (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons13 (2002/03–2014/15)
All victories0
All podiums0

Lee Steve Jackson (born 20 April 1980) is an English former biathlete. [1]

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Career

He originally started competing in the sport whilst serving in the military. [2]

Born in Stockton-on-Tees, Jackson joined the Royal Artillery in 1999 and currently holds the rank of bombardier in 16 Regiment RA. [3] He competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics for Great Britain. His best finish was 55th, in the sprint. He also finished 56th in the pursuit and 66th in the individual [4]

His best performance at the Biathlon World Championships was 19th, in the 2011 mixed relay. His best solo performance in a World Championships was 39th, in the 2015 individual race. The World Championships also count towards the Biathlon World Cup, making this his best solo World Cup result as well. [1]

His best Biathlon World Cup finish was 16th, achieved in two men's relay events. [1]

Despite the fact that his forenames are usually hyphenated in official results, and by the British Biathlon Union, [3] there is actually no hyphen in Jackson's name – this anomaly came about when his coach first entered him in international competition and added the hyphen between his first and middle names. [2] [5]

Jackson retired after the 2014–15 season. [6]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union. [1]

Olympic Games

EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed relay
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2010 Vancouver 66th55th56th——N/a
Flag of Russia.svg 2014 Sochi 41st66th————
*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

World Championships

EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed relay
Flag of Germany.svg 2004 Oberhof 102nd———DNFN/a
Flag of Austria.svg 2005 Hochfilzen 99th68th——20th—
Flag of Italy.svg 2007 Antholz-Anterselva 75th75th——21st—
Flag of Sweden.svg 2008 Östersund 94th79th——23rd—
Flag of South Korea.svg 2009 Pyeongchang —DNF——25th—
Flag of Russia.svg 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 47th48th47th—23rd19th
Flag of Germany.svg 2012 Ruhpolding 109th88th——28th24th
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 2013 Nové Město 86th105th——22nd25th
Flag of Finland.svg 2015 Kontiolahti 39th79th——24th25th
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
**Mixed relay was added as an event in 2005.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Lee-Steve Jackson". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  2. 1 2 Williams, Ollie (9 January 2014). "Sochi 2014: Biathletes face giving up the Games for army life". bbc.co.uk . Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. 1 2 British Biathlon Association website
  4. ↑ Sports-Reference Profile
  5. ↑ "Lee Jackson". www.teamgb.com. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "ATHLETE RETIREMENTS". British biathlon. British Biathlon Union. n.d. Archived from the original on 8 October 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
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