Jessica Stenson

Jessica Stenson (née Trengove; born 15 August 1987) is an Australian athlete who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. As a long-distance runner, she 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.

Jessica Stenson
Trengove at the 2017 London Marathon
Personal information
Birth nameJessica Trengove
Nickname(s)Jess
NationalityAustralian
Born (1987-08-15) 15 August 1987
Naracoorte, South 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  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2022 BirminghamMarathon
Bronze medal – third place2014 GlasgowMarathon
Bronze medal – third place2018 Gold CoastMarathon

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 wrestling 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 former 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 wrestling.[7]

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

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

Athletics

Stenson's 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.

Stenson 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:

  • Long Jump: 3.68m, Adelaide, 1998
  • 1,500 metres: 4:26.9, Adelaide, 2013.[2]
  • 5,000 metres: 15:35, Adelaide, November 2016.[2]
  • 10,000 metres: 32:17, Stanford, April 2015.[2]
  • half marathon: 1:10:59, Japan, February 2018.[2]
  • marathon: 2:25:13, Perth, 17 October 2021.[15]

Results

Her results include:

  • Gold Medal [1st, 2:27:31], 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games Marathon
  • 1st, 2:27:45, 2015 Melbourne Marathon[16]
  • 24th, 1:14:21, IAAF / SINOPEC World Half Marathon Championships, Nanning, 16 October 2010[2]
  • 14th, Nagoya International Women's Marathon, Nagoya, 11 March 2012[2]
  • 71st, IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Punta Umbría, 20 March 2011[2]
  • Winner, 2011 City2Surf, Sydney, 2011[17]

Recognition

References
  1. "London 2012 – Jessica Trengove". Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 4 July 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  2. "Athletes – Trengove Jessica Biography". IAAF. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  3. Runner, Ross (14 October 2010). "Jessica Trengove: Making her Mark on the Australian Distance Running Scene | Track and Field — Videos, Results, News, Records, Athletes, Interviews and more". Runnerstribe.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  4. Partland, Warren (14 March 2012). "Jessia Trengove counting down Olympic selection". adelaidenow. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  5. "London 2012 – Jessica Trengove". Australian Olympic Committee. 15 August 1987. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  6. Jean, David (6 June 2012). "Marathon fundraiser for animals". adelaide now. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  7. Monfries, Alice (31 December 2011). "Winning runs in the Trengrove family". adelaidenow. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  8. "Team Trengove ready for royal Olympic finale". Herald Sun. Melbourne. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  9. Impey, Tasha (18 May 2012). "Royal run for SA Olympian". ABC South East SA – Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  10. "Breen into Olympic aths squad". The West Australian. 13 June 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  11. "Women's Marathon". Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 7 August 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  12. "Glasgow 2014 - Women's Marathon". g2014results.thecgf.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  13. "Jessica Trengove". Official Site of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team. Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  14. "Trengove delivers greatest Australian marathon performance". Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  15. "2018 Gold Cost marathon". goldcoastbulletin.com.au.
  16. Hore, Monique (18 October 2015). "Melbourne Marathon 2015: Thousands compete as Brad Milosevic, Jessica Trengove take honours". Herald Sun. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  17. "Victorian man wins 2011 City2Surf". Nine MSN. 13 September 2009. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  18. "News & Info". Sport SA. Archived from the original on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  19. "Jessica Stenson and Athletics among big winners at AIS Sport Performance Awards". Australian Sports Commission. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
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