Athlete Profile: Emma Jackson

Emma Jackson

Australia
Born: 1991

Rankings
World Ranking	30
World Triathlon Championship Series Ranking	61
World Triathlon Individual Olympic Qualification Ranking	48
Continental Ranking	4

Starts

84

Podiums

20

Wins

10 Biography

Emma was selected in the Australian triathlon team to compete at the 2007 World Junior championships in Hamburg (Germany) where she placed 24th. The following two years also saw her selected for the Australian Junior team competing in 2008 at Vancouver (Canada) and 2009 at Gold Coast (Australia) where she placed 5th and 2nd respectively.

2009 was a very successful year for her as she was named Australian Junior triathlete of the year and won the prestigious Noosa triathlon being the youngest person to do so at the age of 18.

In 2010 despite still being eligible for another year in the junior ranks, she decided to step up from the sprint distance to the Olympic distance and compete in the U23 category.

2011 saw her compete in her first full season at the elite level and 2012 was all about the London Olympics, and the second youngest competitor in the field being and came an incredible 8th place, running with the leaders until the final half of the run.

2014 was about the Commonwealth Games, placing 5th (first Australian) in the individual race and bronze in the Triathlon Team Relay event.

Since then, Emma has had a number of successful races, including gold medals at the 2017 Mooloolaba ITU Triathlon World Cup, 2017 Kinloch OTU Sprint Triathlon Oceania Championships and her first World Triathlon Series victory in Edmonton in 2019.

Career highlights
-15th place at the 2019 Tokyo ITU World Triathlon Olympic Qualification Event
-1st place at the 2019 ITU World Triathlon Edmonton
- Winner at the 2017 Mooloolaba ITU Triathlon World Cup
- Winner at the 2017 Kinloch OTU Sprint Triathlon Oceania Championships
- 6 x World Triathlon Series podiums
- Multiple World Cup podiums
- 8th 2012 London Olympics

Latest Athlete Results

DNF	AJ Bell 2021 World Triathlon Championship Series Leeds 06 Jun, 2021 - Elite Women - DNF
38	2021 World Triathlon Championship Series Yokohama 15 May, 2021 - Elite Women - 01:59:52
21	2019 Weihai ITU Triathlon World Cup 21 Sep, 2019 - Elite Women - 02:15:50
33	2019 Banyoles ITU Triathlon World Cup 07 Sep, 2019 - Elite Women - 00:58:07
DNF	2019 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Lausanne 31 Aug, 2019 - Elite Women - DNF
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DNF	AJ Bell 2021 World Triathlon Championship Series Leeds 2021-06-05 - Elite Women - DNF
38	2021 World Triathlon Championship Series Yokohama 2021-05-15 - Elite Women - 01:59:52
DNF	2019 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Lausanne 2019-08-29 - Elite Women - DNF
1	2019 ITU World Triathlon Edmonton 2019-07-20 - Elite Women - 01:01:23
20	2019 Hamburg Wasser World Triathlon 2019-07-06 - Elite Women - 01:01:13
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8	2012 London Olympic Games 2012-08-04 - Elite Women - 02:01:16
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International triathlon tour returns to Asia for the Weihai World Cup

18 Sep, 2019
An Australian sweep in Mooloolaba as Emma Jackson and Luke Willian win ITU World Cup
It was double trouble for Australia in Mooloolaba on Saturday, with Emma Jackson and Luke Willian both adding their names to the Mooloolaba ITU World Cup winners list.
11 Mar, 2017
Jackson successfully defends Tongyeong title
Emma Jackson (AUS) stormed to victory to defend her 2013 title at the 2014 Tongyeong ITU Triathlon World Cup in a sprint finish over Japan's Ai Ueda.
18 Oct, 2014
World Cup season closes in Tongyeong
As ITU wraps up the last major competition of the year with the Tongyeong World Cup, action is anything but slowing down in what promises to be a power-player packed race in South Korea on Saturday.
15 Oct, 2014
Stimpson claims first gold of Commonwealth Games
England's Jodie Stimpson put together a tactically brilliant race on the first day of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games to be awarded the first gold medal of the games, with it earning England…
24 Jul, 2014

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Athlete Fact Sheet

Given Name	Emma
Family Name	Jackson
Representing	AUS
Year of Birth	1991
Place of Birth	Brisbane
Residence	Pine Rivers, Australia
Coach	Joel Filliol
Sponsors	Craftworx, Triathlon Australia and Queensland Academy of Sport
Website	http://emmajackson.net.au
Twitter	@ejjacko
Facebook	Athlete Facebook
Instagram	@ejjacko91