Athlete Profile: Emma Jackson

Emma Jackson

Australia
Born: 1991

Rankings
ITU World Ranking	106
ITU Individual Olympic Qualification Ranking	116
Continental Ranking	15

Starts

76

Podiums

19

Wins

9 Biography

In 2004, at the age of 13, Emma competed in her first triathlon, going into the event with no biking experience at all. Unfortunately she didn’t have any experience with changing gears so completed the whole race in the same gear. Needless to say she found the bike leg extremely difficult and thought the sport might not be for her.

Twelve months later she decided to give it another go but knew that she had to improve her bike skills so she started training with coach Steve Moss. After a year of training and learning plenty of new skills, Emma was selected in the Australian 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 a gold medal at the 2017 Mooloolaba ITU Triathlon World Cup and another gold at the 2017 Kinloch OTU Sprint Triathlon Oceania Championships.

Recent Highlights

- Winner at the 2017 Mooloolaba ITU Triathlon World Cup;
- Winner at the 2017 Kinloch OTU Sprint Triathlon Oceania Championships;
- 3 x World Cup podiums 2017
- 5 x World Triathlon Series podium

Latest Athlete Results

9	2019 Cagliari ITU Triathlon World Cup 18 May, 2019 - Elite Women - 00:58:45
17	2019 Madrid ITU Triathlon World Cup 05 May, 2019 - Elite Women - 01:03:45
DNF	2019 Devonport OTU Sprint Triathlon Oceania Championships 02 Mar, 2019 - Elite Women - DNF
29	2019 Discovery Triathlon World Cup Cape Town 10 Feb, 2019 - Elite Women - 01:00:00
14	2018 Sarasota-Bradenton ITU Triathlon World Cup 13 Oct, 2018 - Elite Women - 00:55:25
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30	2017 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Rotterdam 2017-09-14 - Elite Women - 02:08:29
35	2017 ITU World Triathlon Yokohama 2017-05-13 - Elite Women - 02:03:47
DNF	2017 ITU World Triathlon Gold Coast 2017-04-08 - Elite Women - DNF
DNF	2016 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Cozumel 2016-09-11 - Elite Women - DNF
8	2016 ITU World Triathlon Edmonton 2016-09-03 - Elite Women - 00:57:36
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8	2012 London Olympic Games 2012-08-04 - Elite Women - 02:01:16
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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
Preview: Commonwealth women's race
In its third appearance on the Commonwealth Games programme, the women's event promises to present some of the best racing of the season with an impressive start list.
21 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	Project Clothing, Cannondale, Craftworx Cycling, Flight Centre, Triathlon Australia and Queensland Academy of Sport
Website	http://emmajackson.net.au
Twitter	@ejjacko
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