Jessica Trengove competing for Australia in the 2017 London Marathon. She went on to finish 10th, in a time of 02:27:01
Jessica Trengove (born 15 August 1987) is an Australian athletics competitor competing in the 1500 metres, 5000 metres, 10,000 metres, half marathon, and marathon events. Other sports she has played include netball. She represented Australia at the 2012 London Olympics and 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics in the marathon. Her running career started when she was in primary school, where she ran south east cross country. In 2000, she was selected for the South Australia representative cross country team. As of 2008, she was coached by Adam Didyk. Prior to that was coached by Roger Pedrick. She competed in the City to Bay Run in 2010, finishing first. That year, she also competed at the Nanning, China hosted World Half Marathon Championships. She ran her first marathon in March 2012, where she set an Olympic A qualifying time of 2 hours, 31 minutes. In 2012, her training regime included running up to 160 kilometres (99 mi) a week. On her light training days, she ran 12 kilometres ( mi). Trengove was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's marathon. She was the third South Australian athletics competitor to qualify for the Games, and prepared for them by training in Adelaide. 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. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she won the bronze medal, running a then personal best of 2:30:12. She came 22nd in the same event at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics in a time of 2:31:44.
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Location: North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, United Kingdom
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