Jackie Fairweather
Jackie Fairweather | |
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Personal information | |
Date of birth | November 10, 1967 |
date of death | 3rd November 2014 |
societies | |
successes | |
1995, 1997, 1999 | 3 times vice world champion triathlon |
1996 | World champion triathlon |
1996, 1999 | 2 × ITU world champion duathlon |
2009 | Commonwealth champion in 100 km road race |
status | |
deceased |
Jackie Fairweather (born Gallagher ; born November 10, 1967 , † November 3, 2014 ) was an Australian triathlete and marathon runner .
Career
Gallagher started triathlon in 1992.
Duathlon and triathlon world champion 1996
In 1996 she became triathlon and duathlon world champion and in 1999 she won the duathlon world championship again.
Marathon from 2000
After missing a nomination for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Jackie Gallagher - three-time triathlon runner-up (1995, 1997, 1999) - turned to the marathon.
In 2002 she finished eleventh in the Boston Marathon and third in the Commonwealth Games Marathon in Manchester . The following year she came in 15th place in the Chicago Marathon . In 2004 she was ninth in the Nagoya Marathon and twelfth in the London Marathon .
Ultra marathon from 2005
In 2005, a 14th place in Nagoya was followed by a victory in the Gold Coast Marathon and a ninth place in the Tokyo International Women's Marathon . In the same year she started to compete in ultramarathons . In 2009 she became a Commonwealth Champion in the 100 km road race .
Fairweather was married to the Australian archer Simon Fairweather since 2004 . The 46-year-old committed suicide on November 3, 2014.
Awards
- In April 2012 she was inducted into the Australian Triathlon Hall of Fame along with Loretta Harrop and Emma Carney .
- She was nominated for Hall of Fame induction by the International Triathlon Union (ITU) in 2014 .
Sporting successes
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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19 Sep 2009 | 1 | Commonwealth Mountain and Ultra Distance Running Championships | Keswick | 07:41:23 | 100 km road run |
July 3, 2005 | 1 | Gold Coast Marathon | Gold coast | 02:34:45 | |
Nov 20, 2005 | 9 | Tokyo International Women's Marathon | Tokyo | ||
13 Mar 2005 | 14th | Nagoya marathon | Nagoya | ||
Apr 18, 2004 | 12 | London marathon | London | ||
14 Mar 2004 | 9 | Nagoya marathon | Nagoya | 02:32:40 | personal best marathon time |
Oct 12, 2003 | 15th | Chicago marathon | Chicago | ||
July 28, 2002 | 3 | Commonwealth Games 2002 | Manchester | 02:36:37 | Third in the marathon - behind Australian Kerryn McCann |
Apr 15, 2002 | 11 | Boston marathon | Boston |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Oct 17, 1999 | 1 | ITU Duathlon World Championships | Huntersville | 01:56:18 | Duathlon world champion on the short distance (10 km run, 40 km bike and 5 km run) |
Sep 14 1996 | 1 | ITU Duathlon World Championships | Ferrara | 01:44:46 | Duathlon world champion |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Sep 12 1999 | 2 | ITU Triathlon World Championships | Montreal | 01:56:00 | Vice world champion on the Olympic distance behind the Australian Loretta Harrop |
May 9, 1999 | 1 | OTU Triathlon Oceania Championships | Mooloolaba | 02:05:02 | Winner of the Oceanic Triathlon Championships |
1999 | 1 | Laguna Phuket Triathlon | Phuket | 02:42:36 | |
June 21, 1998 | 1 | ITU Triathlon World Cup | Zurich | 01: 54: 18.0 | |
1998 | 1 | Laguna Phuket Triathlon | Phuket | 02:47:52 | |
1997 | 1 | Laguna Phuket Triathlon | Phuket | 02:42:57 | |
Nov 16, 1997 | 2 | ITU Triathlon World Championships | Perth | 01:59:36 | behind Emma Carney Vice World Champion on the short distance triathlon |
Aug 24, 1996 | 1 | ITU Triathlon World Championships | Cleveland | 01:50:52 | Triathlon world champion on the short distance with a personal best time on the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) |
Nov 12, 1995 | 2 | ITU Triathlon World Championships | Cancun | 02:05:22 | Triathlon Vice World Champion on the short distance |
22 Aug 1993 | 14th | ITU Triathlon Short Distance World Championships | Manchester | 02:11:29 |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Best times
- Marathon: 2:32:40 h, March 14, 2004, Nagoya
- 50K road race: 3:19:12 h, April 13, 2008, Canberra
- 100 km road race: 7:41:23 h, September 19, 2009, Keswick
Web links
- Jackie Fairweather in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Jackie Fairweather in the database of Athletics Australia (English)
- Athlete portrait at the DUV
- Profile for Jackie Gallagher at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on May 13, 2014
- Jackie Fairweather's profile and results in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on January 4, 2019.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Selina Steele / Neale Grundy: Australian sporting community is in mourning after death of legendary triathlete Jackie Fairweather. Gold Coast Bulletin, November 4, 2014, accessed November 3, 2014 .
- ^ IAAF: Commonwealth Mountain and Ultra Distance Running Champs - Report . September 23, 2008
- ↑ Three Aussie Greats inducted into Triathlon Australia's Hall of Fame (March 15, 2012)
- ^ ITU Hall of Fame
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Fairweather, Jackie |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gallagher, Jackie |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian triathlete and marathon runner |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1967 |
DATE OF DEATH | 3rd November 2014 |