Jackie Fairweather

Australia 0 Jackie Fairweather
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

marathon

Date / year	rank	competition	venue	time	comment
77773644275 ♠19 Sep 2009	1	Commonwealth Mountain and Ultra Distance Running Championships	United Kingdom Keswick	07:41:23	100 km road run
77611408675 ♠0July 3, 2005	1	Gold Coast Marathon	Australia Gold coast	02:34:45
77624897300 ♠Nov 20, 2005	9	Tokyo International Women's Marathon	Japan Tokyo
77600431725 ♠13 Mar 2005	14th	Nagoya marathon	Japan Nagoya
77565175250 ♠Apr 18, 2004	12	London marathon	United Kingdom London
77561826350 ♠14 Mar 2004	9	Nagoya marathon	Japan Nagoya	02:32:40	personal best marathon time
77543779500 ♠Oct 12, 2003	15th	Chicago marathon	United States Chicago
77497639100 ♠July 28, 2002	3	Commonwealth Games 2002	United Kingdom Manchester	02:36:37	Third in the marathon - behind Australian Kerryn McCann
77487499375 ♠Apr 15, 2002	11	Boston marathon	United States Boston

Duathlon

Date / year	rank	competition	venue	time	comment
77389451025 ♠Oct 17, 1999	1	ITU Duathlon World Championships	United States Huntersville	01:56:18	Duathlon world champion on the short distance (10 km run, 40 km bike and 5 km run)
77270099950 ♠Sep 14 1996	1	ITU Duathlon World Championships	Italy Ferrara	01:44:46	Duathlon world champion

Triathlon short and medium distance

Date / year	rank	competition	venue	time	comment
77386009100 ♠Sep 12 1999	2	ITU Triathlon World Championships	Canada Montreal	01:56:00	Vice world champion on the Olympic distance behind the Australian Loretta Harrop
77373822825 ♠0May 9, 1999	1	OTU Triathlon Oceania Championships	Australia Mooloolaba	02:05:02	Winner of the Oceanic Triathlon Championships
77358101600 ♠ 1999	1	Laguna Phuket Triathlon	Thailand Phuket	02:42:36
77339217525 ♠June 21, 1998	1	ITU Triathlon World Cup	Switzerland Zurich	01: 54: 18.0
77319403200 ♠ 1998	1	Laguna Phuket Triathlon	Thailand Phuket	02:47:52
77280704800 ♠ 1997	1	Laguna Phuket Triathlon	Thailand Phuket	02:42:57
77314938000 ♠Nov 16, 1997	2	ITU Triathlon World Championships	Australia Perth	01:59:36	behind Emma Carney Vice World Champion on the short distance triathlon
77268053400 ♠Aug 24, 1996	1	ITU Triathlon World Championships	United States 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)
77237169100 ♠Nov 12, 1995	2	ITU Triathlon World Championships	Mexico Cancun	02:05:22	Triathlon Vice World Champion on the short distance
77151772150 ♠22 Aug 1993	14th	ITU Triathlon Short Distance World Championships	United Kingdom 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
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

[gold-1] 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 .

[2] IAAF: Commonwealth Mountain and Ultra Distance Running Champs - Report . September 23, 2008

[3] Three Aussie Greats inducted into Triathlon Australia's Hall of Fame (March 15, 2012)

[4] ITU Hall of Fame