Jessica Draskau-Petersson
Jessica Draskau-Petersson | |
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Jessica Draskau-Petersson at the London 2012 Summer Olympics
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Personal information | |
Date of birth | 8th September 1977 (age 42) |
place of birth | Gentofte , Denmark |
size | 170 cm |
Weight | 62 kg |
societies | |
Current | Aarhus 1900 |
successes | |
2004, 2005, 2006, 2009 | 4 × Duathlon Vice World Champion, long distance |
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Jessica Margaret Aida "Jess" Draskau-Petersson (born September 8, 1977 in Gentofte ) is a Danish duathlete , triathlete , long-distance runner and two-time Olympian (2012, 2016).
Career
Draskau-Petersson was born in Denmark and she has dual citizenship: Danish and Manx (Isle of Man). In 1990 she moved to the UK with her family.
She has been a professional athlete for the United Kingdom since 2004. In 2004 she became Duathlon Vice World Champion on the long distance at Powerman in Zofingen and was able to repeat this success three times in 2005, 2006 and 2009.
After a 4-year break, she started for Denmark in London at the Summer Olympics on the marathon distance in August 2012 and finished in 40th place.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics , the 39-year-old reached 40th place in the marathon again on August 14 with a time of 2:36:14 hours.
Draskau-Petersson starts for the Aarhus 1900 association .
Sporting successes
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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14 Aug 2016 | 40 | 2016 Summer Olympics | Rio de Janeiro | 02:36:14 | |
Aug 5, 2012 | 40 | 2012 Summer Olympics | London | 02:31:43 | with a new personal best |
Apr 22, 2012 | London marathon | London | 02:34:56 |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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2006 | 4th | Ironman Coeur d'Alene | Idaho | ||
2005 | 4th | Ironman New Zealand | Taupo | ||
4th July 2004 | 3 | Ironman Austria | Klagenfurt | ||
2004 | 5 | Ironman New Zealand | Taupo |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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2009 | 2 | Powerman Zofingen | Zofingen | 07:27:12 | Powerman Vice World Champion |
Aug 2006 | 2 | Powerman Zofingen | Zofingen | 08:08:15 | Powerman Vice World Champion, behind the Hungarian Erika Csomor (10 km run, 158 km bike ride and 30 km run) |
Aug 26, 2006 | - | ETU European Triathlon Long Distance Championship | Almere | DNF | European Triathlon Championship |
May 28, 2006 | 5 | ITU Duathlon Long Distance World Championships | Fredericia | 04:11:40 | Long distance duathlon world championship (15 km run, 90 km bike ride and 7.5 km run) |
2005 | 2 | Powerman Zofingen | Zofingen | 07:32:20 | Powerman Vice World Champion |
Apr 24, 2005 | 3 | Powerman Holland | Venray | 03:07:29 | Third at the European Duathlon Championship |
Aug 1, 2004 | 4th | ITU Duathlon Long Distance World Championships | Fredericia | 05:46:13 | Long distance duathlon world championship |
June 2004 | 2 | Powerman Zofingen | Zofingen | 07:30:17 | Powerman Vice World Champion |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Jess Petersson's website
- Jessica Draskau-Petersson in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Olympic Sports: Jess Draskau-Petersson
- Profile for Jessica Draskau-Petersson at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on July 25, 2014
- Profile and results of Jessica Draskau-Petersson in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on July 25, 2014 (English).
- Jessica Draskau-Petersson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stragglers' great Dane sets sights on London. In: Wandsworth Guardian . May 4, 2012, Retrieved July 25, 2014 .
- ↑ Jessica Draskau-Petersson - Olympic Events and Results
- ^ Duathlon: Jacober on the World Cup podium
- ^ Winners 2006 ( Memento from July 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Waikato student runner up at Powerman , September 15, 2004
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Draskau-Petersson, Jessica |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Draskau-Petersson, Jessica Margaret Aida (full name); Draskau-Petersson, Jess (nickname) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish triathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1977 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Gentofte |