Jessica Harrison
  Jessica Harrison
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 at the Sprint Triathlon World Championships, 2010
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| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | 27th October 1977 (age 42) |
| place of birth | Sheffield, UK |
| size | 170 cm |
| Weight | 60 kg |
| societies | |
| Until 2014 | Poissy triathlon |
| successes | |
| 2009-2013 | 5 × state champion triathlon |
| 2010, 2012 | 2 × Vice World Champion Triathlon Team |
| status | |
| active | |
Jessica Harrison (born October 27, 1977 in Sheffield ) is a triathlete starting for France , two-time Olympian (2008, 2012) and French triathlon champion (2013).
Career
Jessica Harrison grew up in Oxford, started swimming at the age of five and triathlon at the age of eleven and moved to the south of France in 1999.
She has been competing in the Triathlon World Cup since 1998.
2008 Summer Olympics
Born in Britain, she competed for France at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she finished twelfth.
In August 2010 she became vice world champion with the French team in Lausanne.
2012 Summer Olympics
In April 2012 she finished fourth at the European Championships. In 2012 she was able to qualify again for a starting place at the Olympic Games after 2008 and reached ninth place in London in August. At the World Cup she finished second with the French team after 2010 in Stockholm. Jessica Harrison started for the Poissy Triathlon club .
In 2013 she became triathlon national champion for the fifth time in a row in Nice. In June 2019 she finished third in the French Cross Triathlon Championship
Jessica Harrison is in a relationship with the triathlete Carole Péon (* 1978) and they both live in Montpellier .
Sporting successes
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| June 9, 2019 | 3 | FRA National Championships Cross-Triathlon |
Bouzigues
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02:44:31 | French championship cross triathlon |
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| 28 Sep 2014 | 5 | FRA Sprint Triathlon National Championships |
Nice
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01:01:29 | |
| 29 Sep 2013 | 1 | FRA Sprint Triathlon National Championships |
Nice |
01:01:41 | French state champion |
| 14th of June 2013 | 11 | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
 Alanya
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01:57:18 | European championship on the Olympic short distance |
| Sep 2 2012 | 1 | FRA Sprint Triathlon National Championships |
Saint-Cyr |
01:00:40 | Triathlon state champion |
| 26 Aug 2012 | 2 | ITU Sprint Triathlon World Championship Team |
 Stockholm
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Vice world champion in the team - together with Carole Péon , Tony Moulai and Vincent Luis | |
| Aug 4, 2012 | 9 | 2012 Summer Olympics |
 London
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02:01:22 | |
| June 23, 2012 | 5 | ITU World Championship Series 2012 |
 Kitzbühel
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02:05:57 | |
| Apr 20, 2012 | 4th | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
 Eilat
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02:08:27 | European championship on the Olympic short distance |
| Nov 12, 2011 | 1 | ITU Triathlon African Cup |
 Agadir
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02:05:51 | Winner ahead of Carole Péon |
| Sep 24 2011 | 1 | FRA Sprint Triathlon National Championships |
Villiers-sur-Loir |
01:02:45 | Triathlon state champion |
| Sep 12 2010 | 29 | ITU World Championship Series 2010 |
 Budapest
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01:53:53 | in the seventh and final race of the season |
| 22 Aug 2010 | 2 | ITU Sprint Triathlon World Championship Team |
 Lausanne
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Second in the team world championship - together with Carole Péon , David Hauss and Frédéric Belaubre | |
| July 18, 2010 | 11 | ITU World Championship Series 2010 |
Hamburg
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01:55:07 | in the fourth race of the racing season |
| May 8, 2010 | 8th | ITU World Championship Series 2010 |
 Seoul
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02:01:31 | in the second race |
| Apr 11, 2010 | 7th | ITU World Championship Series 2010 |
 Sydney
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02:05:01 | at the opening race of the 2010 season |
| June 20, 2010 | 1 | FRA Triathlon National Championships |
Charleville-Mezieres |
02:11:29 | Triathlon national champion short distance |
| May 30, 2009 | 3 | ITU World Championship Series 2009 |
 Madrid
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02:05:59 | |
| June 7, 2009 | 1 | FRA Triathlon National Championships |
Belfort |
02:00:51 | Triathlon state champion |
| Aug 19, 2008 | 12 | 2008 Summer Olympics |
 Beijing
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| 2008 | 6th | BG Triathlon World Cup |
Hamburg |
01:58:57 | |
| 2007 | 10 | BG Triathlon World Cup |
Eilat |
02:04:35 | |
| June 25, 2006 | 12 | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
Autun
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02:14:17 | |
| 2004 | 3 | London triathlon |
London |
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| 2003 | 3 | FRA Triathlon National Championships |
Autun |
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| Aug 5, 2000 | 12 | FISU World University Triathlon Championships |
Tiszaújváros
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02:04:43 | |
| 4th July 1998 | 28 | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
Velden
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02:11:09 | European triathlon championship on the short distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Jessica Harrison's website
- Profile for Jessica Harrison at the Institute of Applied Exercise Science , accessed August 13, 2014
- Jessica Harrison's profile and results in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on November 2, 2019.
- Jessica Harrison in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ French red, white and blue color English-born Harrison's Olympic dream
- ↑ 23 openly gay and lesbian athletes at 2012 London Summer Olympics (July 18, 2012)
- ↑ Dramatic finish: Ryf keeps his nerve
- ↑ Riveros Diaz Wins Thrilling Sprint Finish In Women's Sydney Race ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| SURNAME | Harrison, Jessica |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French triathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sheffield |