Jessica Learmonth
  Jessica Learmonth
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| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | 18th April 1988 (age 32) |
| place of birth | Leeds, UK |
| Nickname | Jess |
| size | 168 cm |
| Weight | 57 kg |
| societies | |
| Current | British Triathlon - Olympic Podium Squad |
| successes | |
| 2016 | National champion triathlon sprint distance |
| 2016 | Vice European champion triathlon sprint distance |
| 2017 | European champion triathlon short distance |
| 2018 | Vice-European triathlon champion short distance |
| status | |
| active | |
Jessica Learmonth (born April 18, 1988 in Leeds ) is a British triathlete . She is European Triathlon Champion (2017) and Vice-European Champion (2018).
Career
Jessica (Jess) Learmonth was active with the City Of Leeds Swimming Club and became a national swimming champion. She started her first triathlon in 2012 and became national champion on the triathlon sprint distance in August 2016.
In June 2017, Learmonth became European triathlon champion on the Olympic distance in Kitzbühel, Austria (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running).
At the Commonwealth Games in Australia in 2018, the then 29-year-old finished second in April. In August she won the title of Vice European Champion in Glasgow.
At the Olympic test event in Tokyo in August 2019, Jessica Learmonth crossed the finish line as the leader together and hand in hand with Georgia Taylor-Brown and the two were disqualified for an artificially created tie situation.
Awards
Sporting successes
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| 15th Aug 2019 | DSQ | ITU World Triathlon Olympic Qualification Event |
 Tokyo
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| June 9, 2019 | 3 | ITU World Championship Series 2019 |
Leeds
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01:57:22 | |
| March 8 2019 | 3 | ITU World Championship Series 2019 |
 Abu Dhabi
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00:56:06 | first race of the season |
| 9 Aug 2018 | 2 | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
Glasgow
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01:59:46 | Vice European Champion |
| June 10, 2018 | 3 | GBR Triathlon National Championships |
Leeds |
01:57:55 | as eighth in the race of the ITU World Championship Series 2018 |
| April 5, 2018 | 2 | Commonwealth Games 2018 |
 Gold coast
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00:57:33 | Second behind Flora Duffy |
| 2nd Mar 2018 | 2 | ITU World Championship Series 2018 |
Abu Dhabi |
01:00:57 | first race of the World Championship series of the season |
| 26 Aug 2017 | 2 | ITU World Championship Series 2017 |
 Stockholm
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02:01:30 | |
| 18th June 2017 | 1 | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
 Kitzbühel
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01:57:50 | European champion on the Olympic short distance |
| 26th Mar 2017 | 1 | ETU Triathlon European Cup |
 Gran Canaria
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02:01:29 | |
| 14 Aug 2016 | 1 | GBR Sprint Distance Triathlon National Championships |
Liverpool
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01:01:44 | National champion |
| 6 Aug 2016 | 2 | London triathlon |
London
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| June 26, 2016 | 2 | ETU Sprint Distance Triathlon European Championships |
 Chateauroux
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Vice European champion on the sprint distance; behind Lucy Hall | |
| July 26, 2015 | 3 | GBR Sprint Distance Triathlon National Championships |
Liverpool
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01:03:06 | National championship |
(DNF - Did Not Finish ; DSQ - Disqualified)
Web links
- Official website of Jessica Learmonth
- Jessica Learmonth's profile and results in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on February 21, 2020 (English).
- Jess Learmonth - British Triathlon
Individual evidence
- ↑ Profile Jessica LEARMONTH
- ↑ 6. Triumph at the European Triathlon Championships - Nicola Spirig rushes to gold in Glasgow! (August 9, 2018)
- ↑ FLORA DUFFY WINS OLYMPIC TEST EVENT AFTER DOUBLE DISQUALIFICATION (August 15, 2019)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Learmonth, Jessica |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Learmonth, Jess (short form) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British triathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1988 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leeds |