Emma Jackson (triathlete)


Emma Jackson is an Australian professional triathlete, U23 World Champion of the year 2010, and 2009 Junior World Championships silver medalist.
From 2007 to 2010 Jackson took part in 16 ITU competitions and achieved 11 top ten positions. On 1 November 2009 she won the Australian Noosa Triathlon and since then for Australian media it is commonplace to mention Emma Jackson together with the famous three Australian triathlon Emmas: Emma Carney, Emma Snowsill, and Emma Moffatt.
Emma Jackson is coached by Stephen Moss, the head coach of the state run high performance centre called Queensland Academy of Sport, and represents Moss' Pine Rivers Triathlon Club.
In 2010, Emma Jackson also represented the French club TCG 79 Parthenay in the prestigious Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux. At the Triathlon de Paris, she placed 2nd and her club placed 4th, at Tourangeaux she placed 9th and her club placed 5th, and at the Grand Final in La Baule, immediately after her U23 World Championship gold medal, she placed 16th and her club 4th. Thus Jackson was always among the three triathlètes classants l'éqipe, i.e. the three best athletes on whose results the club ranking is based. At the triathlon in La Baule, TCG 79 Parthenay had no French triathletes at all among its three classants: Ainhoa Murua placed 11th, Nicky Samuels 13th and Jackson 16th.

ITU competitions

In the four years from 2007 to 2010, Jackson took part in 17 ITU competitions and achieved 11 top ten positions.
The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the athlete's Profile Page. Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons and belong to the Elite category.
DateCompetitionPlaceRank
2007-08-30 BG World Championships Hamburg24
2008-02-03 Sprint Distance OTU Oceania Championships Taupo5
2008-06-05 BG World Championships Vancouver5
2009-01-14 Australian Youth Olympic Festival Sydney7
2009-03-01 OTU Oceania Championships Gold Coast8
2009-03-15 Oceania CupPerth6
2009-07-05 Asian CupSendai Bay2
2009-09-09 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final: Junior World ChampionshipsGold Coast2
2010-03-13 OTU Oceania Championships Wellington1
2010-04-11 Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesSydney24
2010-05-08 Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesSeoul34
2010-07-10 World CupHolten6
2010-07-24 Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesLondon34
2010-08-08 World CupTiszaújváros5
2010-08-21 Sprint World ChampionshipsLausanneDNF
2010-09-11 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final: U23 World ChampionshipBudapest1
2010-10-16 World CupTongyeong11
2011-02-06 Sprint Oceania CupKinloch8

BG = the sponsor British Gas · DNF = did not finish · DNS = did not start