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Emma Jeffcoat

Emma Jeffcoat

Australian triathlete

Emma Jeffcoat (born 2 December 1994) is an Australian triathlete.

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Career

Emma Jeffcoat competed in the German Triathlon-Bundesliga [de] for the TV LemgoTV Lemgo [de] club.

In March 2016, she became a champion of the U23-Oceania triathlon and second-class Oceania champion in the elite class.[1] She won ITU Triathlon World Cup events in Mooloolaba and Chengdu in 2018 and Tiszaujvaros in 2019, and was part of a relay team that won in Abu Dhabi in 2019.[2] She placed 26th in the women's triathlon and 9th in the relay at the 2021 Olympics.

In 2020, she was hit by a car and broke her collarbone. She worked as a nurse during some of the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] She then competed in the Women's and mixed relay triathlon events at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 2021.[4][5]

References

  1. [1]
    Quinn, Madi (11 August 2014). "Emma Jeffcoat An Athlete Making Moves". Mermaid Society.
  2. [2]
    "Emma Jeffcoat". New South Wales Institute of Sport. 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  3. [3]
    Lulham, Amanda (2 July 2021). "Tokyo Olympics: Australian triathlete Emma Jeffcoat's emotional rollercoaster". The Australian. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Emma Jeffcoat battles through Olympic triathlon debut". New South Wales Institute of Sport. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  5. [5]
    "Mixed Relay Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.


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