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Chelsea Jaensch

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Chelsea Jaensch
Personal information
Born (1985-01-06) 6 January 1985 (age 39)
Adelaide, Australia
Sport
SportAthletics
EventLong jump
ClubQE2 Track Club
Coached byGary Bourne[1]

Chelsea Jaensch (born 6 January 1985 in Adelaide) is an Australian athlete specialising in the long jump.[2] She made her major competition debut at the age of thirty-one at the 2016 World Indoor Championships finishing eleventh. She returned to competition in 2012 after a seven-year break to focus on education and playing netball.[3] She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro finishing 17th and not qualifying for the final.

Her personal bests in the event are 6.70 metres outdoors (-0.1 m/s, Canberra 2016) and 6.38 metres indoors (Portland 2016). Chelsea is as well a full-time radiographer.

Competition record

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Australia
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 11th Long jump 6.38 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 17th (q) Long jump 6.41 m

References

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  1. ^ "Rio Olympics: Australian longjumper Chelsea Jaensch seals Games berth". The Courier Mail. 21 February 2016.
  2. ^ Chelsea Jaensch at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Official bio
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