Jess Learmonth

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Jess Learmonth
MBE
Personal information
Nationality English
Born (1988-04-18) 18 April 1988 (age 36)
Bramham, England[1]
Sport
Sport Triathlon
Medal record
Women's triathlon
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Mixed relay
World Triathlon Series - Overall
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lausanne Elite
World Triathlon Series
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lausanne Elite
Silver medal – second place 2019 Bermuda Elite
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Elite
Silver medal – second place 2018 Abu Dhabi Elite
Silver medal – second place 2017 Stockholm Elite
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Montreal Elite
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Leeds Elite
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Abu Dhabi Elite
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Rotterdam Elite
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kitzbühel Individual
Silver medal – second place 2018 Glasgow Individual
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Women's
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Mixed relay
Super League Triathlon
Gold medal – first place Rotterdam 2020 SLT Arena Games
Silver medal – second place 2021 Championship Series
Bronze medal – third place London 2022 Arena Games Triathlon

Jessica Learmonth MBE (born 18 April 1988) is a British triathlete.[2][3] Learmonth is a European, Commonwealth, Olympic and World Triathlon Series medal winner based in Leeds, England where she trains at the Leeds Triathlon Centre.[2] She won the European Triathlon Championship in 2017 and took silver in 2018. She competed in the women's event and the mixed relay at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, winning silver medals in both disciplines.[4][5] Learmonth won silver in the 2019 World Triathlon Series.[6]

In 2021, Learmonth won the gold medal in the triathlon mixed relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[7][8] She also finished second in the 2021 Super League Triathlon Championship Series.

Early life

Learmonth won a National Championships freestyle medal whilst competing for the City of Leeds Swimming Club. She also played golf at Wetherby Golf Club and football for Leeds United Ladies Academy before switching to triathlon.[9]

Career

Learmonth's first year in triathlon was in 2012 and she was added to the World-Class Performance Squad in 2015. After just a couple of year’s triathlon racing, Learmonth burst onto the Elite scene in 2016 with her first European Cup win.[10] The 2017 triathlon season, saw her win the ETU European title and secure two ITU World Triathlon Series podium finishes with a silver medal at ITU World Triathlon Stockholm[11] and a bronze medal at ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Rotterdam.[12]

Learmonth represented Team England at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, winning a silver medal in both the individual and mixed relay event at her first major multi-sport games. During the same year, she secured a European Championship silver medal at Glasgow and finished 5th overall in the World Triathlon Series.[13]

She enjoyed a number of successes in 2019 with a second-place finish at MS Amlin World Triathlon Bermuda[14] and third-place finishes at AJ Bell World Triathlon Leeds[15] and Groupe Copley World Triathlon Montreal.[16] However, her greatest achievement of the year was a silver medal in the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final at Lausanne.[17]

Learmonth was also part of the British Mixed Relay teams that won silver in the 2019 ITU World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series Tokyo.[18] In 2020, Learmonth won the inaugural edition of Super League Triathlon Arena Games, held in Rotterdam.[19] She finished in 3rd place at Arena Games Triathlon London in 2022, finishing behind Cassandre Beaugrand and Beth Potter.[20]

In 2021 Learmonth was part of the gold medal winning triathlon mixed relay team, at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[7][8] She also finished 2nd in the 2021 Super League Triathlon Championship Series. Despite winning 3 of the 4 Championship Series races,[21][22][23] her 4th place finish at the series finale in Malibu, was not enough to deny Georgia Taylor-Brown the overall victory.[24]

Learmonth was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to triathlon.[25][26]

References

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