BRIGDEN-JONES Jo

Date of Birth: 19 Apr 1988

Age: 33

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.82/5'11''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Canoe Sprint	Women's Kayak Double 500m AUS Australia	13
	Women's Kayak Four 500m AUS Australia	7

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Double 500m Heat 2 #14	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Double 500m Quarterfinal 2 #26	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Double 500m Semi-final 2 #34	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Double 500m Final B #41	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Four 500m Heat 2 #101	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Four 500m Quarterfinal 1 #109	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Four 500m Semi-final 1 #115	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Four 500m Final A #124	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	K4 500m
2012	London, GBR	9

World Championships

Year	Location	K1 200m	K1 500m	K1 1000m	K2 200m	K2 500m	K4 200m	K4 500m	K1 4x200m
2019	Szeged, HUN	-	-	-	8	-	-	7	-
2018	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	-	-	-	8	-	-	7	-
2017	Racice, CZE	17	9	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Milan, ITA	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-
2014	Moscow, RUS	15	-	-	-	7	-	-	9
2011	Szeged, HUN	-	-	-	3	-	-	5	5
2010	Poznan, POL	18	18	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Dartmouth, NS, CAN	-	8	7	-	-	6	-	5

Oceania Open Championships

Year	Location	K1 200m	K1 500m	K2 200m	K2 500m	K4 500m
2020	Penrith, NSW, AUS	-	3	-	2	3
2019	Cambridge, NZL	5	5	1	4	1
2018	Penrith, NSW, AUS	5	9	-	4	-

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	K1 200m	K1 500m	K2 500m	K4 500m
2019	1 x 19th	-	1 x 10th	1 x 11th
2018	-	-	1 x 14th	1 x 2nd, 1 x 5th, 1 x 7th
2017	1 x 15th, 1 x 17th	1 x 9th, 1 x 15th	-	1 x 7th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
2	2018	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:30.472
5	2018	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	1:34.040
7	2018	Kayak Four 500m	World Championships	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	1:37.385
7	2017	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Belgrade, SRB	1:36.184
9	2017	Kayak Single 500m	World Championships	Racice, CZE	1:54.154
10	2019	Kayak Double 500m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	1:41.954
11	2019	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Poznan, POL	1:34.714
14	2018	Kayak Double 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:43.593
15	2017	Kayak Single 200m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	41.131
15	2017	Kayak Single 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:52.802

Legend
C - Canoe, K - Kayak, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Joey, Brigga, Joe Toe, Joseph, Goanna (jobrigdenjones.com, 05 Jun 2015)

Baking. (Instagram profile, 09 Jan 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Paramedic

Nursing - University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Languages spoken:

Sydney Northern Beaches Kayak Club [Australia]

Anna Wood [national], AUS

Other sports:

She has competed in national surf lifesaving competitions in Australia. (canoe.org.au, 2014)

2008 for Australia (jobrigdenjones.com, 02 Feb 2014)

In April 2013 she dislocated her left shoulder while competing in a surf ski relay at an Australian surf lifesaving competition. The injury required surgery and she missed almost eight months of competition. (jobrigdenjones.com, 02 Feb 2014; Facebook profile, 24 Apr 2013)

She missed the 2010 World Championships in Poznan, Poland, after she tore a muscle in her right shoulder in August 2010. She was sidelined for five months, but said in 2013 that the injury took over two years for her to fully recover from. (Facebook profile, 24 Apr 2013; thesportsvault.com.au, 03 Feb 2012)

She took up the sport in 2001 at Sydney Northern Beaches Kayak Club in New South Wales, Australia. (jobrigdenjones.com, 05 Jun 2015)

"I started kayaking through a talent identification programme at a local kayak club. My first kayak coach told me 'don't fear to dream big'. So I started thinking what it might be like to race for Australia and go to the Olympics." (asf.org.au, 23 Mar 2019; jobrigdenjones.com, 05 Jun 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 09 Jan 2020)

Australian surfer Layne Beachley. (jobrigdenjones.com, 05 Jun 2015)

Coaches Guy Wilding and Christine Duff. (jobrigdenjones.com, 05 Jun 2015)

Philosophy:

"Don't fear to dream big." (jobrigdenjones.com, 05 Jun 2015)

She was named Distance Education Sportsperson of the Year in 2012 and 2014 by Charles Sturt University in Australia. (jobrigdenjones.com, 05 Jun 2015)

She won a Sport Achievement Award from the Australian Institute of Sport [AIS] in 2011. She was also named the 2011 Female Paddler of the Year by Paddle NSW. (jobrigdenjones.com, 05 Jun 2015)

She was named Sportswoman of the Year in 2008 and 2009 by the University of Technology Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. (jobrigdenjones.com, 05 Jun 2015)

General Interest

General
OCCUPATION
She has worked as a paramedic for the New South Wales Ambulance service in Australia since 2016. "I love my job as I get to help my local community but fitting in my training sessions around my shift work schedule has its challenges. This means I complete my paramedic shifts in Sydney and then on my days off from work I travel for intensive team boat training." (asf.org.au, 23 Mar 2019; Instagram profile, 09 Jan 2020)

FURTHER EDUCATION
In addition to gaining a degree in nursing in 2011, she achieved a graduate diploma in paramedicine in 2014 from Charles Sturt University in Australia. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2019; jobrigdenjones.com, 05 Jun 2015)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/JoBrigdenJones
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/jobrigdenjonesathlete
https://instagram.com/jobrigdenjones
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jo-brigden-jones-oly-4b730a39
https://twitter.com/JoBrigdenJones
Athlete Website: https://www.jobrigdenjones.com.au

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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