MORRISON Jessica

Date of Birth: 18 May 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.80/5'10''

Place of birth: MELBOURNE, VIC

Birth Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rowing	Women's Pair AUS Australia	7
	Women's Four AUS Australia	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Pair Heat 2 #32	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Four Heat 2 #44	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Four Final A #101	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Pair Semifinal A/B 1 #89	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Pair Final B #118	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	8+
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	7

World Championships

Year	Location	2-	8+
2019	Linz, AUT	2	2

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	Pair	2019	Rotterdam, NED	7:26.15
1	Eight	2019	Poznan, POL	6:26.29
2	Pair	2019	Poznan, POL	7:37.25
2	Eight	2019	Rotterdam, NED	6:36.04

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, EXC - Excluded

Moz (rowingaustralia.com.au, 01 Sep 2019)

Cycling, skiing. (vis.org.au, 01 Jan 2017)

Occupation:

Economics - The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, AUS

Languages spoken:

Mercantile Rowing Club [Melbourne, VIC, AUS]

John Keogh [national], AUS

Other sports:

She has represented Australia in swimming, and won a gold medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the 2011 World University Games in Shenzen, People's Republic of China. (rio2016.olympics.com.au, 28 Jul 2016)

In May 2013 she underwent shoulder reconstruction surgery. (mercantile.org.au, 01 Dec 2018)

She began rowing in 2013. (mercantile.org.au, 01 Dec 2018)

She was a promising swimmer until shoulder surgery ended her career in the sport. Her potential in rowing was noticed at a talent identification day, which she had been encouraged to attend by Australian rowing coach Lyall McCarthy and Australian rower Kim Brennan. (mercantile.org.au, 01 Dec 2018; rio2016.olympics.com.au, 28 Jul 2016)

To win a medal at the Olympic Games. (mercantile.org.au, 01 Dec 2018)

Being selected to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games. (rio2016.olympics.com.au, 28 Jul 2016)

Australian rower Kim Brennan. (vis.org.au, 01 Jan 2017)

Philosophy:

"If the grass seems greener, it's probably astroturf." (vis.org.au, 01 Jan 2017)

In 2019 she received the Gina Rinehart Leadership Award at the Hancock Prospecting Rower of the Year Awards in Australia. (hancockprospecting.com.au, 24 Nov 2019)

General Interest

General
TRAINING IN TASMANIA
In January 2020 the Australian women's rowing team were forced to relocate from Sydney to Launceston in Tasmania for training due to the Australian bush fires. "When we arrived [in Tasmania] it was sunny and blue skies, no smoke in sight. So far we've had no interruption to our training, we've pushed on as normal. It's really important at this point in time that consistency in training is what we're able to do." (abc.net.au, 14 Jan 2020)

FURTHER EDUCATION
After competing in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, she took some time away from rowing to complete a master's degree in business administration at the University of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. She returned to the sport in 2018. (rowingaustralia.com.au, 01 Sep 2019; mercantile.org.au, 01 Dec 2018; LinkedIn profile, 01 Nov 2018)

Social Media

Legend

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

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