HANSEN Jessica

Australia

Swimming

Date of Birth: 30 Jun 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Place of birth: BRISBANE, QLD

Birth Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 100m Breaststroke

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Breaststroke - Heat 4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Championships

Year	Location	50Breast	100Breast	200Breast	4x100Medley W
2019	Gwangju, KOR	6th (30.84)	SF (1:06.98)	H (2:29.18)	2nd (3:53.42)
2017	Budapest, HUN	SF (30.67)	SF (1:07.21)	-	3rd

Pan Pacific Championships

Year	Location	100Breast	200Breast	4x100Medley W
2018	Tokyo, JPN	2nd (1:06.20)	H (2:27.10)	1st (3:52.74)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	50Breast	100Breast	200Breast	4x50Medley W	4x100Medley
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	6th (30.20)	3rd (1:04.61)	H (2:23.36)	5th (1:45.79)	8th (DSQ)
2016	Windsor, ON, CAN	7th (30.43)	SF (1:05.29)	H (DNS)	5th (1:46.27)	3rd (3:49.66)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Nickname:

Jess (hancockprospecting.com.au, 26 Oct 2019)

Hobbies:

Reading, watching Australian rules football, basketball, puzzles, walking her dog. (Instagram page, 06 Sep 2020; swimming.org.au, 16 Dec 2018)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Business, Exercise Science - Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC, AUS

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

Nunawading Swimming Club [Melbourne, VIC, AUS]

Coach:

Scott Talbot [club]; Wayne Lewes [club]; Rohan Taylor [national]

Sporting relatives:

Her younger sister Georgia has represented Australia in athletics, and placed 26th in the 800m at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. (swimming.org.au, 16 Dec 2018; boxhillathleticclub.org, 13 Mar 2019; SportsDeskOnline, 07 Feb 2020)

Reason:

Her parents signed her up for swimming lessons after she fell off a boat as a child. (commonwealthgames.com.au, 17 Dec 2017)

Ambition:

To compete at the Olympic Games. (commonwealthgames.com.au, 17 Dec 2017)

Memorable:

Winning silver in the 100m breaststroke and gold in the women's 4x100m medley relay at the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo, Japan. (deakin.edu.au, 03 Jul 2019)

Hero:

Australian swimmer Geoff Huegill, her mother. (vis.org.au, 01 Jan 2016; deakin.edu.au, 03 Jul 2019)

Influence:

Australian swimmer Belinda Hocking. (commonwealthgames.com.au, 17 Dec 2017)

Philosophy:

"You only live once." (vis.org.au, 01 Jan 2016)

General Interest

General
OTHER ACTIVITIES
In March 2019 she was named to the Australian Dolphin's Athlete Leadership Team for the 2019/20 season. (swimmingworldmagazine.com, 01 Mar 2019)

Social Media

Legend

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

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