Helen Jenkins

Helen Jenkins, silver medalist at the World Championship triathlon in Kitzbuhel, 2011. Helen Jenkins a few seconds before the start in Kitzbuhel, 2011. Helen Jenkins on her way to the bronze medal at the World Championship Series Triathlon in Madrid, 2010.

Helen Rebecca Jenkins, née Tucker (born 8 March 1984) is a two-time triathlon world champion (2008 & 2011). She represented Team Great Britain at the Olympic Games (2008, 2012 & 2016) and World Championships (since 2009) and Wales at the Commonwealth Games.

Career

Jenkins was the British Junior Champion of the year in 2003, the elite silver medalist of the year in 2005, and the Elite Champion of the year in 2006. Jenkins also participated in several prestigious non ITU events; in 2009, she won the London Triathlon, which she had already attended in the years 2003, 2004, and 2005, placing 7th, 5th, and 5th respectively.

In 2006, she suffered from an Achilles tendon injury, and though after a new start in 2007 the injury again affected her, in 2008 she won the World Championships in Vancouver and placed 21st at the Olympic Games in Beijing.

She again represented Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing in 5th place.

She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to Triathlon.

The birth of her second child and recovering from back surgery prevented her from competing for four years. Jenkins has now determined to return to professional racing and competing at the highest level. Jenkins’s first race back was Ironman 70.3 Dubai, where she finished 4th.

Personal life Jenkins was raised in Bridgend, Wales. She married her friend and coach Marc Jenkins at Disney World in Orlando on 30 October 2008.

ITU Competitions In the nine years from 2002 to 2010, Helen Jenkins took part in 42 ITU competitions and achieved 28 top ten positions, among which 14 medals.

The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the Athlete's Profile Page. Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons and belong to the Elite category.

Date Competition Place Rank 2002-11-09 World Championships (Junior) Cancun 9 2003-06-21 European Championships (Junior) Carlsbad 13 2003-12-06 World Championships (Junior) Queenstown 5 2004-04-18 European Championships Valencia 22 2004-05-09 World Championships (U23) Madeira 8 2005-07-17 European Championships (U23) Sofia 3 2005-07-31 World Cup Salford 3 2005-09-10 World Championships Gamagori 32 2005-09-17 OSIM World Cup Beijing 3 2006-02-19 Oceania Cup Hobart 10 2006-03-18 Commonwealth Games Melbourne 17 2006-03-26 World Cup Mooloolaba 16 2006-04-23 European Cup Estoril 2 2006-05-07 World Cup Mazatlan 8 2006-06-04 BG World Cup Madrid 5 2006-07-08 European Championships (U23) Rijeka 4 2007-03-25 BG World Cup Mooloolaba 20 2007-04-15 BG World Cup Ishigaki DNF 2008-01-06 Premium Pan American Cup Viña del Mar 1 2008-01-13 Pan American Cup La Paz 1 2008-03-30 BG World Cup Mooloolaba 13 2008-04-06 BG World Cup New Plymouth 13 2008-04-13 BG World Cup Ishigaki 13 2008-05-25 BG World Cup Madrid 2 2008-06-05 BG World Championships Vancouver 1 2008-06-22 World Cup Hy-Vee 3 2008-08-18 Olympic Games Beijing 21 2009-05-02 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Tongyeong 14 2009-05-31 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Madrid 16 2009-06-21 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Washington (D.C.) 5 2009-06-27 Elite Cup Hy-Vee 10 2009-07-11 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Kitzbühel 5 2009-08-15 Dextro Energy World Championship Series London 3 2009-09-09 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final Gold Coast 3 2010-04-11 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Sydney 15 2010-05-08 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Seoul 9 2010-06-05 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Madrid 3 2010-06-12 Elite Cup Hy-Vee 3 2010-07-24 Dextro Energy World Championship Series London 3 2010-08-15 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Kitzbühel 4 2010-09-08 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final Budapest 7 2010-10-10 World Cup Huatulco 4 2011-03-05 Pan American Cup (Sprint) Clermont 1 2011-04-09 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Sydney 33 2011-06-04 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Madrid 2 2011-06-19 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Kitzbuhel 2 2011-08-06 Dextro Energy World Championship Series London 1 2011-06-19 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Sprint World Championships Lausanne 4 2011-09-09 Dextro Energy World Championship Grand Final Beijing 2 2011-09-19 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Yokohama 6 2011-09-24 ITU Triathlon Pan American Cup Buffalo 22012-04-14 ITU World Triathlon Championship Series Sydney 2 2012-05-10 ITU World Triathlon Series San Diego 1 2012-08-04 Olympics London 5

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