Jessica Hull

Jessica Hull (born 22 October 1996 ) is an Australian middle- and long-distance runner. In the 1500m, she won the silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics and the bronze medal at the 2025 World Athletics Championships. Hull holds Oceanian records in the 800m, 1000m, 1500m, mile, and 3000m, as well as the short-track (indoor) records for the mile and 3000m. Hull is the fifth-fastest woman in history over 1500m and holds the world record in the seldom-run 2000m. She won bronze medals in the 3000m at the 2025 World Indoor Championships and in the mixed relay at the 2023 World Cross Country Championships. Hull won a gold medal at the 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in the mixed relay. Hull is a six-time Australian national champion, having won three titles each in the 1500m and 5000m. A graduate of the University of Oregon , Hull was a two-time individual NCAA Division I champion and has run professionally for Nike since 2019.

Career

Early years Hull was born in Wollongong. She grew up in Albion Park and began running cross-country and athletics carnivals at school aged eight. She also played soccer until the age of fourteen. Her training was initially guided by her father, Simon, who had been a national level middle-distance runner.

Junior representation Hull won the under-17 1500 metres at the 2012 Australian Athletics Championships with a time of 4:28.11. She placed 69th in the women's junior race at the World Cross Country Championships that year with a time of 23:11. As a student-athlete, she represented the Oregon Ducks. She was coached by Maurica Powell for three years and Helen Lehman-Winters in her senior year. In her senior international debut at the 2019 World Athletics Championships hosted in Doha, Qatar, she narrowly missed the 1500 m final. Her personal best time of 4:01.80 was the fastest non-qualifying time for the final ever at a world championships or Olympics. Later that year, she broke 18-year-old Australian national 5000 m record at Monaco Diamond League, finishing fourth in a time of 14:43.80.

In August 2021, Hull reached the final of the 1500 m event at the postponed Tokyo Olympics, which she set an Oceanian record time of 3:58.81, coming in fourth place in the semi-final. Two days later, she placed 11th in the final in a time of 4:02.63. In February 2023, at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships held in Australia, Hull competed in the mixed relay with teammates Oliver Hoare, Stewart McSweyn and Abbey Caldwell. On her leg, she took the lead, and ultimately Australia finished with a bronze.

Medals and record-breaking spree In July 2023, Hull ran a mile in 4:15.34, which took almost three seconds off the Australian and Oceanian women's mile records, and was eighth-fastest time ever in the women's mile.

On 7 July 2024, Hull improved on her own Oceanian record in the 1500 metres to 3:50.83 at the Meeting de Paris; this time moved her up to 5th on the all-time top list. Later that month, at the Herculis Meeting in Monaco, Hull competed in the 2000 metres, running 5:19.70 to break the previous world record held by Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba, who ran 5:21.56 in 2021.

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Hull won a silver medal in the 1500 m, running 3:52.56 behind Faith Kipyegon.

In October 2024, it was announced that Hull had signed up for the inaugural season of the Michael Johnson founded Grand Slam Track. She made her Grand Slam Track and 2025 outdoor debuts in the 800m at the inaugural Grand Slam Meet in Kingston, Jamaica on 4 April, finishing third in a new personal best of 1:58.58 seconds.

On 1 February 2026, Hull finished second in the Wanamaker Mile of the 2026 Millrose Games, with a time of 4:20.11.

Personal life In December 2022, Hull married Daniel Jolliffe.

Statistics International competitions

Circuit performances

National titles Australian Athletics Championships 1500 metres: 2023, 2024, 2025 5000 metres: 2020, 2022, 2023, 2025

NCAA championships