Jessica Hull
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Born | Albion Park, New South Wales, Australia | 22 October 1996
Sport | |
Country | Australia |
Sport | Track and field |
Event(s) | 1500 metres, Mile, 5000 metres |
College team | Oregon Ducks |
Turned pro | Jun. 2019 |
Coached by | Pete Julian |
Achievements and titles | |
World finals | 2019 1500 m, 13th (sf) |
Personal best(s) |
Jessica Hull (born 22 October 1996) is an Australian distance runner who won 3 consecutive junior Australian Athletics Championships in 2013–2015. Hull set the Australian and Oceanian indoor 1500 metres records and the Australian 5000 metre record. She is the Australian national record holder for the 1500m, after she ran 3:58.81sec in the semi-final at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[1] Up until then Linden Hall held this honour.[2]
Hull couldn't match this run in the Women's 1500m final finishing 11th with a time of 4:02.63.[3]
She graduated from the University of Oregon, where she earned 7 All-American honours and was a 4 time NCAA Champion.[4]
Early years[]
Hull started running cross country at school. She then joined Albion Park Little Athletics Centre where she was guided by her father, Simon, who had been a national level middle-distance runner. After school Hull went to the US where she studied at Oregon University completing a degree in Human Physiology.[5]
Professional[]
In July 2019, Hull signed with Nike, Inc and joined the (now defunct) Nike Oregon Project.[6]
On 25 January 2020, Hull set Australian national and area 1500 metres records at New Balance Indoor Grand Prix World Athletics Indoor Tour in Boston's Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center winning in 4:04.14.[7][8]
On 14 August 2020, Hull set the Australian national 5000 metre record at Herculis Diamond League at Stade Louis II in Fontvieille, Monaco, finishing fourth in 14:43.80.[9][10][11]
On 4 August 2021, Hull reached the final of the 1500m event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, which she achieved by running an Australian record time of 3:58.81sec to come in 4th place in the semi-final. On 6 August 2021, she placed 11th in the final with a time of 4:02.63sec.[12]
NCAA[]
Hull was the NCAA (US college) 1500m champion in 2018 and over the next year added podium finishes indoors, in relays and cross country. She was a student-athlete and graduated from University of Oregon in 2019, where she earned 7 All-American honors and was a 4 time NCAA Division 1 Champion.[3]
Prep[]
Hull won the 2015 Australian Junior champion at 1,500 metres.
Hull finished seventh in the 3,000 metres at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics in 9:08.85.
Hull placed 69th at the 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 23:11.
Hull won 2012 Australian Athletics Championships in the 1500 m U-17 in 4:28.11.
External links[]
- Jessica Hull IAAF Diamond League profile
- Jessica Hull Milesplit profile
- Jessica Hull on Instagram
- Jessica Hull at World Athletics
References[]
- ^ "Tokyo 2021 Olympics: Australians Linden Hall and Jess Hull fight hard in 1500m final". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "Linden Hall". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Athletics HULL Jessica - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 2019 Jessica Hull profile Oregon Ducks
- ^ "Jessica Hull". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ THE THRILL OF THE CHASE Tempo Journal. 4 September 2019
- ^ National record Athletics Australia
- ^ Hull and Baxter set new area records Athletics Oceania
- ^ "Athletics Australia". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ "Hull smashes Australian 5000m record". 7NEWS.com.au. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ "Hull smashes Australian 5000m record". au.sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ "Tokyo 2021 Olympics: Australians Linden Hall and Jess Hull fight hard in 1500m final". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ Jessica Hull Oregon TFRRS
- Living people
- 1996 births
- Australian female middle-distance runners
- Track and field athletes from Portland, Oregon
- Oregon Ducks women's track and field athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Australia