Michelle Jenneke
Jenneke at the 2012 World Junior Championships
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| Full name | Michelle Jenneke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Shelly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
23 June 1993 Kenthurst, New South Wales |
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| Height | 5 ft 7.75 in (1.72 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |
 Australia |
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) |
100 metres hurdles Sprint medley relay |
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| Club | Sydney University Athletics Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Athletics Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World finals |
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| National finals |
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| Olympic finals |
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| Personal best(s) | 100 m hurdles 12.82 (Brisbane 2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Michelle "Shelly" Jenneke (/məˈʃɛl ˈdʒɛnəkə/; born 23 June 1993) is an Australian hurdler and model, who won a silver medal for the 100 m hurdles at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. She won the 100 m hurdles at the 2016 Australian Athletics Championships to qualify for the Rio Olympic Games. She received worldwide media attention in 2012 for her pre-race warm-up dance.
Jenneke was born in Kenthurst, New South Wales, Australia. She attended The Hills Grammar School. In one interview, she described her hobbies as Australian rules football, soccer, quad biking, climbing trees and handball.
She is studying mechatronics at Sydney University, a combination of mechanical and electrical engineering.
Jenneke has trained with coach Mick Zisti as a hurdler from the age of 10 at the Cherrybrook Athletics Club. She competed at the Canberra hosted 2008 Pacific School Games in the 90 and 200 metres hurdles.
In March 2010, Jenneke finished 1st in the 100 m hurdles and broke the Australian record in the women's sprint medley relay at the 2010 Australian Junior Championships. She competed in the 2011 Pirtek Athletic Allstars event. In July 2010, Jenneke was in Australia's team at the 2010 Singapore Youth Olympic Games, running the 100 m hurdles and the women's medley relay. In the hurdles, she came second with a time of 13.46 and setting a personal best after winning her heat, and the medley relay team came fourth. Her medal was the first Australia won at the Games in athletics.
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