Michelle Jenneke Explained

Michelle Jenneke
Fullname:Michelle Jenneke
Nickname:Shelly
Country: Australia
Sport:Athletics
Event:100 metres hurdles
Sprint medley relay
Club:Sydney University Athletics Club
Team:Athletics Australia
Pb:100 m hurdles 12.65 (Hengelo, Netherlands 2024)
Birth Date:1993 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Kenthurst, New South Wales, Australia
Height:172 cm
Show-Medals:yes

Michelle "Shelly" Jenneke (;[1] born 23 June 1993) is an Australian hurdler and model. She won a silver medal for the 100 m hurdles at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics and the 100 m hurdles at the 2016 Australian Athletics Championships to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. In 2012, she received worldwide media attention after her pre-race warm-up dance went viral on the internet and was featured in the 2013 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

Early life and education

Born in Kenthurst, New South Wales, Australia, she attended The Hills Grammar School.

She studied mechatronics[2] at Sydney University, a combination of mechanical and electric engineering.[3] In an interview, she described her hobbies as Australian rules football, soccer, quad biking, climbing trees, and handball.

Career

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.[4] [5]

In March 2010, Jenneke finished first in the 100 m hurdles, breaking the national record in the women's sprint medley relay at the 2010 Australian Junior Championships.[6] She competed in the 2011 Pirtek Athletic Allstars event.[7] In July of that year, she was on 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 set a personal best after winning her heat, and the medley relay team came fourth.[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] Her medal was the first Australia won at the Games in athletics.[14]

In 2011, Jenneke competed at the New Zealand hosted Cooks Classic. At the 2011 Australian Junior Championships, she had a first-place hurdles finish in the under-20 group.[15] In April 2011 she competed at the 89th Australian Athletics Championships and finished third in the 100 m hurdles behind world champion Sally Pearson.[16]

On 15 July 2012, Jenneke finished fifth in the 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships 100 m hurdles.[17] After the competition, a video of her 100 m hurdles taken during the heats race, was subsequently posted on a video-sharing site, raising her profile around the world.[18] [19]

She was selected as a member of Australia's 2014 Commonwealth Games team.[20] There Jenneke came fifth in the final with a time of 13.36 and was the youngest competitor. She is the second-fastest 100 metre hurdle woman in Australian history.[21]

Jenneke's personal best is 12.66 set at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon, in the same heat that saw the world record fall to Tobi Amusan.[22] She finished second at nationals[23] to qualify for the 2015 World Championships in Beijing. Jenneke got through the heats to make the semi-finals. She finished sixth in her semi and in 18th place overall.

In March 2016, Jenneke represented Australia at the World Indoor Championships in Portland, Oregon and finished 10th. The next month she won the Australian National Championship 100 m hurdles final with a time of 12.93, qualifying her for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[24] In August, Jenneke competed in the Olympics but was unable to get out of the heats, finishing in sixth with a time of 13.26. She would have needed a near personal best to qualify as the third qualifying time in her heat was 12.85. Australian head coach Craig Hilliard was critical of her performance.[25]

In the Australian University Games at Perth, Jenneke tried her hand at the 100 metres sprint, getting through to the final, and the long jump where she finished second with a distance of 5.61 metres and her own event the 110 metres hurdles, which she won with a time of 14.19 seconds.[26]

In August 2017, Jenneke competed in her second World Championships and got through the heats to the semi-finals, finishing in 7th with a time of 13.250. She would have needed a near personal best to reach the final as the second qualifying time in her semi was 12.85. In the BBC's montage of events (the moments of the games as BBC presenter Gabby Logan called it) on the games' final evening Jenneke and her warm up jig was featured.

In April 2018, she represented Australia at the Commonwealth Games, finishing fourth at 13.07, after running a qualifying time of 12.99.[27]

At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Jenneke fell over a hurdle during her 100m heat.[28]

Media coverage

In July 2012, videos of Jenneke dancing during her pre-race warmup before the 100 m hurdles race at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Barcelona went viral on YouTube.[29] One clip received 19 million views by the following week and was featured on the American late-night talk show, The Tonight Show.[30]

Jenneke acted in a short comedic video produced by the website The Chive titled Forever Alone Meets Michelle Jenneke, playing herself in a piece referencing her viral video.[31] The video had received over 10 million views on YouTube by 2014.[32]

In January 2013, Jenneke was ranked tenth on AskMen.com's 99 Most Desirable Women 2013.[33] She was featured in the 2013 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.[34] [35]

In 2014, Jenneke was featured in a video-heavy mobile computing app on stretching techniques called Stretch with Michelle Jenneke.[36] [37] Early the same year, she was a star in the Top Gear Sydney Festival, racing a Nissan GT-R.[38]

Athletic achievements

Representing
2010Oceania Youth ChampionshipsSydney, Australia3rd100 m12.15 s (+0.5 m/s)
bgcolor=gold1st100 m hurdles14.12 s (−1.4 m/s)
bgcolor=gold1st4 × 100 m relay45.75 s
Youth Olympic GamesSingaporebgcolor=silver2nd100 m hurdles13.46
2012World Junior ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain5th100 m hurdles13.54[39]
2014Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom5th100 m hurdles13.36
2015UniversiadeGwangju, South Korea3rd100 m hurdles12.94[40]
World ChampionshipsBeijing, China18th (sf)100 m hurdles13.01
2016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States10th (h)60 m hurdles8.10
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil37th (h)100 m hurdles13.26[41]
2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom21st (sf)100 m hurdles13.25
UniversiadeTaipei, Taiwan8th100 m hurdles14.82
2018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom22nd (sf)60 m hurdles8.22
Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia4th100 m hurdles13.07
2022World ChampionshipsEugene, United States11th (sf)100 m hurdles12.66
2023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary14th (sf)100 m hurdles12.80
2024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom16th (sf)60 m hurdles8.05

Other career highlights

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jenneke Michelle. Paris 2024. 6 August 2024.
  2. News Corp Australia Network . February 12, 2013 . Aussie hurdler Michelle Jenneke among athletes featured in Sports Illustrated . 26 June 2023 . Sports Illustrated.
  3. News: Herald Sun . Aussie hurdler Michelle Jenneke among athletes featured in Sports Illustrated . News Corp Australia.
  4. Web site: Nageshwar . Pranesh . Three racing for glory . Hills Shire Times . 25 November 2008 . 26 July 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120723010129/http://hills-shire-times.whereilive.com.au/sport/story/three-racing-for-glory1/ . 23 July 2012 . live.
  5. Web site: Nageshwar . Pranesh . Cherrybrook athletes shine . Hills Shire Times . 27 July 2012.
  6. Web site: Michelle Jenneke . . . July 2010 . 26 July 2012 . dead . https://archive.today/20121209130402/http://singapore2010.olympics.com.au/athlete/michelle-jenneke.html . 9 December 2012.
  7. News: Sprinter aims for Games . Hills Shire Times . Sydney, Australia . 7 September 2010 . 28 July 2012 . Pransh . Nageshwar . 110 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140325115223/http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid%2Fiw.newsbank.com%3AAUNB%3AACGB&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=131CC42321D70A48&svc_dat=InfoWeb%3Aaggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9 . 25 March 2014 . live.
  8. Web site: Shelly's super silver . . 21 August 2010 . 20 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120718073825/http://www.athletics.com.au/home/news/news/2010/august/shellys_super_silver . 18 July 2012.
  9. Web site: Dominican athletes win medals in Singapore . Dominican Today . 26 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140325114134/http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/sports/2010/8/21/36724/Dominican-athletes-win-medals-in-Singapore . 25 March 2014.
  10. Web site: Aussie youths continue medal run . ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) . 22 August 2010 . 27 July 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140325115513/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-08-22/aussie-youths-continue-medal-run/953132 . 25 March 2014 . live.
  11. Web site: Skeen strikes – Lands historic 100 m gold at Youth Olympics . Jamaica Observer . 22 August 2010 . 27 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140325114352/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/mobile/sport/Skeen-strikes-Lands-historic-100m-gold-at-Youth-Olympics_78943 . 25 March 2014.
  12. News: www.smh.com.au – Parnov named in Youth Olympic team . The Sydney Morning Herald . 31 March 2010 . 27 July 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140325114433/http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/parnov-named-in-youth-olympic-team-20100331-rcvd.html?skin=text-only . 25 March 2014 . live.
  13. News: Casey . Michael . IOC: Many countries interested in youth games . USA Today . 21 August 2010 . 27 July 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100824120251/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2010-08-20-1764620961_x.htm . 24 August 2010 . live.
  14. News: Jenneke wrests silver medal . Hills Shire Times . Sydney, Australia . 24 August 2010 . 27 July 2012 . 82 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140325115223/http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid%2Fiw.newsbank.com%3AAUNB%3AACGB&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=131CC42321D70A48&svc_dat=InfoWeb%3Aaggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9 . 25 March 2014 . live.
  15. Web site: Alan Adamson . Langton-Burnell one to watch at school's champs . Stuff.co.nz . 15 March 2011 . 27 July 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170807070819/http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/sport/4769930/Langton-Burnell-one-to-watch . 7 August 2017 . live.
  16. https://web.archive.org/web/20120817005854/http://www.athletics.com.au/home/competition/events/selection_trials__89th_austral/fullresults 89th Australian Athletics Championships – 15/04/2011 to 17/04/2011
  17. Web site: IAAF 2012 World Championship Results . IAAF . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120827154421/http://iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4872/AT-100H-W-f--1--.RS1.pdf . 27 August 2012.
  18. Web site: Australian Runner Has the World's Sexiest Pre-Race Routine [VIDEO] ]. 14 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050524/http://news.yahoo.com/australian-runner-worlds-sexiest-pre-race-routine-video-130040128.html . 4 March 2016 . live.
  19. News: WATCH: Athlete's Sexy Warm Up . Huffington Post . Andres . Jauregui . 19 July 2012 . 21 July 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120721080014/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/19/michelle-jenneke-dancing-australian-hurdler-video_n_1686230.html . 21 July 2012 . live . dmy-all.
  20. News: 10 per cent of Australia's Commmonwealth Games Squad Have Sydney Uni Connections . The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) . Matt . Pearson . 13 June 2014.
  21. http://www.all-athletics.com/en-us/top-lists?gender=F&event=10229522&rtyp=country&region=aus&eo1=1&eo2=1 Top-Lists
  22. http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/australia/michelle-jenneke-251727 Michelle Jenneke | Profile
  23. Web site: Australian Championships – Michelle Jenneke . Bankstown Sports Athletics Club . 29 March 2015 . YouTube . 13 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160313100413/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkt-TWE1UrU . 13 March 2016 . live.
  24. Web site: Michelle Jenneke . . . 18 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160619011028/http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/michelle-jenneke . 19 June 2016 . live.
  25. http://www.smh.com.au/sport/olympics/rio-2016/olympics-athletics/rio-olympics-2016-coach-tells-hurdler-michelle-jenneke-to-sort-priorities-20160821-gqxkj9 Rio Olympics 2016: Coach tells hurdler Michelle Jenneke to sort priorities
  26. Web site: Australian University Games – Athletics . www.australianunigames.com.au . 2 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161011081624/http://www.australianunigames.com.au/sports/athletics . 11 October 2016 . live.
  27. Web site: Michelle Jenneke falls agonisingly short on day nine of the Commonwealth Games . 19 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180420042021/http://www.news.com.au/sport/commonwealth-games/michelle-jenneke-falls-agonisingly-short-on-day-nine-of-the-commonwealth-games/news-story/09b3142e042b63c1fd4f8e8b66220259 . 20 April 2018 . live.
  28. Web site: 2024-08-07 . Michelle Jenneke in brutal development as Aussie elevated to final after race 'madness' . 2024-08-09 . Yahoo Sports . en-AU.
  29. News: Hurdler's hot warmup dance wins her heat . Daily News . New York . Christine . Roberts . 20 July 2012 . 9 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180310074213/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/hurdler-wins-heat-michelle-jenneke-hot-warmup-dance-iaaf-world-junior-championships-hurdle-viral-article-1.1118937 . 10 March 2018 . live.
  30. News: Aussie hurdler Michelle Jenneke becomes worldwide sensation with pre-race dance routine . . Heath . Kelly . 26 July 2012 . 9 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180308075200/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/aussie-hurdler-michelle-jenneke-becomes-worldwide-sensation-with-pre-race-dance-routine/news-story/cc77ba250c5ae8abf3e544570951f1ea . 8 March 2018 . live.
  31. News: Agomuoh . Fionna . 14 December 2012 . Michelle Jenneke stars in new video doing sexy warm up dance . International Business Times . 1 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222221027/http://www.ibtimes.com/michelle-jenneke-stars-new-video-doing-sexy-warm-dance-938037 . 22 February 2014 . live . dmy-all.
  32. Web site: Forever Alone meets Michelle Jenneke . 13 December 2012 . YouTube . 1 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140207091342/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_9J2oJjjd4 . 7 February 2014 . live . dmy-all.
  33. Web site: AskMen.com Top 99 Women of 2013 No. 10 Michelle Jenneke . January 2013 . Askmen.com . San Francisco, California . 2 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130201152728/http://www.askmen.com/specials/2013_top_99/10-michelle-jenneke.html . 1 February 2013 . live . dmy-all.
  34. News: John . Beattie . Michelle Jenneke Appears in 2013 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue . 12 February 2013 . . 13 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130213082234/http://nesn.com/2013/02/michelle-jenneke-appears-in-2013-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-issue-photos/ . 13 February 2013 . live . dmy-all.
  35. News: Michelle Jenneke Sports Illustrated video: Australian hurdler jumps into swimsuit modeling . Huffington Post . 13 February 2013 . Dicker . Ron . 13 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130215181647/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/13/michelle-jenneke-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-modeling_n_2677696.html . 15 February 2013 . live . dmy-all .
  36. News: French Rugby Fan Flashes Us, Michelle Jenneke's Stretching App, Someone Hit 9 RBI, and Paul George Dissing LeBron . Sports Grid . Jake . O'Donnell . 10 June 2014 . 6 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714193715/http://www.sportsgrid.com/video/french-rubgy-fan-flashes-the-camera-michelle-jennekes-stretching-app-historic-performance-in-baseball-and-paul-george-dissing-lebron/ . 14 July 2014 . live.
  37. Web site: Stretch . 6 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714151233/http://stretchwithmichellejenneke.com/ . 14 July 2014 . live.
  38. Web site: Michelle Jenneke Did Her Bouncy, Pre-Race Routine Again And It Was Spectacular . 4 September 2014 . 6 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140907094041/http://uproxx.com/sports/2014/09/michelle-jenneke-dancing-again/ . 7 September 2014 . live.
  39. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/2014/results/sports/athletics/womens-100m-hurdles Results – Womens 100 m Hurdles – Athletics – Glasgow 2014 – Commonwealth Games
  40. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAfVylJqHRM Women's 100 m Hurdles Final World University Games Gwangju 2015
  41. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/rio-2016/results/sports/athletics/womens-100m-hurdles Results – Womens 100 m Hurdles – Athletics – Rio 2016 – Olympics – BBC Sport
  42. Web site: 100m hurdles final – 2015 Australian Athletics Championships . AthsAust . 30 March 2015 . YouTube.
  43. http://www.iaaf.org/results/iaaf-world-championships-in-athletics/2015/15th-iaaf-world-championships-4875/women/100-metres-hurdles/semi-final/result 100 Metres Hurdles Result | 15th IAAF World Championships
  44. http://www.iaaf.org/results/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/2016/iaaf-world-indoor-championships-5681/women/60-metres-hurdles/heats/summary 60 Metres Hurdles Summary | IAAF World Indoor Championships
  45. Web site: Results - Athletics - BBC Sport . 13 February 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180221075839/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/results . 21 February 2018 . live.