Jessica Zelinka

Jessica Zelinka
Jessica Zelinka
Personal information
Nationality Canadian
Born September 3, 1981
London, Ontario
Height 172 cm / 5'8"
Weight 62 kg / 135 lbs
Sport
Sport Heptathlon
Club Independent
Now coaching Les Gramantik
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 6490 points, Beijing, August 2008
Updated on October 2010.

Jessica Zelinka (born September 3, 1981 in London, Ontario) is a Canadian pentathlete and heptathlete. Her personal best score is 6490 points, which was achieved at 2008 Summer Olympics and is the Canadian record for the event. She was the gold medalist at the 2007 Pan American Games and was runner-up at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

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Career

Zelinka first became interested in track and field in elementary school and competed in her first heptathlon at 16. Her first international competition was the 2000 IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics, where she was fifth in the heptathlon and also competed in the heats of the 100 meter hurdles. Zelinka's first major global outing came at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics and she finished in eleventh place. She just missed out on the medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games having finished in fourth place. Regional success came at the 2007 Pan American Games as she fended off Gretchen Quintana, among others, to top the podium and take the gold medal. She was selected for the 2007 World Championships in Athletics, but did not compete. She finished in fifth place at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

After her Olympic appearance, she took the 2009 season off from competition and had a daughter with her partner Nathaniel Miller, a Canadian international in water polo.[1]

Building up to the 2010 Commonwealth Games, she finished third in the heptathlon at the Décastar meeting in Talence, France. She earned a season's best total of 6204 points.[2] At the games Zelinka was battling the Delhi Belly that affected many athletes in Delhi. Despite the challenges she managed to finish a respectable second and win the silver. Though she did medal Zelinka admitted some disappointment as she had gone to Delhi to win gold.[3] Zelinka's medal was notable however as she just had a baby the previous year and had taken that season off and returned to competition only in this year of 2010.[3]

Zelinka's coach is Les Gramantik.

Results

Competition Place Score
2008
Canadian Track and Field Championships, Windsor, ON - Canada 1st 6017
11th Meeting International d'Arles, Arles - France 11th 5329
IAAF Combined Events Challenge, Götzis - Austria 21st 6034
2008 Summer Olympic Games, Beijing - China 5th 6490
2007
2007 Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil 1st 6136
World Combined Events Challenge, Arles - France 2nd 6218
IAAF Combined Events Challenge, Götzis - Austria 4th 6343
2006
32nd Hypo-Meet, Gotzis - Austria 4th 6314
9th Meeting International d'Arles - France 1st 6314
2006 Commonwealth Games, Melbourne - Australia 4th 6213
2005
31st Hypo-Meet, Götzis - Austria 11th 6137
Canadian Track and Field Championships, Winnipeg, MB - Canada 1st 5723
IAAF, Arles - France 4th 6088
2004
Canadian Track and Field Championships, Victoria, BC - Canada 1st 5890
Décastar de Talence - France 6th 5757
2003
Canadian Track and Field Championships, Victoria, BC - Canada 3rd 5716
2001
Canadian Track and Field Championships, Edmonton, AB - Canada 1st 5356
Toledo Invitational, Toledo, OH - United States 1st 5423
2000
Canadian Combined Junior Events Championships, Windsor, ON - Canada 1st 5465
2000 IAAF World Junior Championships, Santiago - Chile 5th 5688
1998
Junior Multi-Event Dual Meet, Dordrecht - Netherlands  ? 5250

Source: Athletics Canada and IAAF

According to Jessica's profile on the 2006 Commonwealth Games, she missed much of the 1999 outdoor season because of an illness, as well as the 2002 season due to a back and hamstring injury.

Sponsors

One sponsor during the 2008-2009 season was Aird & Berlis LLP. Olympic news about Jessica Zelinka can be found on Aird & Berlis LLP's Quest for Gold mini-site.

References

  1. ^ Spencer, Donna (2011-06-23). Olympic pair ‘not easy on each other’. The Chronicle Herald. Retrieved on 2011-06-24.
  2. ^ van Kuijen, Hans (2010-09-19). Suarez and Chernova prevail in Talence - IAAF World Combined Events Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-19.
  3. ^ a b Randy Starkman (9 October 2010). "Heptathlete Jessica Zelinka goes the extra mile". Toronto Star. http://www.thestar.com/sports/commonwealthgames/article/873309--heptathlete-jessica-zelinka-goes-the-extra-mile. Retrieved 2010-10-11. 

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