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Also known as Shelly Jenneke

Australian athlete and model

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87
Total plays
91

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  • I think even if I was to go out there and win the Olympics, everyone’s still going to remember the pre-race routine that I do and the video that went viral so, y’know, that’s alright for me, anything that brings attention to athletics is a good thing, we’re a fairly low-profile sport and I’m just doing what I can to try and give us a bit more of a profile.

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Key facts

Nickname
Shelly
Born
( 1993-06-23 ) 23 June 1993 (age 32) , Kenthurst, New South Wales , Australia
Height
172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Country
Australia
Sport
Athletics
Event s
100 metres hurdles , Sprint medley relay
Club
Sydney University Athletics Club
Team
Athletics Australia
Olympic finals
2010 Summer Youth Olympics :, 100 m hurdles – Silver, Medley relay – 4th place
World finals
2012 World Junior Championships : , 100 m hurdles – 5th place
National finals
2016, 2023, 2024 Australian Championships :, 100 m hurdles – 1st place
Personal best
100 m hurdles 12.65 ( Hengelo, Netherlands 2024)

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Sports profile

Sport
Athletics
Team
Australia Athletics
Position
Hurdler
Nationality
Australia

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Encyclopedic overview

Michelle "Shelly" Jenneke (/ˈdʒɛnəˌkʌ/ JEN-ə-kuh; born 23 June 1993) is an Australian hurdler and model. She is a three-time Australian national champion in the 100 m hurdles (2016, 2023, 2024) and in 2023 became the second-fastest hurdler in the 100 m hurdles in Australia's history after Sally Pearson. Jenneke 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 she was featured in the 2013 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

Early life and education

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Michelle Jenneke” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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