Jessica Harrison (triathlete)
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| Born | 27 October 1977 Sheffield, England | ||||||||||||||
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Jessica Harrison (born 27 October 1977) is a British-born French triathlete. She competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
She is openly lesbian and in 2005 began a relationship with fellow French triathlete Carole Péon.[3]
Harrison announced that she was retiring from international competition after the Grand Final of the 2013 ITU World Triathlon Series held in London on 14 September.[4] However, she returned to competition for the 2014 Abu Dhabi International Triathlon[5] where she finished fifth in the short distance race.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jessica Harrison Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ^ "London 2012: Jessica Harrison". London 2012. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ^ "2012 Olympics: Who Are The LGBT Athletes? Day Twenty-One — Jessica Harrison and Carole Peon". The New Civil Rights Movement. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ^ Harrison, Jessica (11 September 2013). "Twitter / jessmako". Twitter. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ^ "Six stars set to light up the Abu Dhabi International Triathlon". Maktoob. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ^ "Abu Dhabi International Triathlon 2014 Results". Premier Timing. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
External links
[edit]- Jessica Harrison at World Triathlon
- Jessica Harrison at IAT Triathlon Database
- Jessica Harrison at Olympedia
- Jessica Harrison at the French Olympic and Sports Committee (archived) (in French)
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