Jackie Fairweather
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| Full name | Jacquilyn Louise Fairweather | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10 November 1967 Perth, Western Australia |
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| Died | 1 November 2014 (aged 46) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
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Jacquilyn Louise "Jackie" Fairweather (née Gallagher; 10 November 1967 – 1 November 2014) was an Australian world champion triathlete, long-distance runner, coach and Australian Institute of Sport high performance administrator.
Jacquilyn Louise Gallagher was born on 10 November 1967 in Perth. Her parents were Delys and Martin and she had two younger brothers Matthew and Joshua. In 1979, whilst living in Sydney she became involved in little athletics. She moved to Brisbane in the mid 1980s and in 1989, she completed a Bachelor of Human Movement Studies (First Class Honours) at the University of Queensland. In 1991, she completed a Master of Science (Exercise Physiology and Cardiac Rehabilitation) at the Eastern Illinois University. In 2001, she moved to Canberra take up the position of Head Coach of the newly established Australian Institute of Sport triathlon program. In 2004, she married Simon Fairweather, Australian archery gold medalist from the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Fairweather began competing in triathlons in 1992 and won the elite Australian National Series in her first season. She spent eight years as a professional triathlete. In 1996 she became the world triathlon champion, setting a championship record time of 1 hour 50 minutes 52 seconds in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. She also won the World Duathlon Championships in 1996 to become the only person ever to win both world titles in the same year.
Fairweather won the Duathlon World Championships again in 1999, but missed repeating the double when she placed 2nd to Loretta Harrop in the Triathlon World Championship. Gallagher collected further World Championship silver medals in 1995 and 1997.
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