Chelsea Jaensch (born 6 January 1985 in

Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the list of cities in Australia by population, fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater A ...

) is an Australian athlete specialising in the

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. She made her major competition debut at the age of thirty-one at the

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finishing eleventh. She returned to competition in 2012 after a seven-year break to focus on education and playing

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.Official bio
/ref> She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro finishing 17th and not qualifying for the final. Her personal bests in the event are 6.70 metres outdoors (-0.1 m/s, Canberra 2016) and 6.38 metres indoors (Portland 2016). Chelsea is as well a full-time radiographer.

Competition record

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Official website
1985 births Living people Athletes from Adelaide Australian female long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Australia Sportswomen from South Australia {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub