Emma Jeffcoat (born 2 December 1994) is an Australian

triathlete A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of swimming, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each segment sequentially with the time transitioning between the ...

Career

Emma Jeffcoat competed in the German for the club. In March 2016, she became a champion of the U23-Oceania triathlon and second-class Oceania champion in the elite class. She won

ITU Triathlon World Cup The World Triathlon Cup is an annual series of triathlon races staged around the world. The series is organised by the World Triathlon, the world governing body of the sport. Inaugurated in 1991, the World Cup began as an attempt to create a regula ...

events in Mooloolaba and Chengdu in 2018 and Tiszaujvaros in 2019, and was part of a relay team that won in Abu Dhabi in 2019. She placed 26th in the women's triathlon and 9th in the relay at the 2021 Olympics. In 2020, she was hit by a car and broke her collarbone. She worked as a nurse during some of the

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. She then competed in the

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and mixed relay triathlon events at the

2020 Tokyo Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

in 2021. In July 2025, he was a member of the Australian team which won the gold medal at the

World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships The World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships, is an annual team triathlon competition organized by World Triathlon. The competition is completed in teams of four, two men and two women, with each member doing a super-sprint distance triathlon. Hi ...

in Hamburg, alongside Sophie Linn, Matt Hauser and

Luke Willian Luke Willian (born 11 October 1996) is an Australian triathlete. Early life From Hawthorne, Queensland,he has been coached by Warwick Dalziel since he was eleven years old. He won junior cross country at St Laurence's College. Career He made h ...

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* * * * 1994 births Australian female triathletes Living people Triathletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic triathletes for Australia 21st-century Australian sportswomen Triathletes from Sydney Sportswomen from New South Wales Australian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Sportspeople in Germany by club or team {{Australia-triathlon-bio-stub