Jessica Thornton

Jessica Thornton (born 12 April 1998) is an Australian track and field sprinter who competes in the 200 metres and 400 metres. She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She holds a personal best of 52.05 seconds for the 400 m.^[2]

She was born in Randwick, New South Wales and studied nutrition science at the University of Wollongong. Thornton won the 400 m at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, setting a personal best of 52.50 seconds to beat Bahrain's Salwa Eid Naser.^[3] She ran for the Asia-Pacific relay team at the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup, though the team finished last. She was a relay finalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics alongside Anneliese Rubie, Caitlin Sargent and Morgan Mitchell.^[4]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2014	Youth Olympic Games	Nanjing, China	1st	400 m	52.50
2014	Continental Cup	Marrakech, Morocco	4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:36.89
2016	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	4th	400 m	52.05
	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	7th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:37.83
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	8th	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.45

^ ^a ^b Jessica Thornton Archived 2016-08-26 at the Wayback Machine. Rio2016. Retrieved on 2016-08-19.
^ Jessica Thornton Archived 5 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine. All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-21.
^ "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
^ Jessica Thornton Archived 17 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Australia Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2016-08-21.