Jessica Stenson (née Trengove; born 15 August 1987) is an Australian athlete who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
[6][7] Her brother is former Port Adelaide Football Club player Jack Trengove,[8] and has been influential in her running career by creating a sense of competition in her family.
[3][7] The family competition also included Trengove's sister Abbie, who represented their state in wrestling.
[1] Stenson's running career started when she was in primary school, where she ran south east cross country.
[7] That year, she also competed at the Nanning, China hosted World Half Marathon Championships.
[1][10] She was the third South Australian athletics competitor to qualify for the Games,[4] and prepared for them by training in Adelaide.