Jessie Barr (born 24 July 1989 in Waterford, Ireland) is an Irish athlete who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Jessie is from Dunmore East in Waterford and she attended the local girls primary school, the Light of Christ National School.

She also attended the Ursuline Convent (St Angela's School), Waterford.

[3] She was forced to lay off her training in 2014 following a stress fracture to her foot so she finished her Masters in Sports Psychology at the University of the West of England.

She moved back to her training group in Limerick, Ireland in September 2014 and started her PhD in Sport Psychology.