Helen Tucker
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Helen Rebecca Jenkins, née Tucker (born 8 March 1984 in Elgin, Moray
Elgin, Moray
Elgin is a former cathedral city and Royal Burgh in Moray, Scotland. It is the administrative and commercial centre for Moray. The town originated to the south of the River Lossie on the higher ground above the flood plain. Elgin is first documented in the Cartulary of Moray in 1190...

, Scotland), is a British professional triathlete and the 2008 and 2011 ITU World Champion. In 2009 she placed 3rd at the Grand Final of the World Championship Series in Gold Coast, in 2011 she is number 1 in the World Championship Series (August 2011) and thanks to the London World Championship Series gold (6 August 2011) she has secured a spot at the London Olympics 2012.

Helen Tucker was the British Junior Champion of the year 2003 and the Elite Champion of the year 2006, after having been the elite silver medalist of the year 2005.
Helen Jenkins also participated in several prestigious non ITU events, in 2009 for instance she won the London Triathlon, which she had already attended in the years 2003, 2004, and 2005, placing 7th, 5th, and 5th respectively.

In 2006 she suffered from an Achilles tendon injury and after a new start in 2007 the ankle injury gave her trouble again. Nevertheless, in 2008 she won the World Championships in Vancouver and placed 21st at the Olympic Games in Beijing.

Helen Jenkins lives in Bridgend
Bridgend
Bridgend is a town in the Bridgend County Borough in Wales, west of the capital, Cardiff. The river crossed by the original bridge, which gave the town its name, is the River Ogmore but the River Ewenny also passes to the south of the town...

, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

, and on 30 October 2008 she married her friend and coach Marc Jenkins
Marc Jenkins
Marc Jenkins is a Welsh triathlete from Bridgend.Jenkins competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was the last man to finish, because of a collision during the cycling leg that left his bicycle unusable. Rather than quit, he ran the two remaining kilometers with...

 at Disney World in Orlando.

ITU Competitions

In the nine years from 2002 to 2010, Helen Jenkins took part in 42 ITU competitions and achieved 28 top ten positions, among which 14 medals.

The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the Athlete's Profile Page. Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons and belong to the Elite category.
Date Competition Place Rank
2002-11-09 World Championships (Junior) Cancun 9
2003-06-21 European Championships (Junior) Carlsbad 13
2003-12-06 World Championships (Junior) Queenstown 5
2004-04-18 European Championships Valencia 22
2004-05-09 World Championships (U23) Madeira 8
2005-07-17 European Championships (U23) Sofia 3
2005-07-31 World Cup Salford 3
2005-09-10 World Championships Gamagori 32
2005-09-17 OSIM World Cup Beijing 3
2006-02-19 Oceania Cup Hobart 10
2006-03-18 Commonwealth Games Melbourne 17
2006-03-26 World Cup Mooloolaba 16
2006-04-23 European Cup Estoril 2
2006-05-07 World Cup Mazatlan 8
2006-06-04 BG World Cup Madrid 5
2006-07-08 European Championships (U23) Rijeka 4
2007-03-25 BG World Cup Mooloolaba 20
2007-04-15 BG World Cup Ishigaki DNF
2008-01-06 Premium Pan American Cup Viña del Mar 1
2008-01-13 Pan American Cup La Paz 1
2008-03-30 BG World Cup Mooloolaba 13
2008-04-06 BG World Cup New Plymouth 13
2008-04-13 BG World Cup Ishigaki 13
2008-05-25 BG World Cup Madrid 2
2008-06-05 BG World Championships Vancouver 1
2008-06-22 World Cup Hy-Vee 3
2008-08-18 Olympic Games Beijing 21
2009-05-02 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Tongyeong 14
2009-05-31 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Madrid 16
2009-06-21 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Washington (D.C.) 5
2009-06-27 Elite Cup Hy-Vee 10
2009-07-11 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Kitzbühel 5
2009-08-15 Dextro Energy World Championship Series London 3
2009-09-09 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final Gold Coast 3
2010-04-11 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Sydney 15
2010-05-08 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Seoul 9
2010-06-05 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Madrid 3
2010-06-12 Elite Cup Hy-Vee 3
2010-07-24 Dextro Energy World Championship Series London 3
2010-08-15 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Kitzbühel 4
2010-09-08 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final Budapest 7
2010-10-10 World Cup Huatulco 4
2011-03-05 Pan American Cup (Sprint) Clermont 1
2011-04-09 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Sydney 33
2011-06-04 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Madrid 2
2011-06-19 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Kitzbuhel 2
2011-08-06 Dextro Energy World Championship Series London 1
2011-06-19 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Sprint World Championships Lausanne 4


BG = the sponsor British Gas · DNF = did not finish · DNS = did not start

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