Emma Jeffcoat (born 2 December 1994) is an Australian triathlete.

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

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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 COVID-19 pandemic. She then competed in the

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and mixed relay triathlon events at the

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in 2021.

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* * * * 1994 births Australian female triathletes Living people Triathletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic triathletes for Australia 21st-century Australian women 21st-century Australian sportspeople Sportspeople from Sydney Sportswomen from New South Wales {{Australia-triathlon-bio-stub