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Jessica Anne "Jess" Martin (née Andrews; born 1 October 1992) is a British long-distance runner who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She currently runs for Aldershot, Farnham & District AC.

Personal life

Martin was born on 1 October 1992.^[1] She attended school on the Isle of Wight. As a student she received financial support from fellow Great Britain Olympian Mo Farah's foundation,^[2] studying for a degree in Sport, Health & Exercise Sciences at Brunel University.^[3] She is married to Irish road cyclist Dan Martin.^[4] The couple met whilst they were training in the Sierra Nevada.^[2] In 2014, she moved from Surrey to Martin's home in Andorra, and she currently splits her time between Andorra and Girona, where she trains with her coach Josep Carballude.^[6]

Career

Martin was unable to compete in the summer of 2013 after suffering a stress-fracture in her foot but returned to competition towards the end of the year.^[5] At the 2013 European Cross Country Championships, held in Belgrade, Serbia, she finished 16th in the individual women's under-23's race. She also won a gold medal as part of the British women's under-23's team alongside Charlotte Purdue, Kate Avery, Lily Partridge, Rhona Auckland and Laura Weightman.^[6]

In February 2014 she finished fifth over the eight kilometre distance at the National Cross-Country Championships in Nottingham, with her team Aldershot Farnham and District, winning the team title.^[5] Later that year she competed at the Southern Cross Country championships, winning the senior women's title and finished fifth at the Saucony English Cross Country Nationals.^[7]

At the 2016 British Olympic trials, Martin beat her personal best in the 10,000 metres by 83 seconds to win the event in a time of 31 minutes 58 seconds and qualify for the Great Britain team for the 2016 Summer Olympics, being held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[2]^[8]^[9] The trials race was only Martin's second competitive 10,000 metre track race, having made her debut six weeks earlier at a meeting in Portugal.^[10] Beth Potter finished second in the race to also qualify for Rio.^[2] Martin further improved her personal best in the Olympics finals, finishing in 16th place at 31 minutes 35 seconds ^[11] After stepping off the track with six laps remaining of the 2017 World Championships 10,000m race she subsequently announced her retirement from international athletics aged 24. ^[12]

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Jessica Andrews|url=http://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=81887|publisher=British Athletics|accessdate=23 May 2016}}
2. ^¹²³{{cite news|last1=Fordyce|first1=Tom|title=Jess Andrews wins British 10,000m title as Jo Pavey falters|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/36352278|accessdate=23 May 2016|work=BBC Sport|date=21 May 2016}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Athlete Profile Jessica Andrews|url=http://www.brunel.ac.uk/services/sport/student-sport/sports-scholarships/sport-scholars-201314/athlete-blogs3|publisher=Brunel University|accessdate=23 May 2016}}
4. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/media/news/2017-news-page/january/23-01-17-weekend-update/|title=23/01/17 Weekend Update|date=23 January 2017|accessdate=18 February 2017|work=British Athletics|publisher=UK Athletics Limited|quote=Andorra based Olympian Jess Martin (nee Andrews) was the pick of the Brits in action in Spain on Sunday, as she finished fifth in this IAAF Permit Race.}}
5. ^¹{{cite web|title=Jessica Andrews – British U23 distance athlete on the come-back trail|url=http://www.trackfield97.com/jessica-andrews-british-u23-distance-athlete-on-the-comeback-trail/|website=trackfield97.com|accessdate=23 May 2016|date=31 March 2014}}
6. ^{{cite news|title=Jessica Andrews crosses the line into national success|url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/other-sport/athletics/jessica-andrews-crosses-line-national-6414237|accessdate=23 May 2016|work=Get West London|date=17 December 2013}}
7. ^{{cite web|title=Jessica Andrews named Senior Women Champion at Southern Cross Country championships|url=http://www.brunel.ac.uk/chls/life-sciences/sport-health-and-exercise-sciences/news/news/ne_357996|publisher=Brunel university|accessdate=23 May 2016|date=26 February 2014}}
8. ^{{cite news|last1=Findon|first1=Ross|title=Isle of Wight runner Jess Andrews qualifies for Rio Olympics|url=http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/sport/isle-of-wight-runner-jess-andrews-qualifies-for-rio-olympics-94994.aspx|accessdate=23 May 2016|work=Isle of Wight County Press|date=22 May 2016}}
9. ^{{cite news|last1=Bloom|first1=Ben|title=Jo Pavey's Olympic Games ambitions dealt a huge blow as she fails to hit qualifying time at national trials|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2016/05/21/jo-paveys-olympic-games-ambitions-dealt-a-huge-blow-as-she-fails/|accessdate=23 May 2016|work=The Telegraph|date=21 May 2016}}
10. ^¹{{cite web |url=http://www.athleticsweekly.com/featured/jess-andrews-nobody-knew-cared-who-i-was-43935/ |title=Jess Andrews: Nobody knew or cared who I was |last1=Coldwell |first1=Ben |date=10 July 2016 |website=Athletics Weekly|access-date=10 July 2016}}
11. ^{{cite web|title=Results - Womens 10000m - Athletics - Rio 2016 - Olympics - BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/rio-2016/results/sports/athletics/womens-10000m|accessdate=24 July 2017}}
12. ^{{cite web|title=Jessica Martin announces her retirement from international athletics |url=http://www.athleticsweekly.com/news/jessica-martin-announces-her-retirement-from-athletics-aged-24-66264 |date=5 August 2017 |website=Athletics Weekly|access-date=4 September 2018 }}