Michelle Jenneke

Michelle "Shelly" Jenneke (born 23 June 1993) is a hurdler from Kenthurst, New South Wales, Australia, where she attended The Hills Grammar School. She trained from the age of 9 at the Cherrybrook Athletics Club and holds several of the club's girls hurdling records.

In July 2010, Jenneke was a part of Australia's team at the 2010 Singapore Youth Olympic Games, running the 100 metres hurdles and the women's medley relay. In the hurdles, she came second after winning her heat, and the medley relay team came fourth.

In April 2011 she competed at the 89th Australian Athletics Championships and finished third in the 100 metres hurdles behind world champion Sally Pearson.

On 15 July 2012, Jenneke finished fifth in the 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships 100 metres hurdles. After the competition, a video on her 100 metres hurdles time trial taken during the heats race, which was subsequently posted on a video social networking site, raised her profile around the world.

Athletic career

 * 2nd place (100m Hurdles) - 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, Singapore
 * 4th place (Women's Relay Medley) - 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, Singapore
 * 5th place - 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics, Barcelona, Spain

Media coverage
A video of Jenneke warming up before the 100-meter heat race in July 2012 was widely disseminated by worldwide media. As of July 2012, the video had attracted over 10 million views on YouTube.