Jess Rothwell 

A former world junior championships representative, where in the 10,000m walk she placed fourth, Jess Rothwell has in the past year competed in the 20km race walk at the 12th IAAF world championships in Berlin (GER) and placed ninth in the 20km race walk at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Chihuahua (MEX) in May.

Boasting a personal best of 1:30.54, Jess hails from Katunga in rural Victoria and trained for many of her junior years on her own.

She has since relocated to Melbourne where she is a VIS scholarship holder and in 2008/09 she was crowned Athletics Australia’s Junior Athlete of the Year.

For more information on Jess, follow this link to her athlete profile.