Additional Information
Highlights
FREESTYLE SKIING| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
|---|
| Olympic Winter Games |
| 13 | Ski Cross | 2010 | Vancouver, BC, CAN | |
| FIS World Championships |
| 5 | Ski Cross | 2011 | Deer Valley, UT, USA | |
| 26 | Ski Cross | 2013 | Voss, NOR | |
| FIS World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons |
| Season | ALL | SX |
|---|
| 2013/2014 | 128 | 27 |
| 2012/2013 | 138 | 31 |
| 2011/2012 | 68 | 22 |
| 2010/2011 | 37 | 11 |
| Best performance per season in FIS World Cup events from 2010/2011 |
| Season | SX |
|---|
| 2013/2014 | 1 x 15th |
| 2012/2013 | 1 x 11th |
| 2011/2012 | 1 x 6th |
| 2010/2011 | 1 x 3rd |
| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
|---|
| Ten best FIS World Cup performances in current season |
| 15 | Ski Cross | 2013/2014 | Kreischberg, AUT | |
| 16 | Ski Cross | 2013/2014 | Nakiska, AB, CAN | |
| 18 | Ski Cross | 2013/2014 | Val Thorens, FRA | |
| 23 | Ski Cross | 2013/2014 | Val Thorens, FRA | |
| 33 | Ski Cross | 2013/2014 | San Candido, ITA | |
| 36 | Ski Cross | 2013/2014 | San Candido, ITA | |
| Ski Cross | 2013/2014 | Val Thorens, FRA | DNF |
| X Games |
| 3 | Ski Cross | 2012 | Aspen, CO, USA | 1:29.055 |
LegendALL-Overall, AE-Aerials, MO-Moguls, SX-Ski Cross, HP-Halfpipe, SS-Slopestyle, BA-Big Air, DNS-Did not start, DNF-Did not finish, DSQ-Disqualified, RNS-Received no score
ALPINE SKIING| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
|---|
| Olympic Winter Games |
| 9 | Combined | 2002 | Salt Lake City, UT, USA | 2:49.31 |
| 29 | Downhill | 2002 | Salt Lake City, UT, USA | 1:44.15 |
| 29 | Super-G | 2002 | Salt Lake City, UT, USA | 1:17.84 |
| Giant Slalom | 2002 | Salt Lake City, UT, USA | DNF |
- Nickname: Jen, Oatsey, JJ (Athlete, 05 Feb 2010)
- Occupation: Athlete
- Languages Spoken: English
- Other Sports: She represented Australia in alpine skiing at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City. (OWIA, 06 Apr 2009)
- Previous Olympics: Vancouver 2010, Salt Lake City 2002
- Hobbies: Skiing, snowboarding, wakeboarding, surfing, paddle boarding, going to the gym, supporting Australian rugby league team the Manly Sea Eagles, shopping, spending time with friends and family. (olympics.com.au, 30 Sep 2013)
- Education: Sport Studies - University of New England, Australia
- Coach: Matt Lyons [national] (AUS) (owia.org, 26 Jan 2014)
- Injuries: She suffered a knee injury at the 2010 World Cup event in Calgary, AB, Canada. She underwent an emergency arthroscopy but was passed fit to compete at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. She had knee reconstruction surgery after the Games. (olympics.com.au, 17 Jul 2013; NOC, 01 Feb 2010)
She sustained a concussion at the 2009 World Cup event in Voss, Norway. (NOC, 27 Jan 2010)
In 2007 she partially tore the medial collateral ligament [MCL] and anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] in her right knee while skiing with friends in Perisher, NSW, Australia. (NOC, 27 Jan 2010)
She missed the rest of 2006/07 season after suffering a torn right ACL and fractured right tibial plateau at a King of the Mountain event in Snowbird, UT, United States, in December 2006. (NOC, 27 Jan 2010; OWIA, 06 Apr 2009)
In February 2003 she had a accident at high speed during a training run in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The crash caused a fracture to the top of her tibia and put her out for the rest of the season. (owia.org, 03 Apr 2009)
Additional Information
Start of sporting careerShe began skiing at age four in Perisher, NSW, Australia. She was an alpine skier for 14 years before taking up freestyle in 2005 in Switzerland. (Facebook page, 26 Jan 2014)
Reason for taking up this sportIn January 2003 she retired from alpine skiing due to a lack of funding. She worked full-time for 18 months before deciding to continue her skiing career. She opted to return to ski cross rather than alpine skiing. "I wasn't getting any younger so I wanted to try my luck at the more extreme side to skiing." (jennyowens.com, 21 Sep 2013)
Most memorable sporting achievementWinning bronze at the 2012 Winter X Games in Aspen, CO, United States, achieving four World Cup podium finishes and placing fifth at the 2011 World Championships in Park City, UT, United States. (olympics.com.au, 30 Sep 2013)
Sporting philosophy / motto"When you aim for the extraordinary, learn to accept that you are going to make mistakes and frequently experience moments of setback, loss and frustration. The road to greatness is paved with stones of failure and disappointment." (NOC, 27 Jan 2010)
AwardsShe was named Australian Junior Skier of the Year in 1998. (OWIA, 17 Jan 2002)
GeneralTIME AWAY FROM THE SPORT
She chose to finish the 2012/13 season early to begin working with a sports psychologist. This was to help her deal with pressure of competing more effectively. "I am working on my mental game as that seems to be where most of my troubles have come from over the past years." (olympics.com.au, 17 Jul 2013)
OTHER ACTIVITIES
She has served as a member of the Australian Athletes' Commission, and backed the partial ban on social media set by the Australian Olympic Committee [AOC]. The ban was a result of what the AOC saw as unnecessary distractions in the lead-up to the 2012 Olympic Games in London. "It's trying to do the best thing for the athletes. I don't think the AOC is trying to stop athletes keeping their fans or friends up to date." (ninemsn.com.au, 10 Jan 2014)
TATTOOS
She has the logo from the 2002 Olympic Winter Games tattooed on her lower back and the logo from the 2010 Games in Vancouver on her foot. (olympics.com.au, 22 May 2013)
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