Jessica Zelinka

Sport: Heptathlon
Birth Date: September 3, 1981
Birth Place: London, Ontario
Residence: Calgary, Alberta

The Beijing Games provided a beautifully-scripted breakthrough for Jessica in her first Olympic Games. She smashed her personal best setting a Canadian Record and finished just off the podium in fifth place.

She’s yet to reach her prime as an international heptathlete and now sets her sights on London 2012 with the priceless experience of having competed in front of 91,000 spectators at the Beijing Olympic stadium.

In 2009, Jessica added the role of mom to her life and welcomes the challenge of competing for her daughter Anika, husband and fellow Olympian Nathaniel Miller, and for Canada at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

In the second major event of her comeback, she handily won her fifth Canadian Championship and brought home a silver medal for Canada at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.

Major Athletic Accomplishments

• 2010 Commonwealth Games Silver (Heptathlon)
• 2008 5th Place at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, Canadian Record Holder (6490)
• 2007 Pan American Games Gold (Heptathlon)
• 2007 BLG Award Winner – CIS Female Athlete of the Year
• 2007 CIS Track and Field Championships MVP
• Five-Time National Heptathlon Champion