{{Short description|Australian runner (born 1996)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{infobox sportsperson | name = Jessica Hull | image = 1500m women Oregon 2022 (cropped).jpg | caption = Hull at the 2022 World Athletics Championships | birth_name = Jessica Hull | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|10|22}}<ref name="Paris 2024"/> | birth_place = Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia<ref name="Paris 2024"/> | height = 1.65 m<ref name="Paris 2024">{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/jessica-hull_1939795 |title=HULL Jessica |work=Paris 2024 Olympics |access-date=24 September 2025 |archive-date=11 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811161134/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/jessica-hull_1939795 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | hometown = | country = Australia | sport = Track and field | event = 1500 metres, Mile, 5000 metres | collegeteam = Oregon Ducks | turnedpro = June 2019 | club = Bankstown Sports AC | worlds = {{ubl |1500 m |'''2019 Doha''', sf (13th) |'''2022 Eugene''', 7th |'''2023 Budapest''', 7th |'''2025 Tokyo''', 3rd }} | olympics = {{ubl |1500 m |'''2020 Tokyo''', 11th |'''2024 Paris''', {{silver medal}} }} | pb = {{ubl |'''800 m''': 1:57.15 '''{{AthAbbr|AR|Oceanian}}''' (Tokyo 2025) |'''1000 m''': 2:30.96 '''{{AthAbbr|AR|Oceanian}}''' (Monaco 2025) |'''1500 m''': 3:50.83 '''{{AthAbbr|AR|Oceanian}}''' (Paris 2024) |'''Mile''': 4:13.68 '''{{AthAbbr|AR|Oceanian}}''' (London 2025) |'''2000 m''': 5:19.70 '''{{AthAbbr|WR}}''' (Monaco 2024) |'''3000 m''': 8:24.39i {{AthAbbr|AR|Oceanian}} (Glasgow 2024) |'''5000 m''': 14:43.80 {{AthAbbr|NR|Australian}} (Monaco 2020) |''Indoors'' |'''1500 m''': 3:59.45 {{AthAbbr|AR|Oceanian}} (Toruń 2026) |'''2000 m''': 2:26.68 '''{{AthAbbr|AR|Oceanian}}''' (Liévin 2026) |'''Mile''': 4:19.03 '''{{AthAbbr|AR|Oceanian}}''' (New York 2024) |'''3000 m''': 8:24.39 '''{{AthAbbr|AR|Oceanian}}''' (Glasgow 2024) }} | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{AUS}}}} {{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}} {{Medal|Silver|2024 Paris|1500 m}} {{Medal|Competition|World Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze|2025 Tokyo|1500 m}} {{Medal|Competition|World Indoor Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2026 Toruń|1500 m}} {{Medal|Bronze|2025 Nanjing|3000 m}} {{Medal|Bronze|2026 Toruń|3000 m}} {{Medal|Competition|World Cross Country Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2026 Tallahassee|Mixed relay}} {{Medal|Bronze|2023 Bathurst|Mixed relay}} }}
'''Jessica Hull''' (born 22 October 1996<ref name="WAprofile">{{cite web |title=Jessica HULL – Athlete Profile |url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/australia/jessica-hull-14464506 |access-date=19 July 2025 |website=World Athletics}}</ref>) is an Australian middle- and long-distance runner. In the 1500m, she won the silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics and the bronze medal at the 2025 World Athletics Championships. Hull holds Oceanian records in the 800m, 1000m, 1500m, mile, and 3000m, as well as the short-track (indoor) records for the mile and 3000m. Hull is the fifth-fastest woman in history over 1500m and holds the world record in the seldom-run 2000m. She won bronze medals in the 3000m at the 2025 World Indoor Championships and in the mixed relay at the 2023 World Cross Country Championships. Hull won a gold medal at the 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in the mixed relay. Hull is a six-time Australian national champion, having won three titles each in the 1500m and 5000m. A graduate of the University of Oregon<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jessica Hull |url=https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/5510746/Oregon/Jessica_Hull.html}}</ref>, Hull was a two-time individual NCAA Division I champion and has run professionally for Nike since 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=International Women’s Day Speaker: Jess Hull |url=https://www.internationalwomensday.com/Speaker/732/Jessica-Hull}}</ref>
==Career==
=== Early years === Hull was born in Wollongong. She grew up in Albion Park and began running cross-country and athletics carnivals at school aged eight. She also played soccer until the age of fourteen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Athletics - HULL Jessica |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1564906-hull-jessica.htm |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |access-date=18 September 2021 |archive-date=18 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918025732/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1564906-hull-jessica.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Kelsall |first=Christopher |date=18 October 2020 |title=Jessica Hull interview: Oregon Duck to Nike and four national records |url=https://athleticsillustrated.com/the-jessica-hull-interview/ |access-date=29 May 2023 |website=Athletics Illustrated |language=en-CA}}</ref> Her training was initially guided by her father, Simon, who had been a national level middle-distance runner.{{fact|date=December 2024}}
=== Junior representation === Hull won the under-17 1500 metres at the 2012 Australian Athletics Championships with a time of 4:28.11.<ref name="WAprofile"/> The 17-year-old made her international debut at the 2014 World U20 Championships held in Eugene, Oregon, where she finished seventh in the 3000 metres in a personal best time of 9:08.85.<ref name="WAprofile" />
Hull won the 1500 m at the 2015 Australian Junior Championships, when she also finished third in the 800 m.<ref name="OregonDucks">[https://goducks.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=8305 2019 Jessica Hull profile] Oregon Ducks</ref> She placed 69th in the women's junior race at the World Cross Country Championships that year with a time of 23:11.<ref name="WAprofile" />
===College years=== After high school, Hull went to the United States where she studied at University of Oregon, completing a degree in human physiology.<ref name="Olympics_AU_bio">{{Cite web |title=Jessica Hull |url=https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/jessica-hull/ |access-date=18 September 2021 |website=Australian Olympic Committee |language=en-AU}}</ref> As a student-athlete, she represented the Oregon Ducks. She was coached by Maurica Powell for three years and Helen Lehman-Winters in her senior year.<ref name=":0" />
Hull was the NCAA Division I indoor 3000 m bronze medallist in 2018, and over the next two years, added six podium finishes on the indoor and outdoor track and in cross country, including four collegiate titles. She was the individual NCAA champion in the 1500 m in 2018 and in the indoor 3000 m in 2019, earning seven All-American honors.<ref name="OregonDucks" /><ref name="WAprofile" />
===Early professional years=== [[File:2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships (40962154290).jpg|thumb|left|Hull wins the 1500 metres at the 2018 NCAA Championships.]] In July 2019, Hull signed with Nike and joined the now-defunct Nike Oregon Project.<ref>[https://tempojournal.com/article/the-thrill-of-the-chase/index.html THE THRILL OF THE CHASE] Tempo Journal. 4 September 2019</ref> In her senior international debut at the 2019 World Athletics Championships hosted in Doha, Qatar, she narrowly missed the 1500 m final. Her personal best time of 4:01.80 was the fastest non-qualifying time for the final ever at a world championships or Olympics.<ref name="Olympics_AU_bio" />
In January 2020, she set an Oceanian indoor 1500 m record at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix meet in Boston, winning the event with a time of 4:04.14.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://athletics-oceania.com/26/01/12513/ |title=Hull and Baxter set new area records |website=Athletics Oceania |date=26 January 2020}}</ref> Later that year, she broke 18-year-old Australian national 5000 m record at Monaco Diamond League, finishing fourth in a time of 14:43.80.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 August 2020 |title=Hull smashes Australian 5000m record |url=https://7news.com.au/sport/athletics/hull-smashes-australian-5000m-record-c-1241860 |access-date=15 August 2020 |website=7NEWS.com.au |language=en}}</ref>
In August 2021, Hull reached the final of the 1500 m event at the postponed Tokyo Olympics, which she set an Oceanian record time of 3:58.81, coming in fourth place in the semi-final. Two days later, she placed 11th in the final in a time of 4:02.63.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tokyo 2021 Olympics: Australians Linden Hall and Jess Hull fight hard in 1500m final |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/olympics/tokyo-2021-olympics-australians-linden-hall-and-jess-hull-through-to-1500m-final/news-story/2b298f62eb49a252b89bbb4ab504c007 |website=The Courier Mail |accessdate=7 August 2021}}</ref> In February 2023, at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships held in Australia, Hull competed in the mixed relay with teammates Oliver Hoare, Stewart McSweyn and Abbey Caldwell. On her leg, she took the lead, and ultimately Australia finished with a bronze.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moorhouse |first=Lachlan |title=Bronzed Aussies Headline Success at Home World Athletics Cross Country Championships |url=https://www.athletics.com.au/news/bronzed-aussies-headline-success-at-home/ |access-date=30 May 2023 |website=www.athletics.com.au |date=17 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
=== Medals and record-breaking spree === In July 2023, Hull ran a mile in 4:15.34, which took almost three seconds off the Australian and Oceanian women's mile records, and was eighth-fastest time ever in the women's mile.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://au.sports.yahoo.com/jessica-hull-makes-athletics-history-faith-kipyegon-obliterates-world-record-040038739.html |title='This is insane': Aussie makes athletics history as world record obliterated |date=22 July 2023 |website=Yahoo Sports}}</ref>
On 7 July 2024, Hull improved on her own Oceanian record in the 1500 metres to 3:50.83 at the Meeting de Paris; this time moved her up to 5th on the all-time top list.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-08/jess-hull-1500m-aus-record-world-records-paris-diamond-league/104070070 |title=Weeks out from Olympic Games Jess Hull crushes 1,500m Australian record, world records tumble at Paris Diamond League |last=Smale |first=Simon |date=8 July 2024 |access-date=9 July 2024 |website=ABC News}}</ref><ref name="Grdn-Aap2024">{{cite news |date=13 July 2024 |title=Australia's Jess Hull gears up for Olympics by smashing 2000m world record in Monaco |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/13/jess-hull-2000m-world-record-diamond-league-monaco |access-date=13 July 2024 |work=The Guardian |agency=Australian Associated Press}}</ref> Later that month, at the Herculis Meeting in Monaco, Hull competed in the 2000 metres, running 5:19.70 to break the previous world record held by Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba, who ran 5:21.56 in 2021.<ref name="Grdn-Aap2024" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sport/australias-hull-races-world-record-rarely-contested-2000m-4476786 |title=Australia's Hull races to world record in rarely-contested 2,000m |publisher=Channel News Asia |accessdate=12 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Programme 2024 |url=https://monaco.diamondleague.com/en/programme-resultats-monaco-en/#baseFrame |access-date=12 July 2024 |website=monaco.diamondleague.com |archive-date=13 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713111844/https://monaco.diamondleague.com/en/programme-resultats-monaco-en/#baseFrame |url-status=dead }}</ref>
At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Hull won a silver medal in the 1500 m, running 3:52.56 behind Faith Kipyegon.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jeffery |first=Nicole |date=10 August 2024 |title=Jessica Hull claims Olympic 1500m silver behind untouchable Faith Kipyegon |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/11/paris-olympics-athletics-1500m-jessica-hull-silver-medal-australia-faith-kipyegon-gold |access-date=31 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
In October 2024, it was announced that Hull had signed up for the inaugural season of the Michael Johnson founded Grand Slam Track.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flotrack.org/articles/12926457-grand-slam-track-adds-ten-new-talents-to-its-star-studded-roster|title=Grand Slam Track Adds Ten New Talents to Its Star-Studded Roster|date=22 October 2024 |publisher=FloTrack|accessdate=21 December 2024}}</ref> She made her Grand Slam Track and 2025 outdoor debuts in the 800m at the inaugural Grand Slam Meet in Kingston, Jamaica on 4 April, finishing third in a new personal best of 1:58.58 seconds.
On 1 February 2026, Hull finished second in the Wanamaker Mile of the 2026 Millrose Games, with a time of 4:20.11.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Athletisme/Actualites/Nikki-hiltz-et-cameron-myers-remportent-le-mile-des-millrose-games/1638650|title=Nikki Hiltz et Cameron Myers remportent le mile des Millrose Games|last=Rolnin|first=Annabelle|date=February 2, 2026|access-date=February 1, 2026|work=L'Équipe}}</ref>
==Personal life== In December 2022, Hull married Daniel Jolliffe.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://sportslumo.com/athletics/who-is-jessica-hulls-husband-know-everything-about-him/ |title=Who is Jessica Hull's husband? Know everything about him |date=31 January 2023 |access-date=14 July 2024 |website=SportsLumo |last=Rout |first=Abhiruchi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714140419/https://sportslumo.com/athletics/who-is-jessica-hulls-husband-know-everything-about-him/ |archive-date=14 July 2024 |url-status=live |quote=After dating for a long period of time, the couple married each other on December 17, 2022 at Voco Kirkton Park Hunter Valley in Australia.}}</ref>
==Statistics== ===International competitions=== {|{{AchievementTable|nation=AUS|Event=yes|Result=yes}} |- |2014 |World Junior Championships |Eugene, United States |7th |3000 m |9:08.85 |{{AthAbbr|PB}} |- |rowspan=2|2015 |rowspan=2|World Cross Country Championships |rowspan=2|Guiyang, China |69th |U20 race |23:11 | |- |12th |U20 team |232 pts | |- |2019 |World Championships |Doha, Qatar |8th (sf) |1500 m |4:01.80 |{{AthAbbr|PB}} |- |2021 |Olympic Games |Tokyo, Japan |11th |1500 m |4:02.63 |(sf: 3:58.81 '''{{AthAbbr|AR|Oceanian}}''') |- |rowspan=3|2022 |World Indoor Championships |Belgrade, Serbia |6th |3000 m {{AthAbbr|i}} |8:44.97 | |- |World Championships |Eugene, OR, United States |7th |1500 m |4:01.82 | |- |Commonwealth Games |Birmingham, United Kingdom |8th |1500 m |4:07.31 | |- |rowspan=2|2023 |World Cross Country Championships |Bathurst, Australia |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |Mixed relay |23:26 | |- |World Championships |Budapest, Hungary |26th (h) |5000 m |15:15.89 | |- |rowspan=4|2024 |World Indoor Championships |Glasgow, United Kingdom |4th |3000 m |8:24.39 |{{AthAbbr|PB}} '''{{AthAbbr|AR|Oceanian}}''' |- |Wanda Diamond League |Paris, France |2nd |1500 m |3:50.83 |{{AthAbbr|PB}} '''{{AthAbbr|AR|Oceanian}}''' |- |Wanda Diamond League |Fontvieille, Monaco |1st |2000 m |5:19.70 |{{AthAbbr|PB}} '''{{AthAbbr|WR}}''' |- |Olympic Games |Paris, France |bgcolor=silver|2nd |1500 m |3:52.56 | |- |rowspan=3|2025 |World Indoor Championships |Nanjing, China |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |3000 m |8:38.28 | |- |rowspan=2|World Championships |rowspan=2|Tokyo, Japan |8th |800 m |1:57.30 | |- |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |1500 m |3:55.16 | |- |rowspan=3|2026 |World Cross Country Championships |Tallahassee, USA |bgcolor=ffd700|1st | Mixed Relay | | |- |rowspan=2|World Indoor Championships |rowspan=2|Toruń, Poland |bgcolor=silver|2nd |1500 m |3.59.45 |{{AthAbbr|PB}} '''{{AthAbbr|AR|Oceanian}}''' |- |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |3000 m |8:58.18 | |}
===Circuit performances=== {{Grand Slam Track}}
===National titles=== * Australian Athletics Championships ** 1500 metres: 2023, 2024, 2025 ** 5000 metres: 2020, 2022, 2023, 2025
=== NCAA championships === {|{{AchievementTable|Event=yes|Time=yes||NotesOff=yes}} |- !colspan=6|Representing Oregon Ducks<ref>[https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/5510746/Oregon/Jessica_Hull.html Jessica Hull Oregon] TFRRS</ref> |- |2016 |NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships |Terre Haute, Indiana |79th |6000 m |20:44.3 |- |rowspan=2|2017 |NCAA Division I Championships |Eugene, Oregon |39th |1500 m |4:29.75 |- |NCAA Division I Cross Country Championship |Louisville, Kentucky |93rd |Cross country |20:39.5 |- |rowspan=4|2018 |rowspan=2|NCAA Division I Indoor Championships |rowspan=2|College Station, Texas |bgcolor=cc9900|3rd |3000 m |9:01.96 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |Distance medley relay |10:51.99 |- |NCAA Division I Championships |Eugene, Oregon |bgcolor=gold|1st |1500 m |4:08.75 |- |NCAA Division I Cross Country Championship |Madison, Wisconsin |bgcolor=cc9900|3rd |Cross country |19:50.4 |- |rowspan=3|2019 |rowspan=2|NCAA Division I Indoor Championships |rowspan=2|Birmingham, Alabama |bgcolor=gold|1st |3000 m |9:01.14 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |Distance medley relay |10:53.43 |- |NCAA Division I Championships |Austin, Texas |bgcolor=silver|2nd |1500 m |4:06.27 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{World Athletics}} * [https://aus.milesplit.com/athletes/pro/3938992/stats Jessica Hull] at Milesplit * [https://www.athletics.com.au/athlete/jessica-hull/ Jessica Hull] at Australian Athletics * [https://athletics.possumbility.com/athletes/athlete6768.htm Jessica Hull] at Australian Athletics Historical Results * {{AOC profile}} * {{Olympics.com}} * {{Olympedia}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20240823235609/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/jessica-hull_1939795 Jessica Hull] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, [https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024/atleta/jessica-hull_1939795 alternate link])
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