{{Short description|Australian judoka (born 1976)}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Natalie Jenkinson | full_name = | image = | caption = | nationality = Australian | sport = Judo | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|11|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = Gladstone, Queensland, Australia | death_date = | death_place = }}
'''Natalie Jenkinson''' (born 18 November 1976<ref>{{Cite web |title=JudoInside - Natalie Jenkinson Judoka |url=https://judoinside.com/judoka/11407/Natalie_Jenkinson/judo-career |access-date=2025-07-26 |website=judoinside.com}}</ref>) is an Australian judoka. She competed in the women's half-heavyweight event at the 2000 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/je/natalie-jenkinson-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025803/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/je/natalie-jenkinson-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Natalie Jenkinson Olympic Results |accessdate=8 June 2018}}</ref>
==Early life== Jenkinson comes from a family of boxers. Her brothers, father and grandfather all boxed, but at age 11, Jenkinson began training in Judo.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://noosatoday.com.au/stories/23-08-2016/amateur-boxing-fights-underway/|title=Amateur boxing fights underway|last=Lane|first=Ron|date=23 August 2016|work=Noosa Today|access-date=15 November 2019}}</ref>
==Career== Jenkinson qualified for the Australian Judo Team, and competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics in the women's half-heavyweight event. After the Olympics, Jenkinson changed to coaching and competing in athletics, and trained masters athletics competitors Michael Curran and Hughie Thomsen. At the Queensland Country Athletics Championships, held at the University of the Sunshine Coast in April 2006, Jenkinson entered the women's 20-plus throwing events and won silver in the discus throw, gold in the javelin throw and gold in the shot put.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.gladstoneobserver.com.au/news/apn-judo-rep-gets-masters-on/107611/|title=Judo rep gets masters on track|date=26 April 2006|work=The Observer (Gladstone)|access-date=15 November 2019}}</ref>
Jenkinson also competed in Boxing and won four Australian Titles. On 31 March 2012, Jenkinson, then of the Pacific Club from Redland Bay, defeated Katrina Harvey to win an Australian title fight at King's Theatre at the Warwick RSL Memorial Club.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/women-square-up-for-fights-warwick/1321196/|title=Women square up for fights|last=Walsh|first=Gerald|date=28 March 2012|work=The Bullletin|access-date=15 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/boxer-fights-on-katrina-harvey-kings-theatre/1326183/|title=Boxer fights on|date=2 April 2012|work=Sunshine Coast Daily|access-date=15 November 2019}}</ref>
In August 2016, at age 40, Jenkinson was a coach at the Hit House Boxing Club at Bli Bli, Queensland. Some of her team participated in the National Golden Gloves (Australia's amateur boxing championships), held at the Acacia Ridge Tavern, Brisbane.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://noosatoday.com.au/stories/23-08-2016/amateur-boxing-fights-underway/|title=Amateur boxing fights underway|last=Lane|first=Ron|date=23 August 2016|access-date=15 November 2019}}</ref>
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