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{{short description|British triathlete}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
 | name = Jodie Swallow
 | country = Great Britain
 | image = Jodie Swallow.jpg 
 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1981|06|23}}
 | birth_place = [[Brentwood, Essex|Brentwood]], [[Essex]]
 | death_date = 
 | death_place = 
 | height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}
 | weight = {{convert|64|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}
 | team = 
 | retired = 
 | pb = 
 | turnedpro = 2000
 | coach = Siri Lindley
 | show-medals = 
 | medaltemplates = 
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{{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }}
{{MedalSport | Women's [[triathlon]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Ironman 70.3]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2010 Ironman 70.3 World Championship|2010]]| Individual}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2014 Ironman 70.3 World Championship|2014]]| Individual}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships|ITU Long Distance World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2016 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships|2016]] | Individual}}
{{MedalGold| [[2009 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships|2009]] | Individual}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2012 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships|2012]] | Individual}}
}}

'''Jodie Ann Swallow''' (born 23 June 1981) is a British [[triathlon|triathlete]] and former swimmer from [[Brentwood, Essex]].

==Triathlon career==
Swallow is the [[2010 Ironman 70.3 World Championship|2010]] [[Ironman 70.3]] champion as well as the winner of the 2009 and 2016 [[ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.teamtbb.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1153|title=Female Pro Athlete - Jodie Swallow|accessdate=16 June 2011|publisher=Team TBB|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003183140/http://www.teamtbb.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1153|archivedate=3 October 2011}}</ref>

In 2004, Swallow represented Great Britain at the [[2004 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] competing in [[Triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics|triathlon]], placing 34th.<ref>{{Cite sports-reference|title = Jodie Swallow|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sw/jodie-swallow-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041622/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sw/jodie-swallow-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 17 May 2010}}</ref> At the [[2014 Ironman World Championship]] she placed 4th, less than 10 minutes behind champion [[Mirinda Carfrae]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://triathlon.competitor.com/2014/10/news/sebastian-kienle-mirinda-carfrae-take-2014-ironman-world-titles_107767|title=Sebastian Kienle, Mirinda Carfrae Take 2014 Ironman World Titles|last=Hichens|first=Liz|date=11 October 2014|accessdate=21 October 2014|publisher=Competitor Group, Inc.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025515/http://triathlon.competitor.com/2014/10/news/sebastian-kienle-mirinda-carfrae-take-2014-ironman-world-titles_107767|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Swimming career==
At the [[British Swimming Championships|ASA National British Championships]] she won the [[British Swimming Championships - 400 metres medley winners|400 metres medley]] title in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0501173309/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=4de92993|title="For the Record." Times, 12 July 1996, p. 37|website=Times Digital Archive}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.ifollowtheswallow.co.uk/}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070807060645/http://www2.triathlon.org/profiles/prof-elite-women/jodie-swallow-gbr.htm Profiles: Jodie Swallow (GBR)] ''Triathlon.org''

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[[Category:1981 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:English female triathletes]]
[[Category:Triathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic triathletes for Great Britain]]
[[Category:Alumni of Loughborough University]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Loughborough]]
[[Category:Triathletes at the 2002 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games triathletes for England]]
[[Category:21st-century English sportswomen]]


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