Lee-Steve Jackson

Lee Steve Jackson

Personal information
Full name	Lee Steve Jackson
Born	(1980-04-20) 20 April 1980 (age 44) Norton, Stockton-on-Tees, England, United Kingdom
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Professional information
Sport	Biathlon
World Cup debut	5 December 2002
Olympic Games
Teams	2 (2010, 2014)
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	9 (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015)
Medals	0
World Cup
Seasons	13 (2002/03–2014/15)
All victories	0
All podiums	0

Lee Steve Jackson (born 20 April 1980) is an English former biathlete.[1]

Career

He originally started competing in the sport whilst serving in the military.[2]

Born in Stockton-on-Tees, Jackson joined the Royal Artillery in 1999 and currently holds the rank of bombardier in 16 Regiment RA.[3] He competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics for Great Britain. His best finish was 55th, in the sprint. He also finished 56th in the pursuit and 66th in the individual[4]

His best performance at the Biathlon World Championships was 19th, in the 2011 mixed relay. His best solo performance in a World Championships was 39th, in the 2015 individual race. The World Championships also count towards the Biathlon World Cup, making this his best solo World Cup result as well.[1]

His best Biathlon World Cup finish was 16th, achieved in two men's relay events.[1]

Despite the fact that his forenames are usually hyphenated in official results, and by the British Biathlon Union,[3] there is actually no hyphen in Jackson's name – this anomaly came about when his coach first entered him in international competition and added the hyphen between his first and middle names.[2][5]

Jackson retired after the 2014–15 season.[6]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[1]

Olympic Games

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay
2010 Vancouver	66th	55th	56th	—	—	—
2014 Sochi	41st	66th	—	—	—	—

*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

World Championships

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay
2004 Oberhof	102nd	—	—	—	DNF	—
2005 Hochfilzen	99th	68th	—	—	20th	—
2007 Antholz-Anterselva	75th	75th	—	—	21st	—
2008 Östersund	94th	79th	—	—	23rd	—
2009 Pyeongchang	—	DNF	—	—	25th	—
2011 Khanty-Mansiysk	47th	48th	47th	—	23rd	19th
2012 Ruhpolding	109th	88th	—	—	28th	24th
2013 Nové Město	86th	105th	—	—	22nd	25th
2015 Kontiolahti	39th	79th	—	—	24th	25th

*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

**Mixed relay was added as an event in 2005.

References

1. "Lee-Steve Jackson". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
2. Williams, Ollie (9 January 2014). "Sochi 2014: Biathletes face giving up the Games for army life". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
3. British Biathlon Association website
4. Sports-Reference Profile
5. "Lee Jackson". www.teamgb.com. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
6. "ATHLETE RETIREMENTS". British biathlon. British Biathlon Union. n.d. Archived from the original on 8 October 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.

External links

• Lee-Steve Jackson at IBU BiathlonWorld.com
• Lee-Steve Jackson at IBU BiathlonResults.com
• Lee-Steve Jackson at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)