Christie Jenkins
Christie Jenkins
Guest Contributor
CrossFit, Beach Volleyball, Trampoline
Christie Jenkins is a world-class athlete in three different sports, has spoken to groups of over 500 people, has written articles for a number of magazines, has appeared on TV, is a certified life coach, and has worked in strategy consulting since 2011.
In her spare time, she has run away and joined the circus for a year; hiked Mt. Fuji, Mt. Kilimanjaro, the Annapurna circuit, and the Grand Canyon; skydived and bungee jumped; volunteered in Africa; sponsored a child in Nepal; studied abroad in China; and performed in the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games.
Her achievements include:
Trampolining
- National Trampoline Champion for twelve years (1998-2010)
- Ranked in the top ten in the world (2009-2011)
- Pan Pacific dual gold medalist
- Bronze at the Youth Olympics
- One of just five athletes part of the AIS program, and the only female (2006-2007)
Beach Volleyball
- Gold in the $50,000 Hermosa Open in 2013, the most prestigious event of the USA National Volleyball League calendar
- Fifth place, 2014 Australian Beach Volleyball Championships
CrossFit
- Eleventh at the World CrossFit Championships, 2014
- National CrossFit Champion, 2014, as part of the CrossFit Athletic team
Academic
- ENTER score of 99.85
- Awarded one of only 500 Australian Students Prizes
- Dux of Firbank Grammar school (2005) and full scholarship (1998-2005)
- Economics / Chinese double degree from Monash University, graduating with Distinction (2010)
Professional
- Only graduate of thousands of applicants selected for ANZ’s strategy graduate program (2011)
- ANZ Group Strategy team (2011-2013)
- CBA internal strategy consulting team (2014)