Harnessing Talent Athlete

Jenna Downing - World Champion - Extreme In-Line Skating

“Strive to be the best you possibly can”

Biography:

After just skating around on the street near her home, Jenna met some friends who owned a skate park near to where she lived and they encouraged her to go there. By training with them at such an amazing facility, she quickly improved and it was at the of 8 that she started entering competitions. Jenna turned professional at the age of 12 at the 2000 European Championships in Paris where she achieved a Gold medal, thereby achieving the status of youngest professional female skater in the world.

Since then, she has been a ten-time British Champion, and was the LG Action Sports World Champion in 2008. 

In 2004 she was awarded 'Sports Ambassador' of the year, and in 2005 was named the UK Freesports Athlete of the Year. She has also had various tv appearances including a commercial in 2000 for Kellogg's Frosties, an appearance on CITV's 'Ministry of Mayhem' where she was a stunt double for Holly Willoughby in 2004, and appeared in the 2007 MTV Music Video for Peter Gelderblom's 'Waiting For'. Jenna has also appeared as a character in the video game ‘Rolling’ for Playstation 2 and X-Box.

Click here to see her Competitive Record

Click here to see how Jenna and DKH Legacy Trust are working together, and to find out about Jenna's 'giving back to sport' activities.