Jasmine jumps from skipping world records to graduation

This year brought another milestone. Competing at the 2026 Korea Open Jump Rope Championship and Invitational, Jasmine set a new Australian record in the 19+ Female Single Rope Triple Unders event by completing 251 consecutive triple-under jumps. This is where the rope passes beneath the feet three times in a single jump.

Jasmine has also recently returned from the 2026 Australian Jump Rope Championships in Darwin, where she placed first in the three-minute speed endurance, 30-second speed sprint and 4x30 single rope speed relay. 

She is now also Assistant Head Coach of Skipping Australia.

A sport few people know exists 

Despite representing Australia around the world, Jasmine still finds herself explaining what competitive skipping is. 

"I honestly avoid telling people sometimes because unless they're ready for the whole story, they're probably thinking of Jump Rope for Heart," she said. 

Competitive skipping has a thriving international scene, with state, national and world championship events. While the sport remains relatively niche in Australia, it attracts large participation numbers elsewhere, particularly across Asia. 

For Jasmine, it all started with a chance encounter as a child. 

"I actually saw a performance at a shopping centre and I just became obsessed with it. My parents looked for a club on the Gold Coast and there weren't any, so they started the Gold Coast Skipping Club for me." 

That club eventually became the King’s Skipperoos, where Jasmine now serves as head coach while continuing to compete. She coaches athletes from primary school through to Year 12 while training almost every day herself. 

Applying what she learned in the classroom 

Jasmine chose study the double degree of Psychological Science and Exercise Science at Southern Cross University because it brought together two areas she had always enjoyed. 

"I didn't know exactly what job I wanted to do, but I knew I liked psychology and I liked PE at school." 

Over time, she discovered how valuable that combination would be to her sporting career.  Without a dedicated coach for much of her competitive journey, Jasmine has drawn on her studies to guide her own preparation and performance. 

"Exercise science has influenced how I train, while psychology has helped me understand performance under pressure, which has been really valuable as an athlete and a coach." 

The psychology of performance has become one of her biggest areas of interest, particularly the ability to trust the body under pressure. 

"Your body knows what to do. You do it in training all the time, but you just can't let your mind get in the way of what your body knows. I think learning how to control my mind and letting my body just do it naturally has been the biggest thing." 

In a sport where a single mistake can separate first place from the rest of the field, learning to manage that pressure has been invaluable. 

Balancing elite sport and university life 

Throughout her degree, she balanced study with training, coaching and international competition, often travelling overseas during teaching periods. 

She credits Southern Cross University staff with helping her manage the competing demands. 

"They've always been so supportive and interested in what I'm doing. When I went to Japan last year, I was gone for three weeks of a six-week term, but the unit assessor met with me and we made a plan to help me manage my studies and the competition," she said.  

Looking ahead 

While graduation marks the end of one chapter, Jasmine is still deciding what comes next and is considering honours and potentially a future in research. 

"I actually like studying and I like going to university. I like the idea of pursuing research that focuses on competitive skipping, especially because there's really not a lot on skipping at all," she said. 

For now, though, Jasmine is focused on enjoying graduation, chasing new records and continuing to elevate a sport that started in a shopping-centre but has taken her to the world stage.