Jodie Swallow (born June 23, 1981) is a triathlete.

She attends Loughborough University, where she studies physical education and sports science.

Although still young Jodie has has a long list of sporting successes behind her.

As a schoolgirl she represented her country at both cross country running and swimming the highlight being a bronze medal at the European Swimming Championships when only sixteen years old.

After contracting glandular fever Jodie thought the set-back may end her sporting career but she gained a new lease of life at university and eventually took up the triathlon.

She made remarkable progress at the event winning four out of her first five races and has now reached a level where she is a regular on the ITU World Cup series.

In October 2003 Jodie took second place, behind Michellie Jones, at the Athens world cup event that was to test the course for the following years Olympic Games.

A rash of injuries during the early part of the year looked likely to make her miss the 2004 Summer Olympics and she was given a deadline by her athletics federation to prove her fitness. At a televised race in Salford, Manchester she had a good swim and looked fit again but on the cycle section of the event a BBC camera-motorbike clipped a traffic cone which flew up and caused Jodie to crash out.

As she had not been able able to complete the course there were still doubts over her form and the decision by the British Triathlon Association for Jodie to go to Athens instead of inform teammate Andrea Whitcombe looked like a big mistake.

Since then Jodie has competed unconvincingly at a race in Tiszaújváros, Hungary where she could only manage 15th place and it is looking more and more likely that Andrea should have been given a chance to win a cherished Olympic gold medal.