Gina Sereno

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Gina Sereno
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NationalityAmerican
Born (1995-06-16) 16 June 1995 (age 28) [1]
Madison, Wisconsin
Education University of Michigan
Sport
CountryUnited States
Sport Triathlon

Gina Sereno (born 16 June 1995) is an American triathlete and NASA engineer.

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Early life

Sereno grew up in Madison, Wisconsin where she would train with her twin brother Jeff. She later attended the University of Michigan where she earned honors as a 7x All-American and Big 10 Champion in the 3K, 5K, and 10K, graduating in 2018. She accepted a job from NASA and was recruited by Barb Lindquist into the USA Triathlon Collegiate Recruitment Program. [2]

Career

Sereno started triathlon in July 2018. [3] She won the Americas Triathlon Championship in St. George, Utah in October 2021. [4] [5] She won the Americas Cup Triathlon in Long Beach in 2022. [6] She made her Arena Games Triathlon debut in Munich in 2022. [3] At the end of the 2022 season, she claimed her first World Triathlon Cup podium with a second-place finish at Vina del Mar. [7]

Sereno won the Arena Games Triathlon held on Feb 25, 2023 at the Parc Olympique in Montreal, Canada. [8] [9] She finished sixth at the Arena Games World Championships in London, which was enough for her to win silver in the overall World Standings. [10] She finished 12th at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago. [11]

Personal life

Sereno works at the jet propulsion laboratory at NASA, and lives in Boulder, Colorado with fellow triathlete Chase McQueen. [12] [13] She worked for four years for NASA as an engineer on the Psyche spacecraft which launched in 2023. [2] [3]

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