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| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 April 1978 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sally Pilbeam (born 14 April 1978) [1] is an arm amputee Australian paratriathlete. In 2014 and 2015, she won gold medals at the World Triathlon Series Finals. [1] She competed at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. [2]
Pilbeam was born on 14 April 1978 [1] and lives in Perth, Western Australia. She is married and has two sons. [3] In 2002, she lost her right arm at the shoulder due to cancer. [3]
She rides a modified bike in the cycling leg of paratriathlon events. [4] In 2014, she was classified as a PTS3 paratriathlete.
Pilbeam, first competed at the Australian Paratriathlon Championships in 2013. [3] At the 2013 ITU World Triathlon Series Final in London, England, she finished eighth in the Women's TRI-4. In 2014, she won Oceania Paratriathlon Championships, ITU World Paratriathlon Event in Melbourne, Australia and ITU World Paratriathlon Event in Yokohama, Japan in Women's PT3 events. [1] In August 2014, she won her first world championship by winning the Women's PT3 at the 2014 ITU World Triathlon Series Final in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. [5]
In January 2015, Pilbeam won the Oceania Paratriathlon Championships PT3 event at Penrith, New South Wales. [6] At the 2015 World Championships Final in Chicago, she won the gold medal in the Women's PT3. [7]
She won silver medals at the 2016, 2017 and 2018 ITU World Championships Series Finals. [8] [9] At the 2019 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final in Lausanne, she finished fifth in the Women's PTS5. [10] In 2017, she was transferred to PTS4 events. In July 2020, she announced her retirement from elite triathlon to spend more time with her family. [11] She returned to competition in July 2022, as her event was included on the 2024 Paris Paralympics program. Pilbeam goes into the Paris Games ranked seventh in the Women's PTS4. [2] She finished seventh at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. [12]
Her coach is Andrew Budge. [3]
