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Born | 19 April 1997 | ||||||||||||||
Home town | Coventry | ||||||||||||||
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Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Triathlon | ||||||||||||||
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Sian Rainsley (born 19 April 1997) is a British triathlete.
She competed at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games winning a silver medal, 2021 European Triathlon Championships winning a bronze medal, [1] [2] 2022 World Triathlon Championship Series Leeds finishing 15th, [3] [4] and 2022 World Triathlon Championship Series Hamburg, finishing first. [5]
She was named to the 2022 Commonwealth Games, team England. [6] She came 12th in the women's event. [7]
She was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease. [8]
Alistair Edward Brownlee MBE is an English triathlete. He is the only athlete to hold two Olympic titles in the individual triathlon event, winning gold medals in the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. He is also a four-time World Champion in triathlon being Triathlon World Champion twice and World Team Champion twice, a four-time European Champion, and the 2014 Commonwealth champion. Brownlee is the only male athlete,, to have completed a grand slam of Olympic, World, and continental championships. Brownlee is also a one-time world champion in aquathlon. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest male Triathletes ever.
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