World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships

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The World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships, is an annual team triathlon competition organized by World Triathlon. The competition is completed in teams of four, two men and two women, with each member doing a super-sprint distance triathlon.

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History

The first relay event appeared in 2003 in Tiszaújváros, Hungary as the ITU Team Relay Championships, two races were run one for men's teams and one for women's teams every team would have three members who would each complete one leg and the teams combined time would be their total time. Despite being deemed a success the event would not return until 2006. The championship would return in 2006 and 2007 before once again lacking an annual competition in 2008. In 2009, World Triathlon (then known as the International Triathlon Union or ITU) went through a major reorganization of its top level competitions, the men's and women's relay championships where merged and the title would be contested as a mixed relay. [1] The event was initiated with the aim of getting more triathletes as well as the team triathlon discipline on the Olympic programme. [2] [3]

The format appeared at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the 2014 Asian Games, which was considered a significant step towards adding team triathlon to the 2016 Summer Olympic programme. [4] In July 2013, the IOC executive board ruled that they would not add any new disciplines to the 2016 games for fear of putting additional financial pressure on Brazil. In June 2017 with the announcement of mixed gender events being added to the Olympic program the mixed team relay has gained Olympic status and will hold its inaugural Olympic event in the 2020 Olympics. [5] In 2018 it was decided that at three of the events of that years World Triathlon Series would also host a mixed relay event would be held alongside the men's and women's competition one of these would be the World Championship and all three events would grant points towards Olympic qualification and constitute the new mixed relay series. In 2019 the number of mixed relays in World Triathlon Series were increased to five and once again one of these would be the World Championship. [6]

In 2021 the Mixed Relay World Championships were awarded to Bermuda, with the intent of holding a combined World Triathlon Sprint & Mixed Relay Championships, which would also mark the return of a stand alone Sprint Championship after a ten-year hiatus. However, the Bermuda event was cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions, and the inaugural combined event was instead held as the Montréal leg of the 2022 World Triathlon Championship Series. The event doubled as the first qualifier for the 2024 Summer Olympics, and also included the first age-group mixed relay world championships. [7]

Results

4 x 4 Mixed relay

YearGoldSilverBronze
2009 [8] Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland

Magali Messmer
Lukas Salvisberg
Daniela Ryf
Ruedi Wild

Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

Emma Moffatt
Courtney Atkinson
Emma Snowsill
Brad Kahlefeldt

Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

Lauren Campbell
Brent McMahon
Kathy Tremblay
Simon Whitfield

2010 [9] Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland

Nicola Spirig
Sven Riederer
Daniela Ryf
Ruedi Wild

Flag of France.svg  France

Jessica Harrison
Frédéric Belaubre
Carole Péon
David Hauss

Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

Kate Mcllroy
Tony Dodds
Nicky Samuels
Ryan Sissons

2011 [10] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

Jodie Stimpson
Jonathan Brownlee
Helen Jenkins
Alistair Brownlee

Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland

Melanie Hauss
Ruedi Wild
Nicola Spirig
Sven Riederer

Flag of Germany.svg  Germany

Anja Dittmer
Maik Petzold
Svenja Balzen
Steffen Justus

2012 [11] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

Vicky Holland
William Clake
Non Stanford
Jonathan Brownlee

Flag of France.svg  France

Jessica Harrison
Tony Moulai
Carole Péon
Vincent Luis

Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

Irina Abysova
Dmitry Polyanskiy
Alexandra Razarenova
Alexander Bryukhankov

2013 [12] Flag of Germany.svg  Germany

Anja Knapp
Jan Frodeno
Anne Haug
Franz Loeschke

Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

Andrea Hewitt
Tony Dodds
Kate McIlroy
Ryan Sissons

Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Sarah Groff
Ben Kanute
Gwen Jorgensen
Cameron Dye

2014 [13] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

Lucy Hall
Jonathan Brownlee
Vicky Holland
Alistair Brownlee

Flag of France.svg  France

Cassandre Beaugrand
Dorian Coninx
Audrey Merle
Vincent Luis

Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary

Zsófia Kovács
Tamás Tóth
Margit Vanek
Ákos Vanek

2015 [14] Flag of France.svg  France

Jeanne Lehair
Dorian Coninx
Audrey Merle
Vincent Luis

Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

Gillian Backhouse
Aaron Royle
Emma Jackson
Ryan Baillie

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

Vicky Holland
Gordon Benson
Non Stanford
Mark Buckingham

2016 [15] Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Gwen Jorgensen
Ben Kanute
Kirsten Kasper
Joe Maloy

Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

Charlotte McShane
Jacob Birtwhistle
Emma Jackson
Ryan Bailie

Flag of Germany.svg  Germany

Laura Lindemann
Jonathan Zipf
Hanna Philippin
Gregor Buchholz

2017 [16] Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

Charlotte McShane
Matthew Hausser
Ashleigh Gentle
Jacob Birtwhistle

Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Kirsten Kasper
Ben Kanute
Katie Zaferes
Matthew Mcelroy

Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands

Maaike Caelers
Marco Van Der Stel
Rachel Klamer
Jorik Van Egdom

2018 [17] Flag of France.svg  France

Léonie Périault
Dorian Coninx
Cassandre Beaugrand
Vincent Luis

Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

Natalie Van Coevorden
Aaron Royle
Ashleigh Gentle
Jacob Birtwhistle

Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Kirsten Kasper
Ben Kanute
Katie Zaferes
Kevin McDowell

2019 [18] Flag of France.svg  France

Émilie Morier
Léo Bergère
Cassandre Beaugrand
Vincent Luis

Flag of Germany.svg  Germany

Laura Lindemann
Valentin Wernz
Nina Eim
Justus Nieschlag

Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

Natalie Van Coevorden
Aaron Royle
Emma Jeffcoat
Jacob Birtwhistle

2020 [19] Flag of France.svg  France

Léonie Périault
Léo Bergère
Cassandre Beaugrand
Dorian Coninx

Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Taylor Spivey
Kevin McDowell
Katie Zaferes
Morgan Pearson

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

Georgia Taylor-Brown
Barclay Izzard
Jessica Learmonth
Alex Yee

2021not held
2022 [20] Flag of France.svg  France

Pierre Le Corre
Emma Lombardi
Vincent Luis
Cassandre Beaugrand

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

Alex Yee
Sophie Coldwell
Sam Dickinson
Georgia Taylor-Brown

Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Seth Rider
Taylor Spivey
Kevin McDowell
Summer Rappaport

2023 [21] Flag of Germany.svg  Germany

Tim Hellwig
Annika Koch
Simon Henseleit
Laura Lindemann

Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

Hayden Wilde
Ainsley Thorpe
Tayler Reid
Nicole van der Kaay

Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland

Max Studer
Julie Derron
Sylvain Fridelance
Cathia Schär

2024 [22] Flag of Germany.svg  Germany

Henry Graf
Lisa Tertsch
Lasse Lührs
Annika Koch

Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland

Max Studer
Julie Derron
Simon Westermann
Cathia Schär

Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

Tayler Reid
Ainsley Thorpe
Dylan McCullough
Nicole van der Kaay

Team Relay Championships

Before the creation of the mixed team relay, single gendered relay races were held intermittently.

Men's championship

YearGoldSilverBronze
2003 [23] Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Simon Thompson
Richie Cunningham
Brad Kahlefeldt
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Clemente Alonso McKernan
José María Merchán
Iván Raña
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Vladimir Turbayevskiy
Andriy Glushchenko
Maxim Kriat
2006 [24] Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Brian Fleischmann
Andy Potts
Matt Reed
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Jan Frodeno
Maik Petzold
Daniel Unger
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Kyle Jones
Colin Jenkins
Paul Tichelaar
2007 [25] Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Spain.svg  Spain

Women's championship

YearGoldSilverBronze
2003 [23] Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Nikki Butterfield
Mirinda Carfrae
Pip Taylor
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Ainhoa Murúa
Pilar Hidalgo
Ana Burgos
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Beatrice Lanza
Silvia Gemignani
Nadia Cortassa
2006 [24] Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Daniela Chmet
Beatrice Lanza
Nadia Cortassa
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Sarah True
Mary Beth Ellis
Michelle Lindsay
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Ana Burgos
Zuriñe Rodríguez
Ainhoa Murúa
2007 [25] Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Irina Abysova
Evgeniya Matveeva
Anastasiya Polyanskaya
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Inna Tutukina
Yuliya Yelistratova
Olesya Prystayko
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Daniela Chmet
Charlotte Bonin
Nadia Cortassa

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