Erin Densham
Erin Densham | |
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Erin Densham at the Grand Prix de Triathlon in Paris, 2011
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Personal information | |
Date of birth | 3rd May 1985 (age 35) |
place of birth | Camden, Australia |
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successes | |
2006 | U23 world champion triathlon |
2012 | 3rd place Summer Olympics |
2015 | Winner of the OTU Championships Cross Triathlon |
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inactive |
Erin Densham (born May 3, 1985 in Camden or Campbelltown , New South Wales ) is a former Australian triathlete . She is a participant in the Olympic Games (2008, 2012 and 2016), U23 world champion of 2006, elite Oceania champion of 2007 (triathlon) and 2015 (cross triathlon) and three-time winner of the Continental Cup in 2010.
Career
Erin Densham attended Rose Public School and John Therry Catholic High School and graduated as a trainer (Certificate III in Fitness) .
U23 world champion triathlon 2006
At the age of 16 she started triathlon and in 2006 Densham became the U23 world champion. In 2007 she became the Oceanic Triathlon Champion.
In 2009, Erin Densham was struggling with health problems. So she fell ill with Pfeiffer's gland disease , suffered from tachycardia attacks and in Des Moines (Hy-Vee) she had to be rescued from the water.
In 2010 Densham also competed in the French club championship series Lyonnaise des Eaux . At the opening triathlon in Dunkirk she was able to win silver on May 23, 2010, and as the best of the three triathlètes classants l'équipe, she helped her club Poissy Tri to a gold medal.
At the 2011 World Cross Triathlon Championship, she was sixth. In February 2015 she became Oceanic Cross-Triathlon Champion.
2012 Summer Olympics
She finished third at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
2016 Summer Olympics
Densham competed for Australia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on August 20 - together with Emma Jackson and Emma Moffatt and she finished 12th.
She is trained by Jonathan Hall and lives in St Kilda , Victoria , Australia. Erin Densham has not appeared internationally since 2017.
Sporting successes
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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May 7, 2017 | 17th | ITU Triathlon World Cup | Cheng you | 00:30:17 | |
Aug 20, 2016 | 12 | 2016 Summer Olympics | Rio de Janeiro | 01:59:27 | |
Oct 4, 2015 | 3 | ITU Triathlon World Cup | Cozumel | 00:59:25 | Third behind the Japanese Ai Ueda |
22 Aug 2015 | 6th | ITU World Championship Series 2015 | Stockholm | 02:02:02 | |
25 Aug 2012 | 5 | ITU Triathlon Sprint World Championships | Stockholm | 01:01:04 | Triathlon World Championship on the sprint distance |
Aug 4, 2012 | 3 | 2012 Summer Olympics | London | 01:59:50 | |
July 21, 2012 | 1 | ITU Triathlon World Championship Series 2012 | Hamburg | 00:56:07 | Sprint distance winner |
Apr 14, 2012 | 1 | ITU Triathlon World Championship Series 2012 | Sydney | 02:01:29 | Winner in the opening race |
Feb 12, 2012 | 4th | ITU Premium Oceania Cup Sprint | Geelong | 01:03:04 | 0.75 km swimming, 20 km cycling and 5 km running |
July 17, 2011 | 7th | ITU Triathlon World Championship Series 2011 | Hamburg | ||
June 19, 2011 | 8th | ITU Triathlon World Championship Series 2011 | Kitzbühel | 02:07:03 | |
June 12, 2011 | 1 | ITU Sprint Triathlon European Cup | Cremona | 01:01:30 | |
Aug 18, 2008 | 22nd | 2008 Summer Olympics | Beijing | 02:03:07 | |
June 21, 2008 | 10 | Hy-Vee Triathlon | Des Moines | 02:08:59 | |
4th Mar 2007 | 1 | OTU Triathlon Oceania Championships | Geelong | Oceanic triathlon champion | |
Sep 2 2006 | 1 | ITU Triathlon Short Distance World Championship U23 | Lausanne | 02:08:19 | Triathlon world champion in the U23 class |
Apr 16, 2006 | 7th | OTU Triathlon Oceania Championships | Geelong | ||
May 9, 2004 | 18th | ITU Triathlon World Championship Junior Women | Madeira | Junior World Championship (750 m swimming, 20.9 km cycling and 5.4 km running) |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Feb 28, 2015 | 1 | OTU Cross Triathlon Oceania Championships | 02:27:48 | ||
Oct 23, 2011 | 6th | Xterra World Championships | Maui | 02:57:46 | World championship cross-triathlon (1.5 km swimming, 29.5 km mountain bike and 9.8 km cross-country running) |
(DNF - Did Not Finish)
Web links
- Profile and results of Erin Densham in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on February 9, 2020 (English).
- Triathlon Australia
Individual evidence
- ↑ Olympian Erin Densham struck by heart problem (September 9, 2009)
- ↑ Australians nominate Jackson, Snowsill outside (June 3, 2012)
- ↑ See International Triathlon Union Athlete Profile 2009 (accessed on June 29, 2010; PDF; 50 kB)
- ↑ Geelong Triathlon: Haug and McCormack strong (February 13, 2012)
- ↑ Surprise Surprise: Findlay Wins Again ( Memento of the original from June 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (June 19, 2011)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Densham, Erin |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian triathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1985 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Campbelltown |