Erin Densham

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Erin Densham at the Grand Prix de Triathlon in Paris, 2011
Erin Densham at the Grand Prix de Triathlon in Paris, 2011
Personal information
Date of birth 3rd May 1985 (age 35)
place of birth Camden, Australia
societies
successes
2006 U23 world champion triathlon
2012 3rd place Summer Olympics
2015 Winner of the OTU Championships Cross Triathlon
status
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

Triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
0May 7, 2017 17th ITU Triathlon World Cup China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Cheng you 00:30:17
Aug 20, 2016 12 2016 Summer Olympics BrazilBrazil Rio de Janeiro 01:59:27
0Oct 4, 2015 3 ITU Triathlon World Cup MexicoMexico Cozumel 00:59:25 Third behind the Japanese Ai Ueda
22 Aug 2015 6th ITU World Championship Series 2015 SwedenSweden Stockholm 02:02:02
25 Aug 2012 5 ITU Triathlon Sprint World Championships SwedenSweden Stockholm 01:01:04 Triathlon World Championship on the sprint distance
0Aug 4, 2012 3 2012 Summer Olympics United KingdomUnited Kingdom London 01:59:50
July 21, 2012 1 ITU Triathlon World Championship Series 2012 GermanyGermany Hamburg 00:56:07 Sprint distance winner
Apr 14, 2012 1 ITU Triathlon World Championship Series 2012 AustraliaAustralia Sydney 02:01:29 Winner in the opening race
Feb 12, 2012 4th ITU Premium Oceania Cup Sprint AustraliaAustralia 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 GermanyGermany Hamburg
June 19, 2011 8th ITU Triathlon World Championship Series 2011 AustriaAustria Kitzbühel 02:07:03
June 12, 2011 1 ITU Sprint Triathlon European Cup ItalyItaly Cremona 01:01:30
Aug 18, 2008 22nd 2008 Summer Olympics China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Beijing 02:03:07
June 21, 2008 10 Hy-Vee Triathlon United StatesUnited States Des Moines 02:08:59
04th Mar 2007 1 OTU Triathlon Oceania Championships AustraliaAustralia Geelong Oceanic triathlon champion
0Sep 2 2006 1 ITU Triathlon Short Distance World Championship U23 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Lausanne 02:08:19 Triathlon world champion in the U23 class
Apr 16, 2006 7th OTU Triathlon Oceania Championships AustraliaAustralia Geelong
0May 9, 2004 18th ITU Triathlon World Championship Junior Women PortugalPortugal Madeira Junior World Championship (750 m swimming, 20.9 km cycling and 5.4 km running)
Cross triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Feb 28, 2015 1 OTU Cross Triathlon Oceania Championships AustraliaAustralia 02:27:48
Oct 23, 2011 6th Xterra World Championships United StatesUnited States 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

Commons : Erin Densham  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Olympian Erin Densham struck by heart problem (September 9, 2009)
  2. ↑ Australians nominate Jackson, Snowsill outside (June 3, 2012)
  3. ↑ See International Triathlon Union Athlete Profile 2009 (accessed on June 29, 2010; PDF; 50 kB)
  4. ↑ Geelong Triathlon: Haug and McCormack strong (February 13, 2012)
  5. ↑ 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) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / triathlon.competitor.com
personal data
SURNAME Densham, Erin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Campbelltown