Gillian Sanders

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Triathlon
South AfricaSouth Africa 0 Gillian Sanders
at the ITU World Triathlon Edmonton as part of the ITU World Championship Series 2015
at the ITU World Triathlon Edmonton
as part of the ITU World Championship Series 2015
Personal information
Date of birth 15th October 1981 (age 38)
place of birth Pietermaritzburg , South Africa
size 169 cm
Weight 54 kg
societies
successes
2012-2018 6 × national triathlon champion short distance
status
active

Gillian Sanders (* 15. October 1981 as Gillian Curr in Pietermaritzburg ) is a South African duathlete , triathlete , triathlon six-time national champion (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018) and Olympian (2012, 2016).

Career

Gillian Curr started the Triathlon World Championship at the age of 13 and finished fifth in the 13 to 15 year old class.

Since the end of 2010 she has started as a professional triathlete. In 2011 she became vice national champion on the short distance triathlon. That year she was diagnosed with anemia ( anemia ). In 2012 she was able to qualify for the Summer Olympics in London alongside Kate Roberts and Richard Murray , where she finished 19th.

Triathlon state champion 2015

In May 2015 she became triathlon state champion on the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) for the fourth time in a row.

In March 2016 she became Vice State Triathlon Champion for the second time after 2011.

2016 Summer Olympics

Gillian Sanders qualified for a place at the 2016 Summer Olympics and started in Rio de Janeiro on August 20, where she finished 23rd. She started in Rio together with Henri Schoeman (3rd place), Richard Murray (4th place) and Mari Rabie (11th place).

She lives in London with her husband Mark .

Sporting successes

Triathlon short and medium distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Feb 10, 2019 5 ITU Triathlon World Cup South AfricaSouth Africa Cape Town 00:58:10
Apr 22, 2018 1 ATU Triathlon African Championships MoroccoMorocco Rabat State champion
15th July 2017 15th ITU World Championship Series 2017 GermanyGermany Hamburg 01:00:31
05th May 2017 1 ATU Triathlon African Championships TunisiaTunisia Yasmine Hammamet 02:01:02 State champion
08 Apr 2017 9 ITU World Championship Series 2017 AustraliaAustralia Gold coast 00:58:37
Aug 20, 2016 23 2016 Summer Olympics BrazilBrazil Rio de Janeiro 02:01:29
May 14, 2016 49 ITU World Championship Series 2016 JapanJapan Yokohama 02:03:41
20 Mar 2016 2 ATU Triathlon African Championships South AfricaSouth Africa Buffalo City 02:17:31 Vice State Champion - behind Mari Rabie
06 Sep 2015 24 ITU World Championship Series 2015 CanadaCanada Edmonton 01:01:09
May 10, 2015 1 ATU Triathlon African Championships EgyptEgypt Sharm El Sheikh 02:06:34
21 Mar 2015 1 ETU Triathlon European Cup PortugalPortugal Quarteira 02:04:20
July 26, 2014 2 Commonwealth Games 2014 ScotlandScotland Glasgow 01:14:13 Mixed season - along with Kate Roberts , Henri Schoeman and Richard Murray
July 24, 2014 13 Commonwealth Games 2014 ScotlandScotland Glasgow 02:11:01
June 28, 2014 35 ITU World Championship Series 2014 United StatesUnited States Chicago 02:04:47
May 31, 2014 42 ITU World Championship Series 2014 United KingdomUnited Kingdom London 00:57:52 on the sprint distance
17th May 2014 10 ITU World Championship Series 2014 JapanJapan Yokohama 02:00:20
April 12, 2014 1 ATU Triathlon African Championships ZimbabweZimbabwe Troutbeck 02:18:18
May 25, 2013 1 ATU Triathlon African Championships MoroccoMorocco Agadir 02:10:01
23 Sep 2012 2 London triathlon United KingdomUnited Kingdom London Second behind the Swiss Daniela Ryf
0Aug 4, 2012 19th Olympic Summer Games United KingdomUnited Kingdom London 02:02:28
March 31, 2012 1 ATU Triathlon African Championships MauritiusMauritius Le Morne 02:13:07 Qualification for the Summer Olympics
0July 3, 2011 2 ATU Triathlon African Championships MozambiqueMozambique Maputo 02:15:55
03rd Mar 2007 9 ITU Triathlon African Cup South AfricaSouth Africa Langebaan 02:23:09 behind the German winner Ricarda Lisk
June 17, 2006 18th ITU Triathlon World Championship 25–29 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Lausanne 02:33:41 behind the winner Chrissie Wellington
Nov 12, 1995 5 ITU Triathlon World Championship 13–15 MexicoMexico Cancun

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lindemann storms onto the podium in Hamburg (July 15, 2017)
  2. ↑ DTU Team: Light and Shadow in New Plymouth and Quarteira (March 23, 2015)
  3. ↑ Three spots for South Africa (April 10, 2012)
  4. ↑ Ricarda Lisk starts the 2007 World Cup with a victory (March 4, 2007)
personal data
SURNAME Sanders, Gillian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Curr, Gillian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Pietermaritzburg