Gwen Jorgensen
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Gwen Jorgensen after her victory in Stockholm, 2013
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Personal information | |
Date of birth | 25th April 1986 (age 34) |
place of birth | Waukesha |
size | 177 cm |
Weight | 55 kg |
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successes | |
2013-2015 | 3 × national champion triathlon short distance |
2014, 2015 | 2 × ITU world champion triathlon short distance |
2016 | Winner of the 2016 Summer Olympics |
2016 | Vice world champion ITU triathlon short distance |
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Gwen Jorgensen (* 25. April 1986 in Waukesha as Gwen Jorgensen Rosemary ) is an American triathlete and long-distance runner . She is two-time triathlon world champion in the Olympic short distance (2014, 2015), two-time Olympic athlete (2012, 2016) and Olympic champion (2016).
Career
Gwen Jorgensen entered triathlon in 2010 and secured seven top ten places in the World Cup in the first year. She won silver at the University World Championships in Valencia in May and was voted "USA Triathlon Rookie" of the year in America.
2012 Summer Olympics
At the World Championship Series Triathlon in London, Jorgensen came second in August 2011, securing a fixed starter spot for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, where she only finished 38th in August with a flat tire.
She was trained by Jamie Turner and looked after by her husband Patrick Lemieux , a former professional cyclist. For her achievements, Jorgensen was named "Triathlete of the Year 2013" in the United States.
ITU world champion triathlon short distance 2014 and 2015
As part of the ITU World Championship series 2014, Gwen Jorgensen won four races in a row, which no other athlete has achieved before and in August she won the world championship title in Canada with her fifth victory in the final race of the racing series ("Grand Final") secure the triathlon short distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running).
In March 2015, she won both the opening race of the world championship series in Abu Dhabi and the second race of the current annual championship in New Zealand. In the 2015 Triathlon World Championship racing series , she was in first place with five wins after the first six of ten races. In the fourth race, which took place in South Africa on April 25th, exactly on her 29th birthday, she did not start. In July she achieved her eleventh victory in a row in the seventh race in Hamburg on the sprint distance. In September, she won the final race in Chicago to win the world championship title again.
Winner of the 2016 Summer Olympics
Gwen Jorgensen qualified for a place at the 2016 Summer Olympics and finished first for the USA on August 20 in Rio de Janeiro. In September she was runner-up in the triathlon world championship in Mexico with second place in the last race of the World Cup racing series (“Grand Final”).
In her first marathon start at the New York City Marathon , she finished 14th in November.
In January 2017, the then 30-year-old announced her pregnancy via social media and took a break in the 2017 season. She has been the mother of a son since August. In November she announced that she would no longer compete in the triathlon in the coming year and would concentrate on long-distance running (10,000 m and marathon).
Private
Gwen Jorgensen graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Masters degree and a CPA exam. She works as an auditor for Ernst & Young in Milwaukee , where she also lives.
Awards
- USA triathlon rookie, 2010
- USA Triathlete of the Year, 2013
- Wisconsin Badgers Hall of Fame 2019
Sporting successes
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Oct 20, 2016 | 1 | Island House Invitational Triathlon | Nassau | 03:55:01 | successful title defense in this three-day competition |
Sep 18 2016 | 2 | ITU World Championship Series 2016 | Cozumel | 01:59:16 | Vice world champion |
Aug 20, 2016 | 1 | 2016 Summer Olympics | Rio de Janeiro | 01:56:16 | |
July 16, 2016 | 3 | ITU World Championship Series 2016 | Hamburg | 00:57:29 | |
June 12, 2016 | 1 | ITU World Championship Series 2016 | Leeds | 02:00:33 | |
May 14, 2016 | 1 | ITU World Championship Series 2016 | Yokohama | 01:56:02 | |
Apr 9, 2016 | 2 | ITU World Championship Series 2016 | Gold coast | 01:56:44 | |
Apr 3, 2016 | 1 | ITU Triathlon World Cup | New Plymouth | 00:58:51 | |
Oct. 2015 | 1 | Island House Invitational Triathlon | Nassau | three day competition | |
Sep 18 2015 | 1 | ITU World Championship Series 2015 | Chicago | 01:55:36 | Grand Final - Olympic Distance Triathlon Champion; National champion |
Aug 2, 2015 | 1 | ITU World Olympic Qualification Event | Rio de Janeiro | 01:58:46 | |
July 18, 2015 | 1 | ITU World Championship Series 2015 | Hamburg | 00:57:08 | eleventh win in a row |
May 31, 2015 | 1 | ITU World Championship Series 2015 | London | 00:55:45 | |
May 16, 2015 | 1 | ITU World Championship Series 2015 | Yokohama | 01:57:20 | |
Apr 11, 2015 | 1 | ITU World Championship Series 2015 | Gold coast | 01:56:59 | |
29 Mar 2015 | 1 | ITU World Championship Series 2015 | Auckland | 02:09:04 | |
7th Mar 2015 | 1 | ITU World Championship Series 2015 | Abu Dhabi | 00:58:59 | Winner in the first race of the season on the sprint distance |
Aug 30, 2014 | 1 | ITU World Championship Series 2014 | Edmonton | 02:00:05 | Grand Final - Triathlon World Champion on the Olympic distance |
July 12, 2014 | 1 | ITU World Championship Series 2014 | Hamburg | 00:56:54 | Sprint distance winner |
June 29, 2014 | 1 | ITU World Championship Series 2014 | Chicago | 01:55:33 | National champion |
May 31, 2014 | 1 | ITU World Championship Series 2014 | London | 00:54:44 | Sprint distance winner |
17th May 2014 | 1 | ITU World Championship Series 2014 | Yokohama | 01:58:38 | |
Apr 26, 2014 | 3 | ITU World Championship Series 2014 | Cape Town | 01:46:33 | personal best time on the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) |
Aug 24, 2013 | 1 | ITU World Championship Series 2013 | Stockholm | 01:55:31 | |
May 11th, 2013 | 1 | ITU World Championship Series 2013 | Yokohama | 01:57:05 | |
Apr 21, 2013 | 1 | ITU World Championship Series 2013 | San Diego | 01:59:59 | |
20 Mar 2013 | 1 | USA Triathlon Elite National Championships | San Diego | National champion | |
23 Feb 2013 | 2 | OTU Sprint Triathlon Oceania Cup | Devonport | 01:03:34 | Second on the sprint distance behind Brit Jodie Stimpson |
Oct 20, 2012 | 2 | ITU World Championship Series 2012 | Auckland | 02:11:00 | Second behind the German Anne Haug in the “Grand Final” of the Triathlon World Championship on the Olympic distance |
Aug 4, 2012 | 38 | 2012 Summer Olympics | London | 02:06:34 | after a flat tire |
17th June 2012 | 1 | ITU Triathlon World Cup | Banyoles | 01:59:39 | |
Aug 14, 2011 | 1 | ITU Triathlon World Cup | Tiszaújváros | 01:59:54 | |
Aug 6, 2011 | 2 | ITU World Championship Series 2011 | London | 02:00:41 | |
July 17, 2011 | 27 | ITU World Championship Series 2011 | Hamburg | 01:56:32 | |
June 5, 2011 | DNF | ITU World Championship Series 2011 | Madrid | - | |
5th Mar 2011 | 3 | ITU Sprint Triathlon Pan American Cup | Clermont | 00:55:57 | |
2011 | 2 | USA Triathlon Elite National Championships | Buffalo | national vice-champion triathlon, behind Laura Bennett | |
Oct 17, 2010 | 2 | Triathlon Pan American Championships | Puerto Vallarta | 02:05:24 | |
Oct 10, 2010 | 5 | ITU Triathlon World Cup | Huatulco | 02:01:25 | |
25 Sep 2010 | 8th | ITU Triathlon Premium Pan American Cup | Tuscaloosa | 02:12:53 | |
Aug 20, 2010 | 5 | ITU Triathlon Premium Pan American Cup | Kelowna | 02:09:19 | |
July 10, 2010 | 3 | ITU Triathlon Pan American Cup | San Francisco | 02:13:39 | |
June 26, 2010 | 5 | ITU Triathlon Pan American Cup | Coteau-du-Lac | 02:08:49 | behind the winner Paula Findlay |
May 30, 2010 | 2 | FISU World University Triathlon Championships | Valencia | 01:58:44 | organized by the Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire (FISU) |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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5th Sep 2010 | 13 | ITU Short Distance Duathlon World Championships | Edinburgh | 02:16:26 | Duathlon World Championship |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Nov 6, 2016 | 14th | New York City Marathon | New York City | 02:41:01 | first marathon start |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Homepage of Gwen Jorgensen
- Gwen Jorgensen in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
- Profile for Gwen Jorgensen at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed April 8, 2015
- Profile and results of Gwen Jorgensen in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on April 22, 2020 (English).
- USA Triathlon - Gwen Jorgensen
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tom Held: Jorgensen named USA Triathlon Rookie of the Year In: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel January 28, 2011
- ↑ Happy wife, happy life
- ↑ USA Triathlon Announces Elite Triathletes of the Year for 2013 In: USA Triathlon February 27, 2014
- ↑ Threadneedle ITU World Triathlon Series Rankings 2014 (current)
- ↑ Gwen Jorgensen leaves triathlon for marathon (November 7, 2017)
- ↑ Gwen Jorgensen Shifts Focus from Marathon to US Track Trials for 2020 Olympics (December 4, 2019)
- ↑ Island House Triathlon: Overall victory for Richard Murray and Gwen Jorgensen. In: tri2b.com. October 31, 2016, accessed March 21, 2017 .
- ↑ Jodie Stimpson and Peter Kerr take Oceania Sprint titles (February 23, 2013)
- ↑ ITU World Cup Hungary: McMahon and Jorgensen in front (August 14, 2011)
- ↑ Morrison, Aernouts take duathlon world titles (5 September 2010)
- ↑ Jorgensen 14th at NYC Marathon (November 6, 2016)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Jorgensen, Gwen |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jorgensen, Gwen Rosemary (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American triathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1986 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Waukesha |