Hollie Avil

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom 0 Hollie Avil
Personal information
Date of birth 12th April 1990 (age 30)
place of birth Northampton, UK
size 176 cm
societies
To 2012 Beauvais triathlon
successes
2007 World Champion Triathlon Juniors
2007 European triathlon juniors champion
2009 World champion triathlon U23
status
Resigned in 2012

Hollie May Avil (born April 12, 1990 in Northampton ) is a former British triathlete .

Career

Hollie Avil was European Junior Champion and World Champion in 2007. In 2008 she started at the Olympic Games in Beijing, but could not finish the race. In the same year she was named "British Olympic Association Triathlete of the Year".

In September 2009 Hollie Avil was U23 triathlon world champion in Australia. She was trained by Michelle Dillon and Ben Bright .

In May 2012, the then 22-year-old declared her active career over after struggling with eating disorders.

Sporting successes

Triathlon short and medium distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
June 24, 2011 12 ETU Triathlon European Championships SpainSpain Pontevedra 02:07:05 European Championship on the Olympic Short Distance; second best British woman behind Jodie Stimpson (rank 10)
Sep 12 2009 1 ITU Triathlon World Championship U23 AustraliaAustralia Gold coast 01:56:38 Triathlon World Champion U23 (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running)
Aug 18, 2008 DNF Olympic Games 2008 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Beijing -
Aug 31, 2007 1 ITU Triathlon World Championship Junior Women GermanyGermany Hamburg 00:59:43 Junior world champion
June 29, 2007 1 ETU Triathlon European Championship Junior Women DenmarkDenmark Copenhagen 01:01:07 Victory and European Junior Champion

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

  • Hollie Avil's profile and results in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on November 25, 2019.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ U23 women - AVIL SIEGT, FLADUNG SIXTH
  2. ↑ London 2012 Olympics: triathlete Hollie Avil reveals why she has decided to bring an end to her promising career (May 22, 2012)
  3. ↑ Triathlete Hollie Avil quits after beating eating disorder (May 22, 2012)
  4. ↑ Franz Löschke U-23 World Champion (September 14, 2009)
personal data
SURNAME Avil, Hollie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Avil, Hollie May
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Northampton , UK