Holly Lawrence

0 Holly Lawrence
at the Grand Prix Triathlon in Paris, 2011
Personal information
Date of birth	25th February 1990 (age 30)
place of birth	London , UK
size	170 cm
Weight	60 kg
societies
2012	Stade Poitevin Triathlon
Since 2017	Bahrain Elite Endurance Triathlon Team
successes
2016	Winner Ironman 70.3 World Championship
2016-2019	13 × Winner Ironman 70.3
2019	2nd place Ironman 70.3 World Championship
status
active

Holly Lawrence (born February 25, 1990 in London ) is a triathlete from the United Kingdom . She is Ironman 70.3 World Champion (2016).

Career

Holly Lawrence was born three of a kind and the three children were active in sports from a young age. Her sister Abigail started out in athletics and Holly started swimming with her brother Luke .

As a 16-year-old, the British competed in her first triathlon. In 2014 she started at the Commonwealth Games and finished eighth with the mixed team for Wales at Strathclyde Country Park in Glasgow .

Since 2015 she has also competed in the triathlon middle distance in the Ironman 70.3 races.

In June 2016 she won the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon on the short distance .

Winner Ironman 70.3 World Championship 2016

In September 2016, the then 26-year-old won the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Australia as her greatest success to date .

Since the 2017 season, Holly Lawrence started for the 13-man " Bahrain Elite Endurance Triathlon Team ".

Second Ironman 70.3 World Championship 2016

In May 2019, the 29-year-old was able to win the Ironman 70.3 St. George for the second time after 2017 in the middle distance and thus win her twelfth Ironman 70.3 race. In September 2019 she finished second in Nice at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships .

Sporting successes

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

• Official homepage of Holly Lawrence
• Holly Lawrence's profile and results in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed December 8, 2019.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Making of Holly Lawrence (December 20, 2016)
2. ↑ Tim Reed, Holly Lawrence Get First 70.3 World Titles (September 4, 2016)
3. ↑ Alistair Brownlee starts for the Bahrain Endurance 13 Team (February 14, 2017)
4. ↑ ISLAND HOUSE TRIATHLON: VICTORY TO BEN KANUTE AND FLORA DUFFY, SEBASTIAN KIENLE SEVENTH (November 19, 2017)
5. ↑ Island House Triathlon: Overall victory for Richard Murray and Gwen Jorgensen. In: tri2b.com. October 31, 2016, accessed March 21, 2017 . 
6. ↑ RYF SECURES HER FIFTH IRONMAN 70.3 WORLD CUP TITLE (September 7, 2019)
7. ↑ Lawrence wins in 4:00:04 hours - ANNE HAUG FINISHES SECOND IN THE IRONMAN 70.3 DUBAI (February 1, 2019)
8. ↑ Spotlight: Heather Jackson is Back on Track (April 8, 2015)