India Lee

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India Lee (2019)
India Lee (2019)
Personal information
Date of birth 31st May 1988 (age 32)
place of birth Basingstoke, UK
societies
since 2017 "Olympic Podium Potential Squad" of the British Triathlon Federation
successes
2015 National Vice-Champion Duathlon Sprint Distance
2015 3rd place in the European Duathlon Championship, short distance
2016 ETU European champion triathlon short distance
2018 Winner Ironman 70.3
status
active

India Lee (born May 31, 1988 in Basingstoke ) is a British duathlete and triathlete . She is European Triathlon Champion (2016).

Career

India Lee has been running triathlons since 2013. In the very first year she finished ninth in the national duathlon championship (5 km run, 20 km bike ride and 2.5 km run).

In March 2015 she became national runner-up in the duathlon sprint distance and four weeks later in Spain third at the European duathlon championships.

In May 2016 she became ETU European triathlon champion on the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) in Lisbon .

At the European Championships on the Olympic distance, she finished 21st in Glasgow in August 2018. At her first start in the middle distance, the then 30-year-old won the Ironman 70.3 Weymouth in September .

India Lee lives in Winchester .

Sporting successes

Triathlon sprint and short distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
July 21, 2019 2 ITU World Championship Series 2019 CanadaCanada Edmonton 01:20:23 in the mixed season with Sophie Coldwell , Jonathan Brownlee and Gordon Benson
09 Aug 2018 21st ETU Triathlon European Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Glasgow 02:05:35 European championship on the Olympic short distance
02nd June 2018 3 ITU Triathlon World Cup ItalyItaly Cagliari 01:00:14 behind the Austrian Lisa Perterer
23rd July 2017 1 London triathlon United KingdomUnited Kingdom London 02:03:16
May 28, 2016 1 ETU Triathlon European Championships PortugalPortugal Lisbon 02:04:03 European champion on the Olympic distance
0May 8, 2016 1 ITU Triathlon World Cup ItalyItaly Cagliari 01:03:52 Sprint distance winner
0Aug 2, 2015 49 ITU World Olympic Qualification Event BrazilBrazil Rio de Janeiro 02:07:59
15th June 2014 4th GBR Triathlon National Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Windsor 02:06:09 behind the winner Emma Pallant
Triathlon middle distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
23 Sep 2017 1 Ironman 70.3 Weymouth United KingdomUnited Kingdom Weymouth 04:25:05
Duathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Apr 25, 2015 3 ETU Duathlon European Championships SpainSpain Alcobendas 02:07:28 European Duathlon Championship
29 Mar 2015 2 GBR Sprint Duathlon National Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Corby 00:37:11 National runner-up behind Emma Pallant
  2013 9 GBR Duathlon National Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom 01:05:37 behind the winner Vanessa Raw

(DNF - Did Not Finish)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Introducing GB Triathlete India Lee, Sponsored By Hargroves Cycles (June 6, 2017)
  2. ↑ India Lee crowned European triathlon champion (May 16, 2016)
personal data
SURNAME Lee, India
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Basingstoke