Katie Zaferes

0 Katie Zaferes
Katie Zaferes (second from left) at the "Grand Final" of the ITU World Championship Series 2014 in Edmonton
Personal information
Date of birth	9th June 1989 (age 31)
place of birth	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
size	173 cm
Weight	59 kg
societies
Current	Sport Lisboa e Benfica
successes
2016	18th place Summer Olympics
2016	4th place world championship triathlon short distance
2017	3rd place world championship triathlon short distance
2017	Vice World Champion Triathlon Mixed Relay
2018	Vice world champion triathlon short distance
2019	World champion triathlon short distance
status
active

Katie Zaferes (* 9. June 1989 in Baltimore as Katie Hursey ) is an American triathlete and reigning world champion in the triathlon short distance (2019).

Career

Triathlon professional since 2013

Katie Hursey started as a triathlon professional in 2013. She has been married to triathlete Tommy Zaferes since January 2014 . She finished the 2014 season with 16th place in the Triathlon World Championship.

She started in the US national triathlon team in the 2015 season and in March she finished second both in the opening race of the world championship series in Abu Dhabi and in the second race of the current annual championship in New Zealand.
The Triathlon World Championship race series in 2015 about ten races she finished in fifth place and it was triathlon in September third in the state championship.

2016 Summer Olympics

In July 2016 she was able to win her first race in the ITU World Championship racing series on the sprint distance in Hamburg. Katie Zaferes qualified for a place at the Summer Olympics, she started in Rio de Janeiro for the USA on August 20 and finished in 18th place.

In September she finished thirteenth in the last race of the season, fourth in the annual ranking of the ITU World Championship on the short distance triathlon.

In Japan, she finished second in the third race of the 2017 world championship series in May 2017, taking the lead in the annual standings. Your trainer is Joel Filliol . In July 2017, the then 28-year-old became vice world champion in mixed relay (mixed relay) in Hamburg with the American team. After the last race in September, she finished the 2017 world championship series as the best American woman in third place.

She was runner-up in the 2018 World Championship racing series in September 2018 . In August 2019, the 30-year-old became world champion in the short distance triathlon in Lausanne with her fifth victory in the eighth and final race of the current racing series ( ITU World Championship Series 2019 , Grand Final ).

With $ 347,500 in prize money, Katie Zaferes was the top-earning female triathlete of the 2019 season.

Sporting successes

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

• Official website of Katie Zaferes
• Katie Zaferes' blog
• USA Triathlon - Portrait Katie Zaferes
• Katie Zaferes' profile and results in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on May 20, 2020.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Q&A: World Triathlon Abu Dhabi Silver Medalist Katie Zaferes ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (March 13, 2015)  
2. ↑ Katie Zaferes: USA Triathlon's New Star? (April 9, 2015)
3. ↑ Katie Zaferes imperious in Lausanne, closing incredible season as World Champion (August 31, 2019)
4. ↑ The Prize Money Ranking 2019 (December 16, 2019)
5. ↑ SC triathlete Katie Zaferes hospitalized after bike crash in Abu Dhabi (March 2, 2018)
6. ↑ ISLAND HOUSE TRIATHLON: VICTORY TO BEN KANUTE AND FLORA DUFFY, SEBASTIAN KIENLE SEVENTH (November 19, 2017)
7. ↑ SUPER LEAGUE TRIATHLON JERSEY, DAY 2: NICOLA SPIRIG ENJOYS 3rd PLACE IN THE OVERALL RATING (September 25, 2017)
8. ↑ Lindemann storms onto the podium in Hamburg (July 15, 2017)
9. ↑ Spivey, Luis win Super League Mallorca (November 4, 2018)