Kirsten Kasper
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Personal information | |
Date of birth | 31st August 1991 (age 29) |
place of birth | Ottawa, United States |
size | 173 cm |
Weight | 63 kg |
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Current | USA Triathlon ’s National Team |
successes | |
2016 | World champion triathlon sprint distance, team |
2017 | Vice world champion triathlon sprint distance, team |
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active |
Kirsten Kasper (born August 31, 1991 in Ottawa , Ontario ) is an American triathlete .
Career
Before joining the triathlon in 2014, Kirsten Kasper was active in cross-country running for five years.
In July 2016 she became world champion in the triathlon sprint distance with the US team in Hamburg.
In May 2017, with third place in Yokohama, she won her first medal in an ITU world championship race on the short distance triathlon (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) and the then 26-year-old took the annual standings fourth place in the World Championship racing series.
The World Cup racing series in 2018 ended Kirsten Kasper after the last race in September as the second best US-American as last year in fourth place.
In the multi-day races of the Super League Triathlon , she finished third three times in 2018 - in September on Jersey, in October on Malta and in November on Mallorca.
Kirsten Kasper lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Sporting successes
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Nov 4, 2018 | 3 | Super League Mallorca |
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First edition on Mallorca | |
Oct 28, 2018 | 3 | Super League Malta |
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Sep 30 2018 | 3 | Super League Jersey |
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July 16, 2017 | 2 | ITU Sprint Triathlon World Championship Team |
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00:21:14 | Vice World Champion in a team with Matthew Mcelroy, Katie Zaferes and Ben Kanute |
May 13, 2017 | 3 | ITU World Championship Series 2017 |
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01:58:17 | behind Flora Duffy and Katie Zaferes |
17th July 2016 | 1 | ITU Sprint Triathlon World Championship Team |
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00:21:41 | World champion in the team - together with Gwen Jorgensen , Ben Kanute and Joe Maloy |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Official website of Kirsten Kasper
- Profile and results of Kirsten Kasper in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on November 5, 2018 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Super League Triathlon - portrait of Kirsten Kasper
- ^ Team USA - Kirsten Kasper
- ↑ Spivey, Luis win Super League Mallorca (November 4, 2018)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kasper, Kirsten |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American triathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 31, 1991 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ottawa |