Kirsty Jahn

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Personal information
Date of birth 12th December 1983 (age 36)
place of birth North Vancouver. Canada
societies
successes
2016 Winner Ironman 70.3
2018 2 × Ironman winner
status
active

Kirsty Jahn (born December 12, 1983 in North Vancouver ) is a triathlete from Canada . She is included in the best list of triathletes on the Ironman distance .

Career

Kirsty Jahn grew up in British Columbia and started her first triathlon when she was 10.
From 2009 to 2011 she had to take a break for health reasons. In 2011 she moved to Manhattan and attended Columbia University .

She has been a professional athlete since 2014. In May 2016, she was hit by a truck on her bicycle and seriously injured in the hip. In November she was able to win the Ironman 70.3 Punta del Este (1.9 km swimming, 90 km cycling and 21.1 km running) on half the Ironman distance .

Ironman winner 2018

In May 2018, the 34-year-old won the Ironman Brasil (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) and only two weeks later she won the second long distance with the Ironman Boulder .

Sporting successes

Triathlon short and medium distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Nov 27, 2016 1 Ironman 70.3 Punta del Este UruguayUruguay Punta del Este 04:14:14
0May 3, 2015 2 Ironman 70.3 St. Croix United StatesUnited States Saint Croix 04:46:56
05th July 2015 2 Ironman 70.3 Muskoka CanadaCanada Huntsville 04:40:07 behind the American Jennifer Spieldenner
Long distance triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
June 10, 2018 1 Ironman boulder United StatesUnited States Boulder 09:16:12
May 27, 2018 1 Ironman Brazil BrazilBrazil Florianópolis 08:54:57 personal best time on the Ironman distance
Nov 26, 2017 2 Ironman Mexico MexicoMexico Cozumel 08:58:27
May 14, 2016 DNF Ironman Texas United StatesUnited States The Woodlands - The race is held on a shortened bike course (94 instead of 112 miles)

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tri Fantasy - KIRSTY JAHN
  2. ↑ Svensson and Jahn brilliant in Brazil (May 28, 2018)
  3. ↑ Kristy Jahn: How to Win Two IRONMAN Titles in Two Weeks (June 11, 2018)
  4. ↑ Canadian Kirsty Jahn prevails in the Ironman Boulder female pro race (June 6, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Jahn, Kirsty
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH North Vancouver