Susan Latshaw

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Triathlon
United StatesUnited States 0 Sue Latshaw
Personal information
Date of birth 1961
place of birth Pittsburgh, United States
societies
successes
1993 Third at the Ironman Hawaii
1996 National champion triathlon short distance
1997 Ironman winner
1998 World champion Xterra Cross-Triathlon
status
Resigned in 2001

Susan (Sue) Latshaw (* 1961 in Pittsburgh ) is a former American triathlete . She is Xterra world champion in cross triathlon (1998), Ironman winner (1997) and she is included in the best list of American triathletes on the Ironman distance .

Career

Sue Latshaw was a professional triathlete for fifteen years from October 1986 to October 2001. She started on the short and long distance.

In August 1989 she started in Avignon at the first world championship on the triathlon short distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) and finished 21st.
In 1993 she was third at the Ironman Hawaii. In 1996 she became American champion on the short distance triathlon.

In 1997, Latshaw became the fifth woman to complete an Ironman under nine hours in Roth.

World champion cross triathlon 1998

In October 1998 she was Maui Xterra world champion in cross triathlon (1.5 km swimming, 32 km mountain bike and 12 km cross country run).

In October 2001 she declared her career over.

Sporting successes

Triathlon short and medium distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
  1996 1 Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon United StatesUnited States San Francisco
  1996 1 USA Triathlon Elite National Championships United StatesUnited States 01:46:52
 July 1996 2 Chicago triathlon United StatesUnited States Chicago 02:00:44 Second behind Michellie Jones
Nov 12, 1995 28 ITU Triathlon World Championships MexicoMexico Cancun 02:10:43
0July 7, 1991 3 Chicago triathlon United StatesUnited States Chicago 01:57:56
0Aug 6, 1989 21st ITU Triathlon World Championships FranceFrance Avignon 02:20:55 First staging of a world championship on the short distance
Long distance triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
July 12, 1998 2 Ironman Europe GermanyGermany Roth 09:32:05
July 13, 1997 1 Ironman Europe GermanyGermany Roth 08:59:31 as the first woman in Roth under nine hours
0Oct 7, 1995 6th Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 09:49:37
0July 9, 1995 3 Ironman Europe GermanyGermany Roth 09:30:01
July 10, 1994 2 Ironman Europe GermanyGermany Roth 09:09:26
Oct 23, 1993 3 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 09:20:40 Third behind Paula Newby-Fraser
June 13, 1993 2 Triathlon International de Nice FranceFrance Nice Second behind Isabelle Mouthon
 March 1993 3 Ironman New Zealand New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland 09:56:52
  1989 5 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 09:43:00
Cross triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Oct 11, 1998 1 Xterra World Championships United StatesUnited States Maui 02:58:49 World champion in cross triathlon (1.5 km swimming, 32 km mountain bike and 12 km cross-country run)
Oct 26, 1997 3 Xterra World Championships United StatesUnited States Maui 03:11:32

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

  • Profile and results of Susan Latshaw in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on December 4, 2018 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Portrait of Sue Latshaw
  2. ↑ Defending Men's Champ Wins, Then Loses Pro Triathlon Title (July 15, 1996)
  3. ↑ Welch captures Chicago Triathlon (July 7, 1991)
  4. ↑ Fastest Ironman in the world
personal data
SURNAME Latshaw, Susan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Latshaw, Sue
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Pittsburgh