Susan Williams (triathlete)
  Susan Williams
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| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | 17th June 1969 (age 51) |
| place of birth | Long Beach, California, USA |
| size | 165 cm |
| Weight | 58 kg |
| societies | |
| Alabama Crimson Tide | |
| successes | |
| 2004 | 3rd place Summer Olympics |
| status | |
| resigned | |
Susan Rene Williams (* 17th June 1969 in Long Beach (California) as Susan Rene Bartholomew ) is a former American triathlete and Olympian (2004).
Career
Susan Williams started triathlon in 1997 and started as a professional athlete in 2003.
In 2002, with her fourth place at the world championship on the long distance in Nice, she barely missed a medal rank with her fourth place.
Williams celebrated her greatest success at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens when she won the bronze medal behind Kate Allen , who started for Austria, and the Australian Loretta Harrop . With this she won the first triathlon medal for the United States at the Olympic Games.
In 2011 she became the long-distance triathlon world champion in her age group. Today the mother of three is active as a trainer.
Sporting successes
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| Nov 5, 2011 | ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships |
Henderson
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06:14:56 | at the Triathlon World Championships on the long distance - winner in the age group 40–44 | |
| June 12, 2005 | 1 | Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon |
San Francisco
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02:20:09 | |
| Aug 25, 2004 | 3 | 2004 Summer Olympics |
 Athens
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02: 05: 08.92 | |
| Dec 6, 2003 | 24 | ITU Triathlon World Championships |
 Queenstown
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02:12:01 | |
| 22 Sep 2002 | 4th | ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships |
 Nice
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07:22:33 | at the Triathlon International de Nice |
| June 8, 2002 | 2 | Ironman Utah |
Provo
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04:40:13 | shorter course than duathlon |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Profile for Susan Williams (2001–2009) at the Institute for Applied Exercise Science , accessed June 28, 2014
- Profile for Susan Bartholomew (1997–2000) at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed June 28, 2014
- Profile and results of Susan Williams (2001-2011) in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on June 28, 2014 (English).
- Profile and results of Susan Bartholomew (1997–2003) in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on June 28, 2014 (English).
- Susan Williams in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ American Olympic Medalist Susan Williams To Race At Age Group Nationals (August 20, 2011)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Williams, Susan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bartholomew, Susan Rene (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American triathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th June 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Long Beach (California) |