Taylor Knibb

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Triathlon
United StatesUnited States 0 Taylor Knibb
Personal information
Date of birth 14th February 1998 (age 22)
place of birth United States
societies
Current Team USA
successes
2015, 2016 2 × National Champion Triathlon Juniors
2016, 2017 2 × World Champion Triathlon Juniors
2017 National runner-up triathlon sprint distance
2017 National champion triathlon U23
2018 U23 world champion triathlon
status
active

Taylor Knibb (born February 14, 1998 in Rapid City ) is an American junior triathlete . She is two-time junior world champion triathlon (2016, 2017) and U23 world champion (2018).

Career

Taylor Knibb became World Junior Triathlon Champion (750 m swim, 20.9 km bike ride and 5.4 km run) in Mexico in September 2016.

At the US championships on the triathlon sprint distance, she finished second behind Sarah True in the elite class in March 2017 , making the 19-year-old the youngest athlete to achieve a medal.
In September 2017 she became Junior World Triathlon Champion for the second time in Rotterdam.

In September 2018, the then 20-year-old became the U23 triathlon world champion in Australia on the short Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running). Taylor Knibb lives in Washington, DC

Awards

  • 2014, 2015: DC Gatorade Cross Country "Runner of the Year"
  • 2014, 2015: DC State Athletic Association "Runner of the Year"

Sporting successes

Triathlon sprint and short distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
0March 8 2019 4th ITU World Championship Series 2019 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 00:56:09 first race of the season
Sep 14 2018 1 ITU Triathlon World Championship U23 AustraliaAustralia Gold coast 01:53:47 U23 world champion on the Olympic short distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running)
July 27, 2018 16 ITU World Championship Series 2018 CanadaCanada Edmonton 00:58:24 behind the winner Vicky Holland
16 Sep 2017 1 ITU Triathlon World Championship Junior Women NetherlandsNetherlands Rotterdam 01:01:22 Junior world champion
29th July 2017 2 ITU World Championship Series 2017 CanadaCanada Edmonton 01:01:22 Second behind Flora Duffy
11th Mar 2017 2 USA Sprint Triathlon National Championship United StatesUnited States Sarasota National Vice-Champion Sprint Distance; behind Sarah True
16 Sep 2016 1 ITU Triathlon World Championship Junior Women MexicoMexico Cozumel 00:59:05 Junior world champion
July 30, 2016 1 USA Triathlon National Championship Junior Women United StatesUnited States West Chester (Ohio) 01:01:49 National Junior Triathlon Champion
17 Sep 2015 2 ITU Triathlon World Championship Junior Women United StatesUnited States Chicago Junior Vice World Champion, behind the German Laura Lindemann
0Aug 1, 2015 1 USA Triathlon National Championship Junior Women United StatesUnited States West Chester (Ohio) 01:01:46 National Junior Triathlon Champion
0Aug 2, 2014 3 USA Triathlon National Championship Junior Women United StatesUnited States West Chester (Ohio) 00:59:29
May 18, 2014 1 Columbia Triathlon United StatesUnited States Columbia (Maryland)

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

  • Taylor Knibb's profile and results in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on September 27, 2019.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Taylor Knibb, young rising US star (September 1, 2017)
  2. ↑ Taylor Knibb repeats Junior World Title in Rotterdam (September 16, 2017)
  3. ↑ TAYLOR KNIBB - Team USA
personal data
SURNAME Knibb, Taylor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1998