Georgia Taylor-Brown

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Georgia Taylor-Brown
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Taylor-Brown in 2013
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1994-03-15) 15 March 1994 (age 27)
Manchester, England,[1] United Kingdom
Sport
Country Great Britain
SportTriathlon
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Women's Triathlon
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Mixed relay
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Triathlon
ITU Triathlon World Championships
Gold medal – first place Elite
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Elite
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Elite
World Triathlon Series - Races
Gold medal – first place Elite
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast Elite
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lausanne Elite

Georgia Taylor-Brown (born 15 March 1994) is a British triathlete. Having won Bronze in the 2018 and 2019 World Triathlon Series, Taylor Brown won the one-off sprint triathlon race in Hamburg that constituted the 2020 World Triathlon Championship, becoming the fifth British woman to become world champion.[2] In 2021, Georgia won the silver medal in the 2020 Olympic triathlon, the best result achieved to date by a female triathlete for Great Britain, before winning the gold medal for Great Britain with Jess Learmonth, Jonathan Brownlee and Alex Yee in the Triathlon Mixed Relay on Saturday 31 July 2021. She is Great Britain's most successful female Olympic triathlete.[3] Georgia Taylor-Brown is based in Leeds, England where she trains at the Leeds Triathlon Centre.[4] She was born in Manchester, England.

Career[]

She is a two-time ETU European Junior Champion.[5] Taylor-Brown won the World Junior Championship Silver medal in 2013[4] along with golds in European Junior Championships in 2012 and 2013.[4] Before that Taylor-Brown won a World Junior Duathlon title in 2012.[4]

A regular in the Great Britain World Triathlon Series squad in 2018, Taylor-Brown earned her first podium at the top level at ITU World Triathlon Leeds[6] behind teammate Vicky Holland and then took bronze at ITU World Triathlon Montreal [7] and ITU World Triathlon Edmonton,[8] helping her to third place in the overall 2018 World Triathlon Series rankings in her debut year, a feat she was able to repeat in 2019 after scoring top ten finishes in every race and a hometown win in Leeds.[9]

Taylor-Brown was also part of the British Mixed Relay teams that won gold at the 2019 Accenture World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series Nottingham[10] and silver in the ITU World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series Tokyo.[11]

In July 2021, Taylor-Brown joined Jessica Learmonth and Vicky Holland to represent Team GB in the Women's Triathlon at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. In difficult conditions and despite suffering a flat tyre on the last cycle lap, she nonetheless closed the resulting gap on the lead group ahead to win silver.[12] A few days later Georgia won the gold medal in the Triathlon Mixed Relay at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Saturday 31 July 2021[13]

Personal life[]

Georgia was brought up by an athletic family. Georgia's father, Darryl Taylor, represented Great Britain in the 800m.[5] Her mother Bev swam at national level and ran for Sale Harriers. She has been swimming since she was five. Taylor-Brown started running when she was 12 and was selected to run for her school. She chose to focus on triathlon and had a successful trial with the British Triathlon Olympic Development Squad. Originally from Manchester, she moved to Leeds in 2012 to study for a degree in Sports and Exercise Science at Leeds Beckett University.[5]

Competitions[]

The following list of results.[9] Unless indicated otherwise, the competitions are triathlons (Olympic Distance).

Date Competition Rank
2021-07-27 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games* 2
2020-09-05 Hamburg Wasser World Triathlon 1
2020-03-14 Mooloolaba ITU Triathlon World Cup 2
2019-08-31 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Lausanne 3
2019-08-18 ITU World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series Tokyo 2
2019-08-15 Tokyo ITU World Triathlon Olympic Qualification Event DSQ
2019-07-07 Hamburg ITU Triathlon Mixed Relay World Championships 10
2019-07-06 Hamburg Wasser World Triathlon 5
2019-06-29 Groupe Copley World Triathlon Montreal 2
2019-06-15 Accenture World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series Nottingham 1
2019-06-09 AJ Bell World Triathlon Leeds 1
2019-05-18 ITU World Triathlon Yokohama 5
2019-04-27 MS Amlin World Triathlon Bermuda 5
2019-03-08 Daman World Triathlon Abu Dhabi 9
2018-09-15 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Gold Coast 8
2018-08-25 ITU World Triathlon Montreal 3
2018-07-28 ITU World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series Edmonton 6
2018-07-27 ITU World Triathlon Edmonton 3
2018-07-14 ITU World Triathlon Hamburg 11
2018-06-10 ITU World Triathlon Leeds 2
2018-04-28 ITU World Triathlon Bermuda 14
2018-03-18 Gran Canaria ETU Sprint Triathlon European Cup 1

DNF = Did not finish

DNS = Did not start

DSQ = Disqualified

* Held in 2021

References[]

  1. ^ "Georgia Taylor-Brown". Britishtriathlon.org. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  2. ^ "World Triathlon Series: Great Britain's Vicky Holland wins world title". Bbc.co.uk. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Tokyo 2020: GB win mixed triathlon relay gold to start 'Super Saturday' – watch, listen & follow text". BBC Sport. 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  4. ^ a b c d "Meet Georgia Taylor-Brown: fit, healthy and ready to race". Tri 247. Tri 247. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  5. ^ a b c "Georgia Taylor-Brown". www.britishtriathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  6. ^ Union, International Triathlon. "Results: Elite Women | 2018 ITU World Triathlon Leeds". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  7. ^ Union, International Triathlon. "Results: Elite Women | 2018 ITU World Triathlon Montreal". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  8. ^ Union, International Triathlon. "Results: Elite Women | 2018 ITU World Triathlon Edmonton". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  9. ^ a b Union, International Triathlon. "Triathlon.org". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  10. ^ Union, International Triathlon. "Results: Mixed Relay | 2019 Accenture World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series Nottingham". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  11. ^ Union, International Triathlon. "Results: Mixed Relay | 2019 ITU World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series Tokyo". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  12. ^ "GB's Taylor-Brown wins triathlon silver". BBC Sport.
  13. ^ "Tokyo 2020: GB win mixed triathlon relay gold to start 'Super Saturday' – watch, listen & follow text". BBC Sport. 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2021-07-31.

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