#Triathlon Celebrating the Women that Inspire Triathlon

Happy International Women’s Day! On March 8 the world recognizes all women across the globe for their accomplishments, dreams and successes. However, here within ITU we like to honour amazing women every single day of the year. But in celebration of the holiday we wanted to show some extra love and paid tribute to all of the strong, fierce, tough, talented and POWERFUL WOMEN in triathlon and in sport that inspire us to do and be better. ITU is also proud to be one of the leading International Federations in the Olympic movement in the fight for gender equality such as our continued promise for equal prize money and representation for men and women in our competitions. So, we hope that you take a moment to celebrate #IWD2018 with us and read just a couple stories of women in triathlon from the past and present that are true examples of female role models. Elizabeth Bravo (ECU) In 2016 Bravo qualified for the 2016 Rio De Janeiro Olympic Games and competed in her second-career Olympic Games as the only Ecuadorian triathlete to ever do so. But what was remarkable about her story was the fact that she accomplished all of this after recently giving birth to her first child. In January 2016, Bravo gave birth to her son and after only a few months she started competing at the elite international level. She then qualified for her second Olympic Games (first one being the 2012 London Games) and then in August raced in Rio. In October 2017, Bravo won her first ITU World Cup race in Salinas in her home nation, where she celebrated at the finish line with her son in her arms. Bravo is an exceptional example of all women athletes who are mothers and the strength they show not only for themselves, but for their families. Gwen Jorgensen (USA) Jorgensen will go down as one of the top female triathletes in history. She accomplished so many feats and set so many records in the sport that her performances you had to watch for yourself to believe it. She is a two-time ITU World Champion, winning in 2014 and 2015 and was the gold medallist at the 2016 Rio de Janerio Olympic Games. During her career she collected 17 WTS golds and 21 WTS podiums. From 2014-2015 she tallied up a 12-race winning streak, which aided in her undefeated 2015 season that led to her second World Championship crown. Her victories were unparalleled, especially when it came to the run. She was unstoppable on the run, once coming back to win after being down by 94 seconds (2016 WTS Leeds). After... Triathlon.org News Feed http://ift.tt/2FyClUe