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Holly Lawrence

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Holly Lawrence
Women in black and pink running onepiece, and red and white trainers
Lawrence in 2011
Personal information
Nationality Wales
Born (1990-02-25) 25 February 1990 (age 34)
Sport
SportTriathlon
Achievements and titles
World finals2016
Regional finals2014
Commonwealth finals2014
Medal record
Triathlon
Representing  Great Britain
European Triathlon Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Kitzbühel Team event
Ironman 70.3 World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2016 Mooloolaba Ironman 70.3
Silver medal – second place 2019 Nice Ironman 70.3

Holly Lawrence (born 25 February 1990) is a triathlete who competed for Wales in the mixed relay event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, and won the 2016 Ironman 70.3 World Championship. Lawrence is a fraternal triplet.[1][2]

Career

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Lawrence began competing in the UK at the age of 17-18.[3] Lawrence competed in the 2014 European Triathlon Championships; she finished eleventh in the individual event, and third in the mixed team relay.[4] She competed for Wales in the mixed relay event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, finishing eighth.[5] She began competing in Ironman 70.3 events in 2015.[1] Lawrence won the 2016 Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia, in a time of four hours, nine minutes and 11 seconds.[1][6][7] In the same year, she won three other Ironman 70.3 events, including one in Beijing.[1][8] In 2017, Lawrence signed for the Trek Factory Racing triathlon team.[2] She came second at the 2019 Ironman 70.3 World Championship, finishing behind Daniela Ryf.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "The Making of Holly Lawrence". Ironman 70.3. 20 December 2016. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b Roethenbough, Gary (5 January 2017). "Trek Factory Racing welcomes Holly Lawrence to its triathlon program". Triathlon Business. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  3. ^ Shaw, Jené (8 September 2016). "ProFile: Holly Lawrence". Triathlete. Archived from the original on 7 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Commonwealth Games 2014: Welsh triathlete Holly Lawrence warms up for Glasgow with European bronze relay medal". Wales Online. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Holly Lawrence". Glasgow 2014. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Holly Lawrence crowned half ironman 70.3 world champion". BBC Sport. 4 September 2016. Archived from the original on 8 September 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Swansea star Holly Lawrence wins world half Ironman title". Wales Online. 4 September 2016. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  8. ^ Graham, Debbie (12 September 2016). "Ali Brownlee and Holly Lawrence win in Beijing". 220 Triathlon. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  9. ^ "2019 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship (Women)". Ironman. 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
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