Hollie Avil
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Hollie May Avil is an English triathlete who was the European and world junior triathlon champion in 2007. She is the youngest athlete ever to podium at successive debut World Cup
races.
Avil competed in triathlon
at the 2008 Summer Olympics
but did not finish the race. Like her coach, Bright's, other athlete, Tim Don
, she suffered a sickness that caused her continual vomiting and weakness during the race. During the bike section, Avil had to retire. She has expressed a desire to dominate in the London 2012 triathlon.
Hollie started her degree at Loughborough University
shortly after her Olympic journey in summer of 2008. She will combine training, racing and studying for the next few years.
Her 2009 season started with disappointment at the Madrid World Championship Series as she failed to finish the race due to mechanical problems with her bike, despite doing her utmost to fix the problem and carry on. However, her spell in Holten, Holland, brought her a well-deserved 6th place at the European Championships. In 2010 Hollie joined Lucozade Sport as an Ambassador.
ITU Triathlon World Cup
The ITU Triathlon World Cup is an annual series of triathlon races staged around the world. The series is organised by the International Triathlon Union , the world governing body of the sport. BG Group was the title sponsor of the series from 2000 to 2008...
races.
Avil competed in triathlon
Triathlon
A triathlon is a multi-sport event involving the completion of three continuous and sequential endurance events. While many variations of the sport exist, triathlon, in its most popular form, involves swimming, cycling, and running in immediate succession over various distances...
at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
but did not finish the race. Like her coach, Bright's, other athlete, Tim Don
Tim Don
Timothy Philip Don is a triathlete from the United Kingdom.-Career:Don competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took tenth place with a total time of 1hr 49min 28.85sec. In the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics he was placed eighteenth with a...
, she suffered a sickness that caused her continual vomiting and weakness during the race. During the bike section, Avil had to retire. She has expressed a desire to dominate in the London 2012 triathlon.
Hollie started her degree at Loughborough University
Loughborough University
Loughborough University is a research based campus university located in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the East Midlands of England...
shortly after her Olympic journey in summer of 2008. She will combine training, racing and studying for the next few years.
Her 2009 season started with disappointment at the Madrid World Championship Series as she failed to finish the race due to mechanical problems with her bike, despite doing her utmost to fix the problem and carry on. However, her spell in Holten, Holland, brought her a well-deserved 6th place at the European Championships. In 2010 Hollie joined Lucozade Sport as an Ambassador.
Results
| Date | Position | Event | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-06-22 | 11th | Hy-Vee ITU Triathlon World Cup | 2:09:03 |
| 2008-05-25 | 4th | Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... BG Triathlon World Cup |
2:06:19 |
| 2008-04-26 | 2nd | Tongyeong Tongyeong Tongyeong is a coastal city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. In 2010, it had an area of 238.81 ㎢ and a population of 139,869 people. It is divided into 1 eup , 6 myeon and 11 dong . Chungmu city and Tongyeong county were reunited in 1995, creating Tongyeong City as we know it today... BG Triathlon World Cup |
1:49:59 |
| 2008-04-01 | 3rd | Ishigaki Ishigaki, Okinawa Ishigaki is an island west of Okinawa Hontō and the second-largest island of the Yaeyama Island group. It is within the City of Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture. The city functions as the business and transport center of the archipelago... BG Triathlon World Cup |
2:05:24 |