Paula Findlay
Encyclopedia
Paula Findlay is a Canadian
triathlete
.
Findlay finished third at the 2009 Under-23 World Championships.
In July 2010, she won the ITU World Championship Series
event held in London
. In August, she won another ITU World Championship
at Kitzbühel
. She became the only female triathlete to win consecutive ITU World Championships in 2010. She has also won an ITU World Cup race in Monterrey, Mexico in April 2010.
She won the first ITU World Championship Series
event of the 2011 season in Sydney, the second in Madrid and the third in Kitzbühel. She was then ranked 1st in the world by the International Triathlon Union
. She got a hip injury which prevented her from training and racing. She did race the ITU World Championship Series in London, getting 29th.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
triathlete
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...
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Findlay finished third at the 2009 Under-23 World Championships.
In July 2010, she won the ITU World Championship Series
2010 ITU Triathlon World Championships
The Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship Series 2010 was a series of six World Championship Triathlon Events leading to a Grand Final held in Budapest, Hungary in September 2010...
event held in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. In August, she won another ITU World Championship
2010 ITU Triathlon World Championships
The Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship Series 2010 was a series of six World Championship Triathlon Events leading to a Grand Final held in Budapest, Hungary in September 2010...
at Kitzbühel
Kitzbühel
-Demographic evolution:-Personalities:*Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre , entomologist and botanist*Alfons Walde , expressionist painter and architect*Peter Aufschnaiter , mountaineer and geographer...
. She became the only female triathlete to win consecutive ITU World Championships in 2010. She has also won an ITU World Cup race in Monterrey, Mexico in April 2010.
She won the first ITU World Championship Series
2011 ITU Triathlon World Championships
The Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship Series 2011 was a series of six World Championship Triathlon events leading to a Grand Final held in Beijing, China in September 2011...
event of the 2011 season in Sydney, the second in Madrid and the third in Kitzbühel. She was then ranked 1st in the world by the International Triathlon Union
International Triathlon Union
The International Triathlon Union or ITU is the international governing body for the multi-sport disciplines of triathlon, duathlon, aquathlon and other nonstandard variations...
. She got a hip injury which prevented her from training and racing. She did race the ITU World Championship Series in London, getting 29th.