Georgia Taylor-Brown

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] Georgia Taylor-Brown is based in Leeds, England where she trains at the Leeds Triathlon Centre.[3] She was born in Manchester, England.

Georgia Taylor-Brown
Taylor-Brown in 2013
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1994-03-15) 15 March 1994
Manchester, England[1]
Sport
Country Great Britain
SportTriathlon
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Women's Triathlon
World Triathlon Series
2018 Gold Coast Elite
2019 Lausanne Elite

Career

She is a two-time ETU European Junior Champion.[4] Taylor-Brown won the World Junior Championship Silver medal in 2013[3] along with golds in European Junior Championships in 2012 and 2013.[3] Before that Taylor-Brown won a World Junior Duathlon title in 2012.[3]

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[5] behind teammate Vicky Holland and then took bronze at ITU World Triathlon Montreal [6] and ITU World Triathlon Edmonton,[7] 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.[8]

Taylor-Brown was also part of the British Mixed Relay teams that won gold at the 2019 Accenture World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series Nottingham[9] and silver in the ITU World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series Tokyo.[10]

Personal life

Georgia was brought up by an athletic family. Georgia's father, Darryl Taylor, represented Great Britain in the 800m.[4] Her mum 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.[4]

Competitions

The following list of results.[8] Unless indicated otherwise, the competitions are triathlons (Olympic Distance).

Date Competition Rank
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

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. "Meet Georgia Taylor-Brown: fit, healthy and ready to race". Tri 247. Tri 247. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  4. "Georgia Taylor-Brown". www.britishtriathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  5. Union, International Triathlon. "Results: Elite Women | 2018 ITU World Triathlon Leeds". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  6. Union, International Triathlon. "Results: Elite Women | 2018 ITU World Triathlon Montreal". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  7. Union, International Triathlon. "Results: Elite Women | 2018 ITU World Triathlon Edmonton". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  8. Union, International Triathlon. "Triathlon.org". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  9. Union, International Triathlon. "Results: Mixed Relay | 2019 Accenture World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series Nottingham". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  10. Union, International Triathlon. "Results: Mixed Relay | 2019 ITU World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series Tokyo". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
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