Leanda Cave
 Leanda Cave at the 2007 Salford Triathlon |
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| Nickname(s) | Hoffi, Bird | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 March 1978 Louth, England |
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| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain Wales |
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| Turned pro | 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Torsten Abel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Leanda Cave (born 9 March 1978 in Louth, England) is a British triathlete. Cave competes internationally for both Great Britain and Wales. She lives and trains in Tucson, Arizona.
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[edit] Early life
At the age of four Cave's parents (her father was a carpenter) moved to Queensland in Australia, where she went to school. Returning to England, as her mother is Welsh, she chose to represent Wales.
[edit] Career
In 2001 Cave became European Under-23 champion. A year later she would internationally break through at the senior level as she won the silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. Another silver medal was won at the European Championships before she had greater success when she took the gold and the World title in Cancún, Mexico in November 2002.[1] In 2002 she was nominated for the Welsh Sports Personality of the Year Award.[2]
Cave struggled with injury in 2003 and was unable to defend her world title,[3] although did take part in the BBC series Superstars.[4]
Cave won her second world title in 2007 at the ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships in Lorient, France.
On 28 March 2008, at the Ford Ironman 70.3 California triathlon, Cave came in third place behind Erika Csomor and Mirinda Carfrae. At the 2010 Ironman World Championship 70.3, she took second place.
On 30 April 2011, Cave won the Wildflower Long Course triathlon held at Lake San Antonio, California.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Cave clinches world title
- ^ Welsh Sports Personality of the Year 2002 Profiles - Leanda Cave
- ^ Cave out of title defence
- ^ Superstars Profiles - Leanda Cave
- ^ http://raceresults.eternaltiming.com/index.cfm/20110430_AVIA_Wildflower_Triathlons.htm?Fuseaction=Results&Class=Long+Course+-+Elite+Professional%7ETop20 Accessed 1 May 2011
On November 20, 2011 Cave won her first Ironman event at the Ford Ironman Arizona.
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