Georgia Taylor-Brown
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| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 March 1994 Manchester, England[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Triathlon | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
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 |
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| 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
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References
- ^ "Georgia Taylor-Brown". Britishtriathlon.org. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ "World Triathlon Series: Great Britain's Vicky Holland wins world title". Bbc.co.uk. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Meet Georgia Taylor-Brown: fit, healthy and ready to race". Tri 247. Tri 247. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ a b c "Georgia Taylor-Brown". www.britishtriathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
- ^ Union, International Triathlon. "Results: Elite Women | 2018 ITU World Triathlon Leeds". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
- ^ Union, International Triathlon. "Results: Elite Women | 2018 ITU World Triathlon Montreal". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
- ^ Union, International Triathlon. "Results: Elite Women | 2018 ITU World Triathlon Edmonton". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
- ^ a b Union, International Triathlon. "Triathlon.org". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
- ^ Union, International Triathlon. "Results: Mixed Relay | 2019 Accenture World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series Nottingham". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
- ^ Union, International Triathlon. "Results: Mixed Relay | 2019 ITU World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series Tokyo". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
