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Summer Rappaport[1]
Personal information
Full nameSummer Rappaport
NationalityAmerican
Born25th July 1991
Websitewww.summerrappaport.com
Sport
SportTriathlon
Medal record
Representing  United States
Women's Triathlon

Summer Rappaport (née Cook) is an American professional triathlete.[2]

Career

In 2014, Rappaport finished 5th at the Mixed Relay Pan American Championships.[3] In the following season, she finished 2nd at the ITU Triathlon World Cup event in Alanya.[4][5]

For the 2016 racing season, Rappaport won the 2016 ITU World Triathlon Series event in Edmonton.[6] This was alongside World Cup victories in Chengdu, Tongyeong, and second place finishes in Salinas and Alanya, with the latter bettering her placing from the previous year.[7] She finished the year ranked 19th in the World Triathlon Series.[8] The next racing year, in 2017, Rappaport took gold at Miyazaki, Tongyeong (for the second year running) and Yucatan in the ITU Triathlon World Cup.[9] She finished 2017 ranked 10th in the ITU World Triathlon Series.[10]

In 2018, Rappaport took gold at Miyazaki and Antwerp in the ITU Triathlon World Cup.[11] Later on, in the run-up to the Leeds ITU World Triathlon Series race, Rarraport's bike was broken in transit and was ultimately registered a DNF in the race, having struggled with her mindset.[12][13] She would finish the year ranked 25th in the World Triathlon Series,[14] a drop of 15 places over the previous year. The following year Rapport rebounded by finishing on the podium in three races in the World Triathlon Series level, with second places at Edmonton and Yokohama, and third at the Hamburg race. She also took gold in the Huatlco World Cup event.[7] She finished 2019 ranking 5th in the Series,[15] which was her best season placing to date.

References

  1. ^ "About Summer | Summer Cook Rappaport".
  2. ^ "Summer Cook Rappaport". Retrieved 2020-07-02.
  3. ^ Gambaccini, Peter (2014-03-10). "Alan Webb Makes His Pro Triathlon Debut in Sarasota | Runner's World". Runnersworld.com. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
  4. ^ Pavitt, Michael (2015-10-18). "Ukraine and Portugal celebrate ITU World Cup victories in Alanya". Insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
  5. ^ Jeremy Johnson (2016-06-06). "Setting her own ‘gold’ standards". Northglenn-thorntonsentinel.com. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
  6. ^ Derek Van Diest (2016-09-05). "ITU World Triathlon Edmonton 2016 sees Summer Cook win women's elite". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
  7. ^ a b Union, International Triathlon. "Triathlon.org". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
  8. ^ Union, International Triathlon. "2016". ITU World Triathlon Series. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
  9. ^ Union, International Triathlon. "Triathlon.org". Triathlon.org. Retrieved January 4, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ Union, International Triathlon. "2017". ITU World Triathlon Series. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
  11. ^ Triathlon, World. "Triathlon.org". Triathlon.org.
  12. ^ "Summer Rappaport - InnerVoice | The Voice of Endurance Sports". Exposure. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
  13. ^ Triathlon, World. "Results: Elite Women | 2018 ITU World Triathlon Leeds". Triathlon.org.
  14. ^ "2018 ITU World Triathlon Series Ranking". World Triathlon Series.
  15. ^ Union, International Triathlon. "2019". ITU World Triathlon Series. Retrieved 2020-07-02.