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Flora Duffy
Personal information
Born (1987-09-30) 30 September 1987 (age 37)
Paget Parish, Bermuda[1]
Height1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country Bermuda
SportTriathlon
Coached byNeal Henderson[1]
Medal record
Representing  Bermuda
Women's Triathlon
XTERRA Triathlon World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Elite
Gold medal – first place 2014 Elite
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Elite
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Toronto Women's
Central American and Caribbean Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Mayagüez Individual

Flora Duffy is a triathlete who competes internationally for Bermuda. She participated on Bermuda's behalf at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[2] She was educated at Warwick Academy,[3] Kelly College[4] and the University of Colorado Boulder, where she graduated with a BA in Sociology.[5] Duffy was diagnosed as anaemic in 2013.[1] She is the 2014 and 2015 XTERRA Triathlon World Champion[6] and XTERRA Mountain Champion[7] and ITU Cross Triathlon World Champion in 2015[8] after taking a silver in the Cross Triathlon World Championships the previous year.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Flora Duffy". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Flora Duffy Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Alumni, Flora Duffy Wins XTERRA Race In Philippines". Warwick Academy. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Meet the Plymouth athletes competing at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Scotland". Plymouth Herald. 20 July 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Duffy relieved to escape Boulder floods". The Royal Gazette. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Ruben Ruzafa, Flora Duffy Claim XTERRA World Champs". triathlon.com. Competitor Group, Inc. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  7. ^ Ball, Josh (20 July 2015). "Duffy returns to winning ways". The Royal Gazette (Bermuda). Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  8. ^ White, Chelsea (26 September 2015). "Ruzafa and Duffy dominate at Cross Tri World Champs". European Triathlon Union. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  9. ^ "Duffy back in action". The Royal Gazette (Bermuda). 26 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
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