Lisa Nordén

Lisa Nordén
	Nordén at the Sprint World Championships 2011
Personal information
Full name	Lisa Nordén
Born	24 November 1984 (age 39); Kristianstad, Sweden
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Sport	Triathlon
Coached by	Darren Smith
Medal record
Women's Triathlon
Representing Sweden
Olympic Games
World Championships
World Sprint Distance Championships
U23 World Championships
European Games
European Championships

Lisa Nordén (born 24 November 1984, Kristianstad, Skåne, Sweden) is a professional Swedish triathlete, 2008 Olympian and 2012 Olympic silver medalist. She is also the winner of the 2012 Triathlon World Series.

Nordén's other accomplishments include Swedish Champion of the year 2008, the U23 World Champion of the year 2007, the Sprint World Champion of the year 2010, vice World Champion (World Championship Series) of the year 2009, bronze medalist of the World Championship Series of the years 2008 and 2010, and bronze medalist at the European Championships 2010.

Athletic career

Nordén took the silver medal in triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She was credited with the same time (1:59.48) as gold medalist Nicola Spirig, but was edged out in a photo finish.^[2] The Swedish Olympic Committee (NOC) appealed the result to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).^[3] The appeal was denied the day after it was filed,^[4] Norden said she was happy with her silver medal and considered it a gold medal.^[5]

Nordén additionally takes part in non ITU events. In 2010, she won three gold medals at Gladbeck, Witten and Schliersee (German open Championships). She has represented Stadtwerke Team Witten.

In June 2015, she competed in the inaugural European Games, for Sweden in women's triathlon. She earned a bronze medal.

Personal life

In Sweden, Nordén lives in Stockholm,^[1] and represents Kristianstads Triathlonklubb, the club of her birthplace where Nordén's father and her half-sister still live. Her training base is Stockholm since fall 2012. It was Canberra, Australia for several years before that.

ITU World Championship Series podiums

Season	Date	Position	Location	Time
2009	31 May	Silver	Madrid	2:05:59
	25 July	Silver	Hamburg	1:57:06
	15 August	Silver	London	1:54:26
	22 August	Gold	Yokohama	1:55:55
	13 September	Silver	Gold Coast¹	1:59:19
2010	17 July	Gold	Hamburg	1:53:53
2010	14 August	Silver	Kitzbühel	2:03:06
2012	23 June	Silver	Kitzbühel	2.05:40
	25 August	Gold	Stockholm²	1:00:36
	29 September	Gold	Yokohama	1:59:07