Team USA Wins Silver In Triathlon’s Mixed Relay
But in triathlons mixed relay, Taylor Knibb pulled the Americans into a three-way battle for the medals.
5'9"
35
Portland, OR
Barlow High School Warner Pacific College
Career Highlight
USA Triathlon National Team Member
2015 Bridgetown CAMTRI Sprint Triathlon American Cup Champion
2015 Sarasota CAMTRI Sprint Triathlon American Cup Champion
2015 Clermont CAMTRI Sprint Triathlon American Cup Runner-Up
2015 Escape from Alcatraz Champion
2013 USA Triathlon Elite Sprint National Champion
Elite Triathlon Career
2015: Captured the win at the non-draft Escape from Alcatraz on June 7 • Raced to wins at the Sarasota CAMTRI Sprint Triathlon American Cup on March 14 and the Bridgetown CAMTRI Sprint Triathlon American Cup on April 18 • Second at his season opener at the Clermont CAMTRI Sprint Triathlon American Cup • 12th at the Chengdu ITU World Cup on May 9
2014: Fourth overall and third American at the Super Sprint Triathlon Grand Prix in Las Vegas, which also served as the USA Triathlon Elite Sprint National Championships • Fourth at the Kelowna PATCO Sprint Triathlon Pan American Cup • Sixth at the Sarasota PATCO Sprint Triathlon Pan American Championships • On the silver-medal winning U.S. team for the Sarasota PATCO Mixed Relay Pan American Championships
2013: Finished ninth at the Sarasota ITU Pan American Cup on March 16 and 11th at the March 9 Mazatlan ITU Pan American Cup • Placed 12th at the Bridgetown ITU Sprint Triathlon Pan American Cup • Finished 23rd at the Edmonton ITU World Cup • Finished 31st at the Geneva ITU Triathlon European Cup
2012: Placed third at the 2012 F1 Super Sprint San Diego • Was ninth at 2012 USA Triathlon Elite Nationals • Represented the U.S. at the 2012 ITU Under-23 World Championships and placed 33rd.
But in triathlons mixed relay, Taylor Knibb pulled the Americans into a three-way battle for the medals.
Taylor Knibb came to the Olympic Games Paris 2024 as the only Team USA athlete competing in two separate sports.
On June 7, 2024, Kirsten Kasper received a Zoom call from USA Triathlon’s high performance general manager Scott Schnitzspahn. The 32-year-old triathlete was in her car, in her bathing suit, driving home from a pool workout in Boulder, Colorado. She kn...