Taylor Knibb: The Challenge of Competing in Two Different Sports At The Olympic Games
Taylor Knibb came to the Olympic Games Paris 2024 as the only Team USA athlete competing in two separate sports.
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Athlete Bio#
Age
27
Hometown
Washington, D.C., MD
Education
Cornell University
Personal
- At 23, Knibb was the youngest woman ever to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Triathlon Team for Tokyo
- Qualified for Paris 2024 in both triathlon and road cycling
- Was inspired to become a triathlete as a child after she watched her mom, Leslie Knibb, compete in an IRONMAN race and noticed the positive atmosphere
- Was named the Washington D.C. Gatorade Cross Country Runner of the Year and the D.C. State Athletic Association Runner of the Year in both 2014 and 2015.
- Became the youngest woman to earn a spot on the podium at an ITU World Triathlon Series race in 2017, earning silver in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Knibb is a 2020 graduate of Cornell, where she ran NCAA track and cross-country for four years while balancing her elite triathlon career
- Considers the ITU Under-23 World Championships to be one of her favorite moments of her career because she accomplished a solid performance across all three disciplines
Olympic Experience
- 2-time Olympian; 2-time Olympic medalist (2 silver)
- Olympic Games Paris 2024, silver (Team Relay - Mixed), 19th (Individual time trial - Women, Olympic Distance - Women)
- Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, silver (Team Relay - Mixed), 16th (Olympic Distance - Women)
World Championships Experience
- Most recent: 2024 – 14th (Individual Ranking - Women)
- Years of participation: Individual Ranking - Women 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024; Olympic Distance - Women 2021, 2022
- Medals: 3 (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
- Gold – 2021 (Olympic Distance - Women)
- Silver – 2021 (Individual Ranking - Women)
- Bronze – 2022 (Individual Ranking - Women)
Athlete News#
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