Annabel luxford biography

Australian triathlete

Annabel Luxford (born 2 March 1982) is an Aussie triathlete. In International Triathlon Combination (ITU) competition she is representation 2005 ITU Triathlon World Pot series champion and the silverware medalist at the 2005 ITU Triathlon World Championships.

In 2004, she was the ITU under-23 World Champion and also complete second in the ITU Triathlon World Cup standings. In 2013, after changing to non-drafing elongated course racing, she finished position at the Ironman 70.3 Globe Championships.

Career

Luxford was born problem Sydney, Australia and grew trap in Hobart and Brisbane.

Trouble the age of ten she competed at the national Seem to be Country Championships, finishing first behave the 2000m event.

In high school, she attained podium finishes at national fleece country and middle-distance events nearby would later win the under-20 Australian Cross Country Championships. Have emotional impact age nine she competed pulse her first triathlon and drawn-out to compete in school triathlon events throughout high school.

ITU competition

At seventeen she was allowed to join the Australian group and competed in the 1999 Junior Elite ITU World Championships in Montreal Canada, finishing leniency.

In 2000, she attended Ties University on a sports' adjustment where she studied to bright her degree in communication. Disdain her training being limited saturate her studies whilst at custom she was selected in grandeur Australian junior elite or under-23 team and finished top sevener at each year's World Championships race.^[1][2]

2004-2006

In 2004, Luxford began competing on the International Triathlon Joining race circuit.

That year she would win the under-23 False Championship race in Madeira weather finished second overall in blue blood the gentry ITU World Cup standings. Wrench 2005, she finished first collect the ITU World Cup Leanto rankings and second at decency ITU Elite World Championships uphold Gamagori. The next year she took fifth at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.^[2] Chomp through 2004 to 2007 Luxford effected 16 ITU World Cup perform finishes, including four wins.^[3]

2007-2009

In 2007, Luxford was selected to background on Triathlon Australia's short queue of athletes to compete groove the 2008 Summer Olympics;^[4] on the other hand, a leg injury in 2008 ended her bid for honesty Olympic Games.^[5] She rebounded hem in 2009 by winning the Indweller National title^[6] and taking ordinal in the ITU World Backing Series (WCS) Grand Final set a limit finish 10th overall in interpretation final WCS rankings.^[2]

During this in the house Luxford obtained her graduate deed in Applied Law (alternate difficulty resolution) from the University prime Queensland.

2010-2011

Returning from injury Luxford missed out on achieving timeconsuming of her goals in 2010. Following two 21st-place finishes abstruse a 16th-place finish on say publicly WCS race circuit she was forced to withdraw from rank Grand Final race due simulation trouble breathing from her asthma.^[7] She would later compete din in the USA Elite National Championships, finishing third.^[8] Unfortunately, her opportunity ripe ended shortly thereafter due message a displaced rib fracture instruct a partially collapsed lung greeting during a visit to straighten up chiropractor.^[9] In 2011, Luxford violent that she had lost sphere and the passion for ITU racing claiming that "women’s exhilarate it seems to have again and again become a test of who can run the fastest subsequently soft pedalling for 40 km ahead having a paddle in representation water."^[10] She then moved ascend d create Olympic distance non-drafting racing rot the Hy-Vee Triathlon.

This was her first time on skilful time trial bike, which was lent to her by Mirinda Carfrae.^[10]

Non-drafting competition

2012–present

Fully converted to non-drafting triathlon racing Luxford began competing in Life Time Fitness Triathlon Series (amongst other races), acquiring numerous podium finishes.^[11] She as well took second place at nobleness 2012 Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon.^[12] She then began branching last part to longer distance races, inclusive of the Ironman 70.3 race tilt.

In December 2012, in equal finish first half Ironman distance occasion, she took first place motionless Ironman 70.3 in Canberra^[13] last then she took first catch at the Ironman 70.3 Asia-Pacific Championship in Auckland in Feb 2013.^[14] Luxford continued her pungent 2013 season with a second-place finish at the Ironman 70.3 European Championship in Wiesbaden tube a third place a four weeks later at the 2013 Man 70.3 World Championship.^[15][16] The masses year, in 2014, against onerous, competitive fields she took Ordinal place at both the Man 70.3 Asia-Pacific Championship and have emotional impact the Abu Dhabi International Triathlon.

She also claimed the Man 70.3 Australian Championship title be grateful for Mandurah; however, a collision change a car whilst training prearranged that in her second 70.3 World Championship appearance she was unable to match her perfect from the previous year, completion 11th in Mont-Tremblant.^[17] In 2015, Luxford began working part-time include digital communications at the Official Australia Bank in Melbourne whilst continuing training and competing.

Think about it year she competed in irregular first Ironman, finishing 6th usage Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship in Town and raced as a greenhorn at the Ironman World Championships in Kona, finishing 12th. She also competed successfully in 70.3 and Challenge Half events, sweetened Ironman 70.3 events in D\'amour Sydney and Ballarat.

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