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Ainsley Thorpe

Personal information
Born	(1998-02-13) 13 February 1998 (age 26) Auckland, New Zealand
Height	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Triathlon
Medal record Women's triathlon Representing  New Zealand World Championships 2024 Hambrg Mixed relay

Ainsley Thorpe (born 13 February 1998) is a New Zealand professional triathlete. She competed in the women's triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Thorpe began participating in triathlons as a 16-year-old. She has competed in the World Triathlon Series since 2018, with a best result of third in the 2019 sprint event in Antwerp. She also competes in the World Triathlon mixed relay series, winning the relay at the Edmonton leg of the series in 2019. She represented her country at the 2020 Summer Olympics, but did not finish the women's triathlon after crashing on the cycle leg. She also competed in the mixed relay alongside Tayler Reid, Hayden Wilde, and Nicole van der Kaay.

Thorpe was listed to compete in the women's trialthlon at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, but did not start the event due to COVID-19.

References

1. ^ "Ainsley Thorpe". Birmingham Organising Committee. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
2. "Women's Triathlon Results" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
3. "Thorpe Ainsley". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
4. ^ Knowler, Richard (27 July 2021). "Treacherous circuit ends Kiwi triathlete Ainsley Thorpe's Olympics dream". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
5. "Women's Triathlon Results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
6. "Mixed Relay Triathlon Results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
7. "Start List: 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games, Elite Women". triathlon.org. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
8. "Commonwealth Games 2022: Kiwi triathlete Ainsley Thorpe withdraws from individual race due to Covid-19". New Zealand Herald. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.

External links

• Ainsley Thorpe at World Triathlon
• Ainsley Thorpe at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
• Ainsley Thorpe at Olympics.com
• Ainsley Thorpe at Olympedia (archive)
• Ainsley Thorpe at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

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