Aileen Morrison (born 15 June 1982 in Derry) is a professional triathlete from Northern Ireland and a member of the Senior High Performance Squad, being one of the most promising London 2012 Olympics prospects.
In Ireland Morrison represents the North West Triathlon Club, she trains in Lisburn and is coached by Chris Jones.[1]
In 2010, Morrison also started in the prestigious French Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux and represented Tri Olympique Club Cessonnais. However, she took part in only one of the five triathlons of this circuit. On 18 September 2010 she placed 19th at the Grand Final in La Baule (Triathlon Audencia) and was the second best of the three triathlètes classants l'équipe behind the Canadian Kirsten Sweetland, the club placed 5th in La Baule thanks to Sweetland and Morrison. The best French triathlete of Tri Olympique was Delphine Rousseau who placed only 42nd. Tri Olympique Club Cessonnais is one of the French D1 clubs which completely relies on international guest stars: at the triathlons in Dunkirk and Tourangeaux, for instance, its three best athletes (trithétes classants l'équipe) were exclusively foreigners and at the triathlon in Paris the club did not even manage to have three female triathletes who finished the race, and placed 14th.
Aileen Morrison completed a PGCE and may work as a qualified PE teacher.
In the three years from 2008 to 2010, Morrison took part in 22 ITU events and achieved 11 top ten positions. In April 2011, Morrison opened her new season with two medals: gold at Antalya and silver at Ishigaki.
The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the Athlete's Profile Page.[2] The following events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and belong to the Elite category.
| Date | Competition | Place | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-05-18 | European Cup | Brno | 6 |
| 2008-06-27 | University Triathlon Championship | Erdek | 13 |
| 2008-07-12 | European Cup | Athlone | 6 |
| 2008-08-03 | European Cup | Egirdir | 7 |
| 2008-08-30 | European Cup | Split | 3 |
| 2008-09-13 | European Cup | Vienna | 12 |
| 2008-09-27 | BG World Cup | Lorient | 22 |
| 2009-04-05 | European Cup | Quarteira | 6 |
| 2009-05-02 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Tongeyong | 22 |
| 2009-06-21 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Washington DC | 25 |
| 2009-07-02 | European Championships | Holten | 13 |
| 2009-07-18 | European Cup | Athlone | 2 |
| 2009-08-15 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | London | DNF |
| 2010-05-22 | European Cup | Senec | 6 |
| 2010-06-05 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Madrid | 23 |
| 2010-06-12 | Elite Cup | Hy-Vee | 27 |
| 2010-07-03 | European Championships | Athlone | 5 |
| 2010-07-17 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Hamburg | 3 |
| 2010-08-14 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Kitzbühel | 16 |
| 2010-09-08 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final | Budapest | 17 |
| 2010-10-16 | World Cup | Tongyeong | 4 |
| 2010-10-23 | Asian Cup | Hong Kong | 1 |
| 2011-04-03 | European Cup | Antalya | 1 |
| 2011-04-17 | World Cup | Ishigaki | 2 |
BG = the sponsor British Gas · DNF = did not finish