ECS Triathlon

Sartrouville's stars Alistair (left) and Jonathan (right) Brownlee and Javier Gómez Noya with Diemunsch and Ospaly in Nice, 2011.

Espérance cycliste Sartrouville Triathlon or ECS Triathlon is a French sports club based in the suburbs of Paris, commune of Sartrouville. The club's specialization is triathlon for elite level athletes, especially Olympians. Team members have won a total of eight Olympic medals, including the gold medals in male and female triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics,^[1] and gold, silver, and bronze medals in male triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[2]

History

Espérance cycliste Sartrouville Triathlon was founded in 1993 by Pierre Veron as a section of the cycling club Espérance cycliste Sartrouville. Veron led the team until his death in 2009, after which leadership passed to his son, Denis Veron.

A female team was created in 2000. In 2016, 18 team members participated in Triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Green team

The elite level team is known as The Green Team, because of their green colored uniforms.

2016 green team

Males[4]	Nationality	Females[5]	Nationality
Alistair Brownlee	Great Britain	Gwen Jorgensen[6][7][8]	United States
Jonathan Brownlee	Great Britain	Kirsten Sweetland	Canada
Javier Gómez	Spain	Anneke Jenkins	New Zealand
Mario Mola	Spain	Lucy Hall	Great Britain
Fernando Alarza	Spain	Maaike Caelers	Netherlands
Kristian Blummenfelt	Norway	Emmie Charayron[9]	France
Filip Ospalý	Czech Republic	Non Stanford[10]	Great Britain
Crisanto Grajales	Mexico	Laura Lindermann	Germany
Vicente Hernandez	Spain	Jolanda Annen	Switzerland
Andrea Salvisberg	Switzerland	Lisa Norden	Sweden
Gabor Faldum [11][12]	Hungary

Former members :

• David Hauss  France ^[13]
• Alessia Orla  Italy
• Richard Murray  South Africa , participating to Rio 2016 olympics^[14]

References