Flora Duffy

Flora Duffy

Flora Duffy in 2015
Personal information
Born (1987-09-30) 30 September 1987
Paget Parish, Bermuda[1]
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)
Weight 58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country  Bermuda
Sport Triathlon
Coached by Neal Henderson[1]
Medal record
Representing  Bermuda
Women's Triathlon
ITU Triathlon World Championships
2016 Elite
ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships
2016 Elite
2015 Elite
2014 Elite
XTERRA Triathlon World Championships
2016 Elite
2015 Elite
2014 Elite
2013 Elite
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto Women's
Central American and Caribbean Games
2010 Mayagüez Individual

Flora Duffy (born 30 September 1987) is a triathlete who competes internationally for Bermuda. She is the 2016 ITU World Triathlon Series World Champion[2][3] the 2016 and 2015 ITU Cross Triathlon World Champion, and the winner of 2014, 2015 and 2016 XTERRA World Championships.[4][5] She participated on Bermuda's behalf at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[6] In addition to her 2015 win Duffy placed second at the 2014 ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships.

Duffy holds the record for the widest winning margin in a sprint race, winning by a margin of 31 seconds in Hamburg, Germany in July 2017. [7]

Duffy won 2017 sprint triathlon in Edmonton, Canada by a winning margin of 58 seconds from Taylor Knibb.

Duffy was educated at Warwick Academy,[8] Kelly College, now known as Mount Kelly in Tavistock, Devon and the University of Colorado Boulder, where she graduated with a BA in Sociology.[9] Duffy was diagnosed as anaemic in 2013.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Flora Duffy". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "2016 Rankings". International Triathlon Union. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Duffy dominates her way to a world title". www.triathlon.org. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  4. ↑ White, Chelsea (26 September 2015). "Ruzafa and Duffy dominate at Cross Tri World Champs". European Triathlon Union. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Ruben Ruzafa, Flora Duffy Claim XTERRA World Champs". triathlon.com. Competitor Group, Inc. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Flora Duffy Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  7. ↑ "Dominant Duffy completes hat-trick of victories". Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "Alumni, Flora Duffy Wins XTERRA Race In Philippines". Warwick Academy. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Duffy relieved to escape Boulder floods". The Royal Gazette. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.


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