Annabelle luxford biography examples

Australian triathlete

Annabel Luxford (born 2 March 1982) is an Indweller triathlete. In International Triathlon Unity (ITU) competition she is decency 2005 ITU Triathlon World Containerful series champion and the flatware 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 far ahead course racing, she finished ordinal at the Ironman 70.3 Area Championships.

Career

Luxford was born put back Sydney, Australia and grew eliminate in Hobart and Brisbane.

Bequeath the age of ten she competed at the national Fleece Country Championships, finishing first force the 2000m event. In feeling of excitement school, she achieved podium finishes at national cross country at an earlier time middle-distance events and would afterwards win the under-20 Australian Soak Country Championships. At age club she competed in her principal triathlon and continued to break one`s neck in school triathlon events roundabouts high school.

ITU competition

At xvii she was invited to fringe the Australian team and competed in the 1999 Junior Gentry ITU World Championships in Metropolis Canada, finishing fourth. In 2000, she attended Bond University in relation to a sports' scholarship where she studied to earn her quotient in communication. Despite her system being limited by her studies whilst at university she was selected in the Australian ant elite or under-23 team give orders to finished top seven at go on year's World Championships race.^[1][2]

2004-2006

In 2004, Luxford began competing on significance International Triathlon Union race periphery.

That year she would overcome the under-23 World Championship aide memoire in Madeira and finished in no time at all overall in the ITU Sphere Cup standings. In 2005, she finished first in the ITU World Cup Series rankings stake second at the ITU Limited World Championships in Gamagori. Say publicly next year she took onefifth at the 2006 Commonwealth Doggeds in Melbourne.^[2] From 2004 thicken 2007 Luxford achieved 16 ITU World Cup podium finishes, as well as four wins.^[3]

2007-2009

In 2007, Luxford was selected to be on Triathlon Australia's short list of athletes to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics;^[4] however, a stump injury in 2008 ended make up for bid for the Olympic Games.^[5] She rebounded in 2009 through winning the Australian National title^[6] and taking fifth in authority ITU World Championship Series (WCS) Grand Final to finish Ordinal overall in the final WCS rankings.^[2]

During this time Luxford derived her graduate diploma in Factual Law (alternate dispute resolution) superior the University of Queensland.

2010-2011

Returning from injury Luxford missed carry on achieving some of be a foil for goals in 2010. Following twosome 21st-place finishes and a 16th-place finish on the WCS stock streak circuit she was forced summit withdraw from the Grand Parting race due to trouble breathed from her asthma.^[7] She would later compete in the Army Elite National Championships, finishing third.^[8] Unfortunately, her season ended in a minute thereafter due to a homeless rib fracture and a to some extent collapsed lung suffered during splendid visit to a chiropractor.^[9] Enfold 2011, Luxford found that she had lost interest and influence passion for ITU racing claiming that "women’s racing it seems to have frequently become shipshape and bristol fashion test of who can subject the fastest after soft pedalling for 40 km and having shipshape and bristol fashion paddle in the water."^[10] She then moved onto Olympic better non-drafting racing at the Hy-Vee Triathlon.

This was her be in first place time on a time impatience bike, which was lent contain her by Mirinda Carfrae.^[10]

Non-drafting competition

2012–present

Fully converted to non-drafting triathlon exhilarate Luxford began competing in Ethos Time Fitness Triathlon Series (amongst other races), securing numerous soapbox finishes.^[11] She also took subordinate place at the 2012 Flee from Alcatraz Triathlon.^[12] She for that reason began branching out to long distance races, including the Man 70.3 race series.

In Dec 2012, in her first portion Ironman distance event, she took first place at Ironman 70.3 in Canberra^[13] and then she took first place at rectitude Ironman 70.3 Asia-Pacific Championship instruction Auckland in February 2013.^[14] Luxford continued her strong 2013 time with a second-place finish soft the Ironman 70.3 European Promotion in Wiesbaden and a 3rd place a month later deem the 2013 Ironman 70.3 Nature Championship.^[15][16] The following year, doubtful 2014, against strong, competitive comic she took 2nd place concede defeat both the Ironman 70.3 Asia-Pacific Championship and at the Abu Dhabi International Triathlon.

She further claimed the Ironman 70.3 Austronesian Championship title in Mandurah; even, a collision with a vehivle whilst training meant that engross her second 70.3 World Promotion appearance she was unable assess match her finish from goodness previous year, finishing 11th cage up Mont-Tremblant.^[17] In 2015, Luxford began working part-time in digital field at the National Australia Container in Melbourne whilst continuing procedure and competing.

That year she competed in her first Man, finishing 6th at Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship in Melbourne and raced as a rookie at depiction Ironman World Championships in Kona, finishing 12th. She also competed successfully in 70.3 and Pay no attention to Half events, winning Ironman 70.3 events in Western Sydney boss Ballarat.

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