British Triathlon confirms Elite Multisport Squad for 2012
Created On: 30 January 2012
British Triathlon has confirmed the 11 athletes who will make up
the 2012 Elite Multisport Squad for the upcoming season including
current world champions Katie Hewison and
Rachel Joyce.
The squad, financed by membership income from the Home Nations
and administered by British Triathlon aims to support athletes who
demonstrate genuine potential to win medals at ITU World
Championship level in the non-Olympic multisport events. The squad
concentrates on duathlon and long distance triathlon and comprises
three levels: Duathlon Professional, Duathlon Development and Long
Distance Professional.
Current ITU Duathlon World Champion, Katie Hewison has been
named on the Duathlon Professional squad and is joined by
Richard Hobby, Phil Wylie and
Matt Moorhouse.. Katie entered multisport from the
trigold programme back in 2009, and after graduating in 2010, went
onto win the 2011 GE British Triathlon Female Elite Duathlete of
the Year award.
Katie commented: "Last year was an amazing experience to win my
first world title in Gijon since coming into the sport from trigold
back in 2009. To be named on this year's Elite Multisport Squad
will really support me as I strive to retain my duathlon title in
Spain in what will be a great year for everyone involved in our
sport."
Rachel Joyce, holder of the ITU Long Distance Triathlon world
title is named as a member of the Long Distance Professional squad.
Rachel won gold in the ITU Long Distance Triathlon World
Championships in Henderson last year, and added an impressive
fourth-place finish in the 2011 Ford Ironman World Championships
behind two fellow Brits: Chrissie Wellington MBE
and former standard distance ITU Triathlon world champion
Leanda Cave.
Former ITU Duathlon world champion, Catriona
Morrison joins Rachel on the Long Distance Professional
squad alongside Mark Threlfall and
Nicholas Ward Munoz, an athlete who recorded a
top-15 finish at last year's ITU Long Distance Triathlon World
Championships
The third level is the Duathlon Development squad and includes
well-known age-group athlete Danielle Stewart who
has made the jump to elite duathlon in 2012 after winning both
European and world age-group duathlon titles in 2011. Exciting
youngsters Rhys Park and George
Schwiening, who both represented the GE Great Britain Team
in ITU World and ETU European Duathlon Championships last year,
will join Danielle.
Chris Kitchen, Director for Performance is
delighted in the new squad announcement commenting: "With two
reigning world champions and some promising youngsters included
within the squad, 2012 promises to be an exciting year for the
Elite Multisport Squad. British Triathlon is committed to
supporting British elite multisport athletes in the non-Olympic
disciplines and aim to celebrate their successes in 2012."
Duathlon Professional Squad
Richard Hobby
Phil Wylie
Katie Hewison
Matt Moorhouse
Duathlon Development Squad
George Schwiening
Rhy
Park
Danielle Stewart
Long distance Professional Squad
Rachel Joyce
Mark Threlfall
Catriona Morrison
Nicholas Ward Munoz
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