Siri Lindley

Siri Lindley

Personal information
Full name	Siri Elizabeth Lindley
Born	May 26, 1969[1][2] Greenwich, Connecticut
Residence	Boulder, Colorado
Occupation	Triathlon coach
Sport
Sport	Triathlon
Team	Team Sirius
Turned pro	1996
Medal record Competitor for  United States Women's triathlon ITU World Championships 2001 Edmonton Elite ITU Triathlon World Cup 2001 Elite 2002 Elite ITU Duathlon World Championships 2000 Elite ITU Aquathlon World Championships 2001 Elite

Siri Lindley (born May 26, 1969) is an American triathlon coach and former professional triathlete. She is the 2001 ITU Triathlon World Champion as well as the winner of the 2001 and 2002 ITU Triathlon World Cup series and 2001 ITU Aquathlon World Championships. She has coached a number of Olympic and Ironman athletes and champions, including Mirinda Carfrae, Leanda Cave, Sarah True, and Susan Williams. In 2014 she was selected to be a member of the inaugural International Triathlon Union (ITU) Hall of Fame class.

Lindley has also worked as a television sports analyst covering triathlon and field hockey events for NBC during the 2004 Summer Olympics. She has reported on NCAA Field Hockey, the NCAA Final Four, and the Big 10 Tournament for NBC, CSTV, and TVNZ.^[3]

Career

Lindley grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, as an athletic and shy child.^[4] She attended Greenwich High School, where she played field hockey, ice hockey, and lacrosse.^[5] She later attended Brown University, where she played at the varsity level in the same three sports and graduated with a degree in psychology.^[6][7] Following graduation, she spent two years coaching field hockey and lacrosse – one year at Princeton University and one year at Lehigh University.^[6]

In 1992 Lindley competed in her first triathlon without having much prior knowledge or training in swimming.^[4] She trained while working 60-hour weeks at a local YMCA in Worcester, Massachusetts.^[8][4]

In 1996 she began competing in ITU World Cup races and was consistently producing top-10 finishes in 1999 under coach Jack Ralston.^[9] By 2000 she was focusing on qualifying for the 2000 Summer Olympics, the year the triathlon was making its first appearance in the Olympic program. At the U.S. Olympic Trials in Dallas, Lindley failed to take one of the top two spots in the race to qualify, but instead took third and accompanied the team to Sydney as an alternate.^[4][10] Thereafter, she made some changes in her training, including joining coach Brett Sutton's squad at the suggestion of Loretta Harrop.^[9] Soon after joining his squad, Sutton had her race in the 2000 ITU Duathlon World Championships, where she took second place.^[11]

In 2001, she won six consecutive ITU World Cup races and captured the ITU World Championship title, accumulating enough points to be ranked as the top female ITU triathlete in the world.^[8] The next year, in 2002, she maintained her No. 1 ranking while repeating as the winner of the World Cup series.^[8] After that year, she decided to retire from triathlon competition to pursue what she considered her true career calling as a coach.^[4] She credits much of her success in 2001 and 2002, when she won 11 World Cup races, as well as her success as a coach, to Sutton.^[9]

Among her accomplishments as a coach is coaching Susan Williams to an Olympic Bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics, and Mirinda Carfrae to three Ironman World Championships.^[7]

ITU results

Results list

Date Position Event Venue Total time November 9, 2002 13 ITU Triathlon World Championships Cancún 2:04:10 September 7, 2002 2 ITU Triathlon World Cup Hamburg 1:57:56 August 31, 2002 1 ITU Triathlon World Cup Lausanne 2:02:42 August 18, 2002 1 ITU Triathlon European Cup Geneva 2:18:07 July 28, 2002 1 ITU Triathlon World Cup Tiszaujvaros 1:57:04 July 21, 2002 1 ITU Triathlon World Cup Corner Brook 2:05:43 July 14, 2002 1 ITU Triathlon World Cup Edmonton 2:01:33 May 19, 2002 7 ITU Triathlon World Cup Ishigaki 2:02:17 March 31, 2002 3 ITU Triathlon World Cup Geelong 2:03:05 March 17, 2002 1 ITU Triathlon Oceania Cup Devonport 2:02:21 September 2, 2001 4 ITU Triathlon Oceania Cup Brisbane 2:02:42 August 25, 2001 1 ITU Triathlon World Cup Lausanne 2:07:08 August 18, 2001 1 ITU Triathlon World Cup Tiszaújváros 1:56:47 July 29, 2001 1 ITU Triathlon World Cup Corner Brook 2:03:16 July 22, 2001 1 ITU Triathlon World Championship Edmonton 1:58:50 July 7, 2001 1 ITU Triathlon World Cup Toronto 2:00:04 May 13, 2001 1 ITU Triathlon World Cup Rennes 1:59:32 April 22, 2001 3 ITU Triathlon World Cup Ishigaki 1:58:15 April 15, 2001 6 ITU Triathlon World Cup Gamagori 1:58:26 November 5, 2000 1 ITU Triathlon World Cup Cancún 1:57:52 October 8, 2000 2 ITU Triathlon World Cup Calais 2:02:03 August 12, 2000 1 ITU Triathlon World Cup Lausanne 2:05:22 August 6, 2000 2 ITU Triathlon World Cup Tiszaújváros 1:55:16 July 8, 2000 6 ITU Triathlon World Cup Toronto 1:58:48 April 30, 2000 10 ITU Triathlon World Championships Perth 1:56:01 November 7, 1999 4 ITU Triathlon World Cup Noosa 1:56:40 August 8, 1999 8 ITU Triathlon World Cup Tiszaújváros 1:59:04 June 20, 1999 5 ITU Triathlon World Cup Monte Carlo 2:03:02 June 13, 1999 5 ITU Triathlon World Cup Kapelle-op-den-Bos 1:57:36 May 2, 1999 4 ITU Triathlon World Cup Sydney 2:04:24 April 18, 1999 4 ITU Triathlon World Cup Gamagori 1:55:26 April 11, 1999 10 ITU Triathlon World Cup Ishigaki 2:02:29 November 8, 1998 13 ITU Triathlon World Cup Noosa 2:04:13 November 1, 1998 7 ITU Triathlon World Cup Auckland 2:01:43 September 27, 1998 6 ITU Triathlon World Cup Cancún 2:05:15 August 30, 1998 15 ITU Triathlon World Championships Lausanne 2:12:35 July 18, 1998 7 PATCO Triathlon North American Championships Los Cabos 2:15:01 November 16, 1997 22 ITU Triathlon World Championships Perth 2:04:10 October 12, 1997 12 ITU Triathlon World Cup Cancún 2:04:21 November 3, 1996 14 ITU Triathlon World Cup Noosa 2:05:08 August 24, 1996 29 ITU Triathlon World Championships Cleveland 1:58:45 June 30, 1996 16 ITU Triathlon World Cup Hamilton 1:56:58 Source:[12]

Awards

• 2016 USA Triathlon Hall of Fame^[13]
• 2014 International Triathlon Union Hall of Fame
• 2007 Brown Athletic Hall of Fame^[3]
• 2001 Female Duathlete of the Year
• 2001 Triathlon Magazine's Triathlete of the Year

References

1. "Thank you". Twitter.com. May 26, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
2. Sherwood, Merryn (February 12, 2015). "Throwback Thursday: Siri Lindley". International Triathlon Union. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
3. "Siri E. Lindley". brownbears.com. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
4. Cook, Sam (February 4, 2015). "Episode 028 – Siri Lindley: Right Coaches, Right Athletes". Triathlon Research. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
5. "Interview with a Beginner Triathlete". siri-lindley.com. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
6. "An interview with Siri Lindley '91". Brown University. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
7. Carlson, Timothy (March 12, 2014). "The education of a coach". Slowtwitch.com. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
8. "ITU Hall of Fame profile". International Triathlon Union. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
9. Krabel, Herbert (January 18, 2011). "The great Siri Lindley". Slowtwitch.com. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
10. Colvin, Jennifer (May 27, 2000). "Taormina and Zieger Earn Spots on 2000 Olympic Triathlon Team". Active.com. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
11. "Duathlon World Championship - Calais 2000 - Women". bestsports.com. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
12. "ITU Results". International Triathlon Union. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
13. Kelly, Michael (January 15, 2016). "Boulder's Siri Lindley set to enter USA Triathlon Hall of Fame". Daily Camera. Retrieved January 15, 2016.

External links

• Official website