Sally Pilbeam

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Sally Pilbeam
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born1978
Medal record
Representing Australia
Women's Paratriathlon
ITU Triathlon World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Edmonton Women’s PT3
Gold medal – first place 2015 Chicago Women’s PT3
Gold medal – first place World Duathlon 2015 Adelaide Women’s PT3
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rotterdam Women’s PT3
Silver medal – second place 2017 Rotterdam Women’s PTS4
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Women's PTS3

Sally Pilbeam (1978)[1] is an arm amputee Australian paratriathlete. In 2014 and 2015, she won gold medals at the World Triathlon Series Finals.[1] She has been selected to compete at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.[2]

Personal

Pilbeam was born in 1978[1] and lives in Perth, Western Australia. She is married and has two sons.[3] In 2002, she lost her right arm at the shoulder due to cancer.[3]

Paratriathlon

She rides a modified bike in the cycling leg of paratriathlon events.[4] In 2014, she was classified as a PTS3 paratriathlete.

Pilbeam, first competed at the Australian Paratriathlon Championships in 2013.[3] At the 2013 ITU World Triathlon Series Final in London, England, she finished eighth in the Women’s TRI-4. In 2014, she won Oceania Paratriathlon Championships, ITU World Paratriathlon Event in Melbourne, Australia and ITU World Paratriathlon Event in Yokohama, Japan in Women’s PT3 events.[1] In August 2014, she won her first world championship by winning the Women's PT3 at the 2014 ITU World Triathlon Series Final in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[5]

In January 2015, Pilbeam won the Oceania Paratriathlon Championships PT3 event at Penrith, New South Wales.[6] At the 2015 World Championships Final in Chicago, she won the gold medal in the Women's PT3.[7]

She won silver medals at the 2016, 2017 and 2018 ITU World Championships Series Finals.[8][9] At the 2019 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final in Lausanne, she finished fifth in the Women's PTS5.[10] In 2017, she was transferred to PTS4 events. In July 2020, she announced her retirement from elite triathlon to spend more time with her family.[11] She returned to competiton in July 2022, as her event was included on the 2024 Paris Paralympics program. Pilbeam goes into the Paris Games ranked seventh in the Women's PTS4.[2]

Her coach is Andrew Budge.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Sally Pilbeam". ITU Website. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Paralympics Australia Announces Powerful Triathlon Team For Paris 2024 | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d "Perth mum Sally Pilbeam wins World Paratriathlon gold". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 2 September 2014. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Approved Paratriathlon Impairment Adaptations on Bicycles" (PDF). ITU Website. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Women's PT3 Results". ITU Results 2014 Edmonton. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  6. ^ "brave rain swept Neapean to Conquer Oceania Championships". Triathlon Australia News, 13 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  7. ^ White, Chelsea (18 September 2015). "Australia awesome at Paratriathlon World Championships". International Triathlon Union News. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Golden day for Aussie paratriathletes in Rotterdam". Triathlon Australia website. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  9. ^ "Tapp turned on full bore as Emily strokes World Championship gold". Triathlon Australia website. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Parker crowned World Champion in Lausanne". Triathlon Australia. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  11. ^ "Three-time World Champion Paratriathlete Sally Pilbeam has announced her retirement". Trizone. 20 September 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
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