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Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom | 8 January 1989||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Wales Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Triathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Non Rhiannydd Stanford[1] MBE (born 8 January 1989) is a British former professional triathlete, representing Great Britain and Wales at international level. Stanford was the ITU (now World Triathlon) World Champion in 2013, part of the Great Britain world champion mixed relay team in 2012[2] and represented Team GB at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, where she finished fourth behind teammate and housemate Vicky Holland. Hindered thereafter by recurrent injuries, she struggled to repeat the dominant form of her early years. In her final year of competition, 2022, however she found an exceptional final flourish of form; she anchored Wales to silver in the team event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, her first Commonwealth medal and her first major championship medal since 2015 World Triathlon mixed relay bronze. One week later, in her final major Olympic distance triathlon race, Stanford won her first and only European championship.
Non Stanford is based in Leeds, England and was born in Bridgend, Wales. Non is a Welsh name, and takes after Saint Non.