Georgia Taylor-Brown

Georgia Taylor-Brown
MBE
Taylor-Brown in 2013
Personal information
NationalityEnglish
Born (1994-03-15) 15 March 1994 (age 30)
Manchester, England,[1] United Kingdom
Sport
Country Great Britain
SportTriathlon
Medal record
Women's triathlon
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Mixed relay
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Mixed relay
World Triathlon Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Elite
Silver medal – second place 2022 Elite
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Elite
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Elite
World Sprint Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Montréal Sprint
World Mixed Relay Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Montréal Mixed Relay
World Triathlon Series - Races
Gold medal – first place 2020 Hamburg Elite
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast Elite
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lausanne Elite
Super League Triathlon
Gold medal – first place 2021 Championship Series
Gold medal – first place 2022 Championship Series
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Championship Series
Representing  England
Women's triathlon
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Mixed relay
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Triathlon

Georgia Taylor-Brown MBE (born 15 March 1994) is an English professional triathlete. Having won bronze in the 2018 and 2019 World Triathlon Series, Taylor Brown won the one-off sprint triathlon race in Hamburg that constituted the 2020 World Triathlon Championship, becoming the fifth British woman to become world champion.[2]

In 2021, Georgia won the silver medal in the 2020 Olympic triathlon, the best result achieved to date by a female triathlete for Great Britain, before winning the gold medal for Great Britain with Jess Learmonth, Jonathan Brownlee and Alex Yee in the Triathlon Mixed Relay on Saturday 31 July 2021. Taylor-Brown also won the 2021 and 2022 Super League Triathlon Championship Series, finishing ahead of Triathlon Mixed Relay Teammate Jess Learmonth.[3][4] She finished 2nd in all four of the Championship Series races.[5] In 2022, Taylor-Brown won gold in the revived World Triathlon Sprint Championships in Montréal, her second individual global title, and anchored her team to silver in the following day's mixed relay, confirming Great Britain's first quota places at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Taylor-Brown finished 3rd in the inaugural Esport Triathlon World Championship, held as part of the 2022 Arena Games Triathlon season.[6]

She is Great Britain's most successful female Olympic triathlete, and along with Alex Yee, the most successful Olympic triathlete at a single Games.[7] Georgia Taylor-Brown is based in Leeds, England where she trains at the Leeds Triathlon Centre.[8] She was born in Manchester, England.

  1. ^ "Georgia Taylor-Brown". Britishtriathlon.org. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  2. ^ "World Triathlon Series: Great Britain's Vicky Holland wins world title". Bbc.co.uk. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Super League win 'bittersweet' for Georgia Taylor-Brown". TRI247. 26 September 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Georgia Taylor-Brown Edges Out Jess Learmonth For Super League Triathlon Championship Series Title". Super League Triathlon. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Georgia Taylor-Brown » Super League Triathlon". Super League Triathlon. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  6. ^ Leitch, Adam (7 May 2022). "Beth Potter Wins Arena Games Triathlon Title as Zsanett Bragmayer Takes The Win In Singapore". Super League Triathlon. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Tokyo 2020: GB win mixed triathlon relay gold to start 'Super Saturday' – watch, listen & follow text". BBC Sport. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
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