Taylor Knibb

American triathlete

Taylor Knibb

Personal information

Nationality

American

Born

(1998-02-14) February 14, 1998 (age 26)

Sport

Triathlon

Medal record

Representing United States

Women's Triathlon
Olympic Games
	2020 Tokyo	Mixed relay
Ironman 70.3 World Championship
	2022	Individual
	2023	Individual
	2021	Individual

Taylor Knibb (born February 14, 1998) is an American triathlete and the 2022 and 2023 Women's Ironman 70.3 World Champion.^[1]^[2] She competed in the women's event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, held in Tokyo in 2021, finishing sixteenth.^[3] Later that same Olympics, she won a silver medal in the mixed relay event.^[4] Knibb is the youngest woman ever to qualify for the US Olympic triathlon team.^[5]^[6] Knibb earned her spot on the US Olympic team after she won gold in the season opener of the 2021 World Triathlon Championship Series, held on May 15, 2021, in Yokohoma, Japan.^[5]

Early life

Knibb began participating in triathlons at age 11, inspired by watching her mother, Leslie Knibb, compete in the Ironman triathlon. At age 15, she began competing on the youth and junior elite circuit.^[7] In high school she participated in swim and cross country, while continuing to compete in triathlon. In 2014 and 2015 she was named both the Washington D.C. Gatorade Cross Country Runner of the Year and the D.C. State Athletic Association Runner of the Year.

Following in the footsteps of many of her family members, she attended Cornell, where she ran NCAA track and cross country for four years, and competed on the swim team her senior year. She graduated in 2020. ^[8]

Her role models include her mother, Tamara Gorman, and Gwen Jorgensen.^[7]

She joined the national team in 2017, and remains the youngest athlete on the team.^[9]

Athletic Career

In her junior career, she won the USA Triathlon Junior National Championship in 2015 and 2016, the Junior World Championships in 2016 and 2017, and the U23 World Championships in 2018. She is one of three women to ever hold both Junior and U23 world titles.^[8] At the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Series in Edmonton she finished second to become the youngest woman to ever podium in the series.^[10]

In October 2022 Knibb won the Women's Ironman 70.3 World Championship, held in St George, Utah, becoming the youngest woman to ever win the race.^[11] One year later, Knibb successfully defended her title, winning the Ironman 70.3 World championship for the second year in a row.^{[citation needed]}

Knibb made her Ironman World Championships debut in 2023, finishing in fourth place as the first American finisher.^[12]

References

^ Slowtwitch.com. "Taylor Knibb Dominates IRONMAN 70.3 Worlds". Slowtwitch.com. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
^ "Taylor Knibb". Olympedia. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
^ "Triathlon - Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on October 6, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
^ "Triathlon - Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on July 30, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Taylor Knibb is youngest U.S. Olympic female triathlete ever | NBC Olympics". www.nbcolympics.com. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
^ "D.C. native Taylor Knibb makes U.S. Olympic triathlon team". RunWashington. May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Taylor Knibb". TRI247. January 24, 2024. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Taylor Knibb 877191". www.usatriathlon.org. November 7, 2023. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
^ Maconi, Caryn (March 22, 2021). "Taylor Knibb is USA Triathlon's youngest Olympic qualifier". USA Triathlon. Archived from the original on March 22, 2021.
^ Triathlon, World. "Taylor Knibb (USA)". World Triathlon. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
^ "Taylor Knibb Powers to Victory at 2022 Ironman 70.3 World Championships". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
^ "2023 Ironman World Championships Results". NBC Sports. October 15, 2023. Retrieved March 7, 2024.