Charlotte McShane


Charlotte McShane is a Scottish born Australian professional triathlete and the 2013 U23 ITU World Triathlon Champion as well as the 2008 Xterra U20 World Champion.
McShane grew up in Helensburgh, Scotland, and in 2005 moved to a place near Bairnsdale, Victoria. Now she lives in Wollongong, New South Wales or Vitoria - Gasteiz, Spain and her coach is the NSWIS Head Coach Jamie Turner.

Sports career

In 2001, Charlotte McShane watched her father Frank at Kona and from then on she knew triathlon would be her passion.
She was a student at Glasgow School of Sport and in Scotland she won several national junior titles. In November 2005, her family moved to Australia and despite her young age Charlotte McShane started competing in long distance triathlons.
In 2008, at the age of 18, Charlotte McShane became the U20 Xterra World Triathlon Champion and was 2nd Amateur Female overall and placed 4th at the Elite Female Yeppoon 70.3 Half Ironman, 4th at the Elite Female Canberra 70.3 Half Ironman, and 6th at the Elite Female Oceania Long Distance Championships in Huskisson.
In 2009, McShane still concentrated on the long distance and won the gold medals at the Elite Female Victorian Olympic Distance Triathlon Championships, at the Elite Female Murrayman South Australian Long Distance Championships, and at the Elite Female Northern Territory Long Distance Championships. She placed 3rd at the Elite Female Shepparton 70.3 Half Ironman, and 4th at the Elite Female Canberra 70.3 Half Ironman.
In 2010, McShane returned to the Olympic Distance and took part in several ITU races. At Geneva, she won the European Cup silver medal and at the Grand Final of the World Championship Series in Budapest she represented Australia in the U23 category, despite having crashed during the cycle and breaking her ribs.
In 2013, McShane finished 20th Overall in the ITU World Series rankings, finishing 9th in Auckland, 10th in Yokohama, 18th in Madrid and 13th in Stockholm. She then won the ITU U23 World Championships in London.

ITU competitions

In the seven years from 2006 to 2012, McShane took part in 37 ITU events and achieved 16 top ten positions.
In 2013, by the month of June McShane achieved two top ten positions in the World Triathlon circuit.
The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the ITU Athletes's Profile Page.
Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons and refer to the Elite category.
DateCompetitionPlaceRank
2006-02-19 Oceania Cup Hobart15
2009-02-22 Long Distance Oceania ChampionshipsHuskisson8
2009-10-21 Long Distance World ChampionshipsPerth13
2010-03-13 Oceania Championships Wellington7
2010-03-27 World CupMooloolabaDNF
2010-05-23 European CupStrathclyde3
2010-05-30 African CupLarache5
2010-06-12 Premium European CupPontevedra20
2010-06-27 Premium European CupBrasschaat8
2010-07-10 World CupHolten26
2010-08-08 World CupTiszaújváros22
2010-08-15 European CupGeneva2
2010-09-08 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final: U23 World ChampionshipsBudapest25
2010-09-25 Premium Pan American CupTuscaloosaDNF
2010-10-10 World CupHuatulco20
2011-03-12 Oceania ChampionshipsWellington5
2011-03-26 World CupMooloolabaDNF
2011-04-17 World CupIshigaki15
2011-05-08 World CupMonterrey43
2011-05-29 Premium European CupBrasschaat23
2011-07-10 World CupEdmonton29
2011-07-24 European CupGeneva7
2011-08-14 World CupTiszaújváros27
2011-09-24 Pan American CupBuffalo4
2011-10-09 Pan American CupMyrtle Beach2
2012-02-05 Oceania CupKinloch17
2012-02-12 Sprint Premium Oceania CupGeelong10
2012-03-10 Oceania ChampionshipsDevonport7
2012-03-24 World CupMooloolaba25
2012-04-14 World Triathlon SeriesSydney59
2012-06-10 Sprint European CupCremona4
2012-06-17 World CupBanyoles14
2012-07-14 World CupTiszaujvaros4
2012-07-22 European CupGeneva5
2012-08-25 World Triathlon SeriesStockholm35
2012-09-22 World CupTongyeong4
2012-10-20 World Triathlon Series, Grand Final: U23 ChampionshipAuckland12
2013-02-23 Sprint Oceania ChampionshipsDevonport4
2013-03-09 Oceania ChampionshipsWellington5
2013-03-16 World CupMooloolaba7
2013-04-06 World TriathlonAuckland9
2013-05-11 World TriathlonYokohama10
2013-06-01 World TriathlonMadrid18

DNF = did not finish · DNS = did not start