Kirsten Sweetland


Kirsten Sweetland is a retired Canadian professional triathlete, the Junior World Champion of the year 2006, and the 2010 U23 World Championship silver medalist.
In the six years from 2005 to 2010, Sweetland took part in 26 ITU competitions and achieved 13 top ten positions.
In 2010, Sweetland won the silver medals at the U23 World Championships and at the Premium Pan American Cup in Kelowna.
In France, Sweetland represents the club Tri Olympique Club Cessonnais in the prestigious French Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux and took part in one of the five triathlons of this circuit. At the Grand Final in La Baule on 18 September 2010, she placed 8th and was the best triathlete of her club, which placed 5th thanks to the guest athletes Sweetland and Aileen Morrison.
In 2015, she was member of ECS Triathlon club in Sartrouville in France. In 2016, she was named to the Canadian Olympic team. In 2017, Kirsten retired from elite triathlon and is now a triathlon coach, supporting athletes through an online platform.

ITU Competitions

The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the athlete's ITU Profile Page.
Unless indicated otherwise the following competitions are triathlons and belong to the Elite category.
DateCompetitionPlaceRank
2005-09-10 World Championships GamagoriDNF
2006-07-29 Duathlon World Championships Corner Brook2
2006-09-02 World Championships Lausanne1
2006-11-12 BG World CupNew Plymouth15
2007-03-25 BG World CupMooloolaba15
2007-04-15 BG World CupIshigaki12
2007-05-06 BG World CupLisbon7
2007-05-13 BG World CupRichards Bay1
2007-06-17 BG World CupDes MoinesDNF
2007-06-24 BG World CupEdmonton2
2007-07-22 BG World CupKitzbuhel8
2007-07-29 BG World CupSalford19
2007-08-30 BG World ChampionshipsHamburgDNF
2007-09-15 BG World CupBeijingDNF
2008-04-26 BG World CupTongyeong5
2008-06-05 BG World ChampionshipsVancouver38
2009-03-01 OTU Oceania ChampionshipsGold CoastDNS
2009-03-29 World CupMooloolaba1
2009-04-05 Oceania CupNew Plymouth1
2009-05-02 Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesTongyeong5
2009-08-22 Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesYokohama8
2010-03-27 World CupMooloolabaDNF
2010-07-17 Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesHamburgDNF
2010-07-24 Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesLondon45
2010-08-20 Premium Pan American CupKelowna2
2010-09-11 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final: U23 World ChampionshipBudapest2
2010-10-17 PATCO Pan American ChampionshipsPuerto VallartaDSQ

DNF = did not finish · DNS = did not start · DSQ = disqualified