Aileen Morrison

Aileen Morrison at the European Cup triathlon in Antalya, 2011. Aileen Morrison at the European Cup triathlon in Antalya, 2011. Aileen Morrison at the World Championship Triathlon in Kitzbühel, being chased by Nicola Spirig, 2010.

Aileen Reid (née Morrison; born 15 June 1982 in Derry, Northern Ireland) is a professional triathlete from Northern Ireland who represented Ireland at the London 2012 & Rio 2016 Olympics.

Reid represents the North West Triathlon Club and competes for French team Poissy.

Also an accomplished runner and swimmer, Reid is a former NI Cross country champion, and won a medal at the World University Cross Country championships with Team Ireland.

Aileen trained as a physical education teacher prior to beginning her triathlon career.

She competed in the Women's triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she finished in a disappointing 43rd place, almost 10 minutes behind winner Nicola Spirig. Reid suffered a crash on the first lap of the bike course as a result of wet roads.

She married in October 2012, and raced under her married name thereafter.

She finished the 2013 season ranked 8th in the World, with a silver medal at the ITU World Triathlon Series Grand Final in London. She has had two other World triathlon series podiums with a silver medal in Madrid in June 2012, and Hamburg in July 2010.

Reid competed in the Women's triathlon at the Rio 2016 Olympics and finished in 21st place.

She retired in July 2017.

The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the Athlete's Profile Page. The following events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and belong to the Elite category.

Date Competition Place Rank 2008-05-18 European Cup Brno 6 2008-06-27 University Triathlon Championship Erdek 13 2008-07-12 European Cup Athlone 6 2008-08-03 European Cup Egirdir 7 2008-08-30 European Cup Split 3 2008-09-13 European Cup Vienna 12 2008-09-27 BG World Cup Lorient 22 2009-04-05 European Cup Quarteira 6 2009-05-02 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Tongeyong 22 2009-06-21 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Washington DC 25 2009-07-02 European Championships Holten 13 2009-07-18 European Cup Athlone 2 2009-08-15 Dextro Energy World Championship Series London DNF 2010-05-22 European Cup Senec 6 2010-06-05 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Madrid 23 2010-06-12 Elite Cup Hy-Vee 27 2010-07-03 European Championships Athlone 5 2010-07-17 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Hamburg 3 2010-08-14 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Kitzbühel 16 2010-09-08 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final Budapest 17 2010-10-16 World Cup Tongyeong 4 2010-10-23 Asian Cup Hong Kong 1 2011-04-03 European Cup Antalya 1 2011-04-17 World Cup Ishigaki 2

BG = the sponsor British Gas · DNF = did not finish