Felicity Sheedy Ryan

Felicity Sheedy-Ryan at the World Championship Series triathlon in Kitzbühel, 2011. Felicity Sheedy-Ryan at the World Cup triathlon in Tiszaújváros, 2011.

Felicity Sheedy-Ryan (born 12 February 1985 in Perth) is an Australian professional triathlete, Oceania Champion of the year 2008, gold medalist at the 2012 and 2017 Duathlon World Championships, and a member of the Australian World Championship Series Team 2011.

Sports career

Sheedy-Ryan started her national career as a member of the UWA (University of Western Australia) Triathlon Club and is a member of the WA Institute of Sport.

In 2011, Sheedy-Ryan decided to participate for the first time in a Long Distance race and won the silver medal at Busselton 70.3 Half Ironman.

Sheedy-Ryan also takes part in the prestigious French Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux and represents the club Stade Poitevin Tri. At Dunkirk (22 May 2011) she placed 14th, at Paris (9 July 2011) 10th, thus being the best female triathlete of her club.

Sheedy-Ryan lives in Wembley, a suburb of Perth, and in France. Her coach is Grant Landers.

ITU competitions In the five years from 2006 to 2010, Sheedy-Ryan took part in 22 ITU competitions and achieved 10 top ten positions. In 2011, she won two gold medals at the European Cup in Geneva and the Premium European Cup in Banyoles. She also represents Australia in the World Championship Series.

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 (Olympic Distance) and refer to the Elite category.

Date Competition Place Rank 2006-04-16 Oceania Championships Geelong 11 2007-02-04 Oceania Championships (U23) Penrith 2 2007-05-20 Pan American Cup Honolulu 18 2007-06-24 Asian Cup Gamagori 7 2007-07-01 Asian Cup Shichigahama 3 2008-03-01 Oceania Cup Gold Coast 15 2008-03-09 Oceania Championships (U23) Wellington 1 2008-07-12 European Cup Athlone 3 2008-07-20 BG World Cup Kitzbühel 27 2009-03-15 Oceania Cup Perth 3 2009-07-18 European Cup Athlone 1 2009-08-09 World Cup Tiszaújváros 3 2009-08-15 Dextro Energy World Championship Series London 30 2009-09-09 Dextro Energy World Championship Series: Grand Final Gold Coast 20 2010-03-27 World Cup Mooloolaba 13 2010-04-11 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Sydney 28 2010-06-05 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Madrid 36 2010-07-10 World Cup Holten 4 2010-07-24 Dextro Energy World Championship Series London DNF 2010-08-08 World Cup Tiszaújváros 46 2010-08-21 Sprint World Championships Lausanne 21 2010-09-03 Duathlon World Championships Edinburgh 3 2011-03-12 Oceania Championships Wellington 8 2011-04-09 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Sydney 41 2011-06-04 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Madrid 46 2011-06-18 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Kitzbühel 54 2011-07-24 European Cup Geneva 1 2011-07-31 Premium European Cup Banyoles 1 2011-08-14 World Cup Tiszaújváros 4 2011-08-20 Dextro Energy World Championship Series: Sprint World Championships Lausanne 33

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