Siri Lindley

Siri Lindley (born ) is an American triathlon coach and former professional triathlete. She is the 2001 ITU Triathlon World Champion as well as the winner of the 2001 and 2002 ITU Triathlon World Cup series and 2001 ITU Aquathlon World Championships. She has coached a number of Olympic and Ironman athletes and champions, including Mirinda Carfrae, Leanda Cave, Sarah True, and Susan Williams. In 2014, she was selected to be a member of the inaugural International Triathlon Union (ITU) Hall of Fame class.

In addition to her athletic and coaching career, Lindley works as a public speaker. She has also worked as a television sports analyst covering triathlon and field hockey events for NBC during the 2004 Summer Olympics. She has reported on NCAA Field Hockey, the NCAA Final Four, and the Big 10 Tournament for NBC, CSTV, and TVNZ.

Career Triathlon Lindley grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, as an athletic and shy child. She attended Greenwich High School, where she played field hockey, ice hockey, and lacrosse. She later attended Brown University, where she played at the varsity level in the same three sports and graduated with a degree in psychology. Following graduation, she spent two years coaching field hockey and lacrosse – one year at Princeton University and one year at Lehigh University. By 2000 she was focusing on qualifying for the 2000 Summer Olympics, the year the triathlon was making its first appearance in the Olympic program. At the U.S. Olympic Trials in Dallas, Lindley failed to take one of the top two spots in the race to qualify, but instead took third and accompanied the team to Sydney as an alternate. Thereafter, she made some changes in her training, including joining coach Brett Sutton's squad at the suggestion of Loretta Harrop.

In 2001, she won six consecutive ITU World Cup races and captured the ITU World Championship title, accumulating enough points to be ranked as the top female ITU triathlete in the world.

Lindley is the author of Surfacing: From the Depths of Self-Doubt to Winning Big and Living Fearlessly. Additionally, she is a speaker with Carter Global Speakers She is the co-founder of Believe Ranch and Rescue, a non-profit focused on rescuing horses from slaughter. For this work Denver7 awarded Lindley and her spouse Keat the 7Everyday Heroes Award for their work saving horses from slaughter and caring for them or finding them homes.

Personal Lindley is married to former professional triathlete Rebekah Keat. In November 2019 she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia and participated in a clinical trial at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. The following year she was declared cancer-free after receiving results from her latest bone marrow biopsy.

ITU results

Awards 2023 World Triathlon Hall of Fame 2018 Boulder Colorado Sports Hall of Fame 2016 USA Triathlon Hall of Fame 2014 International Triathlon Union Hall of Fame 2007 Brown Athletic Hall of Fame