britishtriathlon.org 2 Triathlon British 2013 | The famous pontoon dive into the Serpentine in London's Hyde Park. Report CONTENTS Annual 5 President’s Welcome DELIVERING EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE 7 THE MEDAL TABLE 8-9 GREAT BRITAIN ON TOP OF THE WORLD: 2013 WORLD CHAMPIONS 10-11 ACHIEVING OUR TARGETS 12-13 THE TEAM BEHIND THE TEAM 14-15 SUPPORTING THE ATHLETE PATHWAY 16-17 THE PRIDE OF BRITAIN RAISING THE PROFILE OF TRIATHLON 18-19 TRIATHLON: TALK OF THE TOWN 20-21 WORLD-CLASS EVENTS IN ICONIC LOCATIONS LONDON LEGACY 22-23 TRIATHLON DELIVERS ON OLYMPIC LEGACY 24-25 TRIATHLON TAKES CENTRE STAGE 26-27 SPONSORS AND PARTNERS INSPIRED BY TRIATHLON 28-29 THE BEST FANS IN THE WORLD STRATEGY IN ACTION 30-31 GOVERNANCE 32-35 FINANCIAL REVIEW 37 THE LAST WORD 3 4 | Britain's medal-winningjuniortriathletes. Georgia Taylor-Brown , oneofGreat Triathlon British Credit: ITU Triathlon.org/ Janos Schmidt PRESIDENT’S WELCOME 2013 Report Ian Howard TD Annual I am pleased to introduce the Annual Our members the Home Nations, have We continue to seek to attract suitable Report for what has been another continued to build participation around commercial sponsors who recognise the excellent year for the sport of triathlon in the country and we have sought to benefits of being associated with a brand Great Britain. Together with our Home support them wherever we can. Only with as dynamic as triathlon. We also work Nations members and their membership, strong, vigorous roots can we aspire to closely with UK Sport who has placed the triathlon community, we continue to produce athletes challenging regularly for enormous faith in us for a number of build a solid platform for performance podium places on the world stage. years. Their ongoing faith is seen in an excellence in the future. increase in the number of funded athletes Governance is at the heart of what we in 2014, particularly at a junior level, and We hosted the PruHealth World Triathlon do as a Board. Governance is about we intend to repay that commitment with Grand Final London in Hyde Park in adherence to the law and our own internal ever more athletes making it into the September and it was a resounding regulations and procedures. Governance higher levels of the ITU rankings. success, going on record as the largest is about acting without conflicts in ever ITU World Championship event. the best interests of the organisation Please do review the numbers in this Over 80 countries were represented we represent. Report yourself. We are proud as a Board with 7,862 race starts and a massive live of Directors with the progress we have Governance is also about sound financial spectator presence cheered the athletes made. When I took over from Professor husbandry. In this respect I am pleased to on, with the invisible support of a further Sarah Springman CBE at the beginning report that despite the severe demands 2.2m (men’s race) and 1.3m (women’s of the calendar year, I was conscious of on our funds during the Olympic Year, the race) watching live on the BBC. The the weight of expectation placed on the British Triathlon Federation (BTF) (which result? A new World Champion in Non Federation and its' Board. I believe we includes Triathlon England, a Division Stanford, and in total three podium have met those expectations to date and of the BTF legal entity), still managed to placed senior elite athletes out of six! A we will continue to strive to meet and increase its overall surplus at the year resounding vindication of the trust placed exceed them as we move on through the chmidt S end. We are now well placed to invest in us by UK Sport and our partner and next quadrennial. carefully for the future and for Rio in sponsor community - what better way to particular which is already less than three increase the profile of the sport, feeding years away! into our increasingly popular media riathlon.org/ Janos T pages on our website and our social ITU media channels whose following have 5 redit: grown tremendously this year. C DELIVERING EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE Triathlon British | The finish line nears in Hyde Park for British 6 juniors, Marc Austin and Grant Sheldon. Elite Medal Winners 2013 ● Gold l Silver l Bronze MEDAL TABLE 2013 2013 PruHealth World Triathlon 2013 London ITU Aquathlon 2013 Alanya ETU Triathlon European 2013 Holten ETU Triathlon U23 and Report Grand Final London World Championships Championships Youth European Championships Senior Women: Non Stanford ● U23 Men: David Bishop (World Champion) ● Senior Women: Vicky Holland l U23 Women: Lois Rosindale ● Annual (World Champion) Junior Men: Morgan Davies ● Junior Women: Triathlon Team Relay Youth Men: (Kieran Senior Men: Jonathan Brownlee l (World Champion) Georgia Taylor-Brown ● Lindars, Jimmy Kershaw, Miles Burton) l Junior Men: James Teagle l Junior Men: Marc Austin l Triathlon Team Relay Youth Women: (Grace Cook, Megan McDonald, Sian Rainsley) l Junior Women: Fion Haf Harrett l Junior Triathlon Mixed Relay: 2013 ITU World Triathlon Series (Sian Rainsley, Gordon Benson, ● SAN DIEGO Paratriathlon Tri 6b: Melissa Reid Georgia Taylor-Brown, Marc Austin) ● Alistair Brownlee ● (World Champion) 2013 The Hague-Kijkduin ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships Non Stanford l Paratriathlon Tri 3: James Smith ● (World Champion) 2013 Alanya ETU Paratriathlon Senior Women: Lesley Paterson l YOKOHAMA European Championships Jonathan Brownlee ● TRI 1 Jodie Stimpson l 2013 London ITU Paratriathlon 2013 Ottawa ITU Duathlon World Jane Egan ● Championships - Juniors and U23s only MADRID World Championships elivering excellent performance Phil Hogg ● D Jonathan Brownlee ● TRI 1 U23 Men: Richard Horton ● Joe Townsend l Non Stanford ● Jane Egan (World Champion) ● (World Champion) TRI 3 Jodie Stimpson l Karen Darke l Junior Women: Georgina Schwiening ● Sarah Pearson ● KITZBUHEL TRI 3 (World Champion) Steven Judge l Alistair Brownlee ● Eleni Papadopoulos l Junior Women: Kate Curran l TRI 4 Jodie Stimpson ● Steven Judge l Junior Men: Calum Johnson l Lauren Steadman ● HAMBURG TRI 4 Clare Cunningham l Jonathan Brownlee ● Faye McClelland (World Champion) ● 2013 Ironman World Championships TRI 6A Alistair Brownlee l Lauren Steadman l Rachel Joyce l Haseeb Ahmad (Guide Ben Matthews) l Non Stanford l Clare Cunningham l Liz Blatchford l TRI 6B Jodie Stimpson l TRI 5 Melissa Reid (Guide Nicole Walters) ● STOCKHOLM Matthew Emmerson (World Champion) ● Charlotte Ellis (Guide Jenny Manners) l Alistair Brownlee ● George Peasgood l 2013 Ironman European Championships David Ellis (Guide Luke Watson) ● l Jonathan Brownlee l TRI 6A Jodie Swallow Iain Dawson (Guide Carl Shaw) l Non Stanford l Chris Goodwin (Guide Ben Howard) ● OVERALL (World Champion) 2013 Ironman 70.3 European Non Stanford (World Champion) ● Haseeb Ahmad (Guide Ben Matthews) l 2013 Horst ETU Powerman Long Championships Jodie Stimpson l TRI 6B Distance and Sprint Duathlon Ritchie Nicholls ● European Championships Jonathan Brownlee l Melissa Reid (Guide Nicole Walters) ● Catriona Morrison l Senior Women: Lucy Gossage ● (World Champion) Junior Women: Georgina Schwiening l Charlotte Ellis (Guide Jenny Manners) l 2013 London ITU Triathlon Junior World Junior Men: Liam Lloyd l 2013 XTERRA World Championships David Ellis (Guide Luke Watson) ● Championships Senior Women: Lesley Paterson l (World Champion) Junior Women: Georgia Taylor-Brown l Senior Men: Asa Shaw l Junior Men: Marc Austin l Iain Dawson (Guide Matt Ellis) l 7 Junior Men: Grant Sheldon l GReat BRItaIN Triathlon ON TOP OF THE WORLD: 2013 WORLD CHAMPIONS British h Matthew Emmerson (l) & George h Jane Egan celebrates paratriathlon gold in Peasgood (r) win paratriathlon gold and London (Tri 1). bronze in London (Tri 5). h David Bishop wins gold in London at the ITU Aquathlon U23 World Championships. i A clean sweep of the podium in at the ITU Paratriathlon World Championships with Faye McClelland (gold), Lauren Steadman (silver) and Clare Cunningham (bronze) in the Tri 4 category. i Chris Goodwin and guide Ben Howard win paratriathlon Tri 6a gold in London. 8 2013 Report Annual h Melissa Reid (l) and guide Nicole Walters (r) add the paratriathlon world title to Melissa's elivering excellent performance world aquathlon and European gold medals. D h Non Stanford and Jodie Stimpson celebrate being crowned number one and two in the world. h Georgina Schwiening celebrates junior duathlon gold in Ottawa. i Morgan Davies wins junior i Richard Horton celebrates U23 duathlon i David Ellis and guide Luke Watson win paratriathlon gold in gold at the ITU Aquathlon i James Smith celebrates winning gold in Ottawa. London in the Tri 6b category. Junior World Championships. aquathlon gold in the Tri 3 category. 9 2013 SPORTING NUMBERS | Non Stanford celebrates Triathlon becoming world champion with compatriot Jodie Stimpson. British 8 Gold medals won at ITU World Triathlon Series races by British triathletes 3 Senior British triathletes in the top 3 in the world 50% Of junior world medals won by British athletes 10 2013 Report Annual ACHIEVING OUR taRGETS British triathletes, coaches and support staff have successfully achieved the medal targets set by UK Sport for 2013 in both the Olympic and Paralympic programmes. | The joys of being crowned world champion, Jane Egan (Tri 1). This success highlights the continued ensured that the team successfully Academies showed the development strength of British athletes, their achieved the UK Sport medal target. pathway is delivering with Marc Austin elivering excellent performance “ It’s been another successful coaches and the support staff that and Grant Sheldon both members of D British triathletes dominated the 2013 year for British Triathlon, with form the UK Sport Lottery funded triathlonscotland’s academy securing ITU World Triathlon Series delivering 16 World and European Champions World-Class Olympic and Paralympic silver and bronze respectively. at all levels of the sport.