Ainsley Thorpe
New Zealand Olympian: 1507
Biography
EVENT: Triathlon - Women's Individual, Mixed Team Relay
Ainsley Thorpe is originally from Auckland but now lives and trains in Cambridge. She competed at the Tokyo Olympic Games where she unfortunately crashed during the bike leg of the race. She also competed at the Paris Olympics in both the mixed team and individual.
Thorpe earned her first World Cup podium in 2019 and is part of the team that won World Triathlon Series in Edmonton and U23 World Championships at the Mixed Team Relay (MTR) event.
Her grandparents are the most influential people in her career, they are her biggest supporters and watch her race around the world.
athlete
Fast facts
- Sport
- Triathlon
- Birth place
- Auckland
- Born
- 1998
- Height
- 159cm
Olympic Summer GamesParis 2024
Triathlon(Team Relay - Mixed)
- Performance: 1:30:23
- Result: 14
- Placed: 14 of 15
- A:Hayden, B: Nicole, C: Dylan, D: Ainsley
- A Swim = 14th
- A Bike = 5th
- A Run = 10th (20:34)
- B Swim = 14th
- B Bike = 13th
- B Run = 12th (24:12)
- C Swim = 8th
- C Bike = 11th
- C Run = 11th (20:48)
- D Swim = 7th
- D Bike = 14th
- D Run = 13th (24:29)
Triathlon(Individual - Women)
- Performance: 2:03:48
- Result: 44
- Placed: 44 of 56
Commonwealth GamesBirmingham 2022
Triathlon(Individual - Women)
- Performance: DNS
- Result: DNS