Siri Lindley

Siri Lindley
Personal information
Full name Siri Elizabeth Lindley
Born (1969-05-26) May 26, 1969[1][2]
Greenwich, Connecticut
Residence Boulder, Colorado
Occupation Triathlon coach
Sport
Sport Triathlon
Team Team Sirius
Turned pro 1996
Medal record
Representing  United States
Women's triathlon
ITU World Championships
2001 Edmonton Elite
ITU Triathlon World Cup
2001 Elite
2002 Elite
ITU Duathlon World Championships
2000 Elite
ITU Aquathlon World Championships
2001 Elite

Siri Lindley (born May 26, 1969) 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.

Lindley 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.[3]

Career

Lindley grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, as an athletic and shy child.[4] She attended Greenwich High School, where she played field hockey, ice hockey, and lacrosse.[5] She later attended Brown University, where she played at the varsity level in the same three sports and graduated with a degree in psychology.[6][7] Following graduation, she spent two years coaching field hockey and lacrosse – one year at Princeton University and one year at Lehigh University.[6]

In 1992 Lindley competed in her first triathlon without having much prior knowledge or training in swimming.[4] She trained while working 60-hour weeks at a local YMCA in Worcester, Massachusetts.[8][4]

In 1996 she began competing in ITU World Cup races and was consistently producing top-10 finishes in 1999 under coach Jack Ralston.[9] 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.[4][10] Thereafter, she made some changes in her training, including joining coach Brett Sutton's squad at the suggestion of Loretta Harrop.[9] Soon after joining his squad, Sutton had her race in the 2000 ITU Duathlon World Championships, where she took second place.[11]

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.[8] The next year, in 2002, she maintained her No. 1 ranking while repeating as the winner of the World Cup series.[8] After that year, she decided to retire from triathlon competition to pursue what she considered her true career calling as a coach.[4] She credits much of her success in 2001 and 2002, when she won 11 World Cup races, as well as her success as a coach, to Sutton.[9]

Among her accomplishments as a coach is coaching Susan Williams to an Olympic Bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics, and Mirinda Carfrae to three Ironman World Championships.[7]

ITU results

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Thank you". Twitter.com. May 26, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  2. ↑ Sherwood, Merryn (February 12, 2015). "Throwback Thursday: Siri Lindley". International Triathlon Union. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Siri E. Lindley". brownbears.com. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Cook, Sam (February 4, 2015). "Episode 028 – Siri Lindley: Right Coaches, Right Athletes". Triathlon Research. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Interview with a Beginner Triathlete". siri-lindley.com. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  6. 1 2 "An interview with Siri Lindley '91". Brown University. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  7. 1 2 Carlson, Timothy (March 12, 2014). "The education of a coach". Slowtwitch.com. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 "ITU Hall of Fame profile". International Triathlon Union. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  9. 1 2 3 Krabel, Herbert (January 18, 2011). "The great Siri Lindley". Slowtwitch.com. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  10. ↑ Colvin, Jennifer (May 27, 2000). "Taormina and Zieger Earn Spots on 2000 Olympic Triathlon Team". Active.com. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Duathlon World Championship - Calais 2000 - Women". bestsports.com. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  12. ↑ "ITU Results". International Triathlon Union. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  13. ↑ Kelly, Michael (January 15, 2016). "Boulder's Siri Lindley set to enter USA Triathlon Hall of Fame". Daily Camera. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
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