Elizabeth Nicola "Liz" Holst May (born 27 July 1983 in Luxembourg) is a female athlete from Luxembourg, who competed in triathlon from 2000 to 2013. May is a 2011 Aquathlon World Champion and is a 2009 European Championship silver medalist. May competed at the Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics.[1] She finished in seventeenth place in Athens with a total time of 2:08:29.22.
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Luxembourg
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| Women's triathlon | ||
| ETU Triathlon European Championships | ||
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2009 Holten | Elite |
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2006 Rijeka | U23 |
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2003 Echternach | U23 |
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2002 Cancun | Junior |
| Women's aquathlon | ||
| ITU Aquathlon World Championships | ||
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2011 Beijing | Elite |
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2004 Madeira | Elite |
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2003 Queenstown | Elite |
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2002 Cancun | Junior |
May is of Danish descent. She was educated at the European School (ESL) in Luxembourg City and has a Master of Laws from the University of Copenhagen.
Notable results
edit- 2011: 13th at the ITU World Cup, Yokohama JAP
- 2010: 11th at the ITU World Cup, Madrid ESP
- 2009: 4th at the ITU World Cup, London GBR
- 2009: 7th at the ITU World Cup, Yokohama JAP
- 2008: 5th at the ITU World Cup, Lorient FRA
- 2008: 5th at the ITU World Cup, Kitzbühl AUT
- 2008: 6th at the ITU World Cup, Madrid ESP
- 2008: 11th at the ITU World Cup, Richards Bay RSA
- 2008: 14th at the Triathlon World Championships, Vancouver CAN
- 2008: 41st at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
- 2007: 9th at the ITU World Cup, Beijing CHN
- 2007: 15th at the Triathlon World Championships, Hamburg GER
- 2007: 5th at the ITU World Cup, Vancouver CAN
- 2007: 5th at the ITU World Cup, Madrid ESP
- 2007: 4th at the ITU World Cup, Richards Bay RSA
- 2006: 3rd at the ITU World Cup, Beijing CHN
- 2006: 14th at the ITU World Cup, Hamburg GER
- 2006: 15th at the Triathlon World Championships, Lausanne SWR
References
edit- ^ *Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Liz May". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02.
External links
edit- Elizabeth May at World Triathlon
- Elizabeth Holst May at Olympics.com
- Liz May at Olympedia
- Liz May at the Comité Olympique et Sportif Luxembourgeois (in French)
- Liz May official website
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