Espérance cycliste Sartrouville Triathlon or ECS Triathlon is a French

sports club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

based in the suburbs of

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...

, commune of

Sartrouville Sartrouville () is a commune in the Yvelines department, Île-de-France, north central France. it is located in the north-western suburbs of Paris, from the center of Paris. Name In the Middle Ages the name Sartrouville was recorded in Mediev ...

. The club's specialization is

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for elite level athletes, especially Olympians. Team members have won a total of eight Olympic medals, including the gold medals in male and female triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and gold, silver, and bronze medals in male triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

History

''Espérance cycliste Sartrouville Triathlon'' was founded in 1993 by Pierre Veron as a section of the cycling club ''Espérance cycliste Sartrouville''. Veron led the team until his death in 2009, after which leadership passed to his son, Denis Veron. A female team was created in 2000. In 2016, 18 team members participated in

Triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics The triathlon competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 18 to 20 August 2016 at Fort Copacabana. Fifty-five athletes competed in each of the men's and women's events. Format The Olympic triathlon contained t ...

Green team

The elite level team is known as ''The Green Team'', because of their green colored uniforms. Former members : *

David Hauss David Hauss (born 1 February 1984, in Paris) is a French professional triathlete and bronze medalist at the European Championships 2010. Thanks to his 7th position at the World Championship Series triathlon in London (7 August 2011), together wit ...

Alessia Orla Alessia Orla (born 5 April 1992 in Venaria Reale, Provincia di Torino) is an Italian professional triathlete, national youth champion of the year 2006 and junior champion of the year 2009. In Italy, Alessia Orla represents the clubs ''AS Torin ...

* Richard Murray , participating to Rio 2016 olympics

References

{{Reflist Triathlon in France Cycling teams based in France Sartrouville