Laura Lindemann (born 26 June 1996) is a German triathlete. She was a gold medal winner in the mixed relay event at the

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in Paris. She previously also competed at the

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and

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. She was a silver medalist in the individual race and mixed team relay at the 2022 European Triathlon Championships.

Career

She competed in the women's event at the

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where she finished in 28th place overall. She competed in the women's event at the delayed

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, Japan, where she finished in eighth place overall. She also competed in the mixed relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She won the individual and mixed team relay titles at the 2021 World Triathlon Championship Series Hamburg in September 2021. She was leading the women’s individual race at the 2022 European Triathlon Championships at the transition from bike to run in

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, Germany, in August 2022, before eventually finishing in second place to win the silver medal behind

Non Stanford Non Rhiannydd Stanford (born 8 January 1989) is a British former professional triathlete, representing Great Britain and Wales at international level. Stanford was the ITU (now World Triathlon) World Champion in 2013, part of the Great Britain ...

of Great Britain. Competing in the mixed team relay at the championships she ran the final leg and outpaced Frenchwoman Julie Derron to also win a silver medal for her country in that event. Competing at the

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, France, in August 2024 as a member of the German triathlon mixed relay team alongside

Lasse Lührs Lasse Lührs (born 16 May 1996) is a German triathlete. He was a gold medalist at the World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships, and also won a gold medal in the mixed relay at the 2024 Olympic Games. Career At junior level, Germany's national ju ...

Lisa Tertsch Lisa Tertsch (born 1 December 1998) is a German triathlete and cross country runner. Early life and education Tertsch was born in Offenbach am Main. She is a member of ASC Darmstadt. She studied economics at Harvard University, from 2016 until ...

, and

Tim Hellwig Tim Hellwig (born 30 June 1999) is a German triathlete. He was a gold medalist at the World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships in 2023. He then also won a gold medal in the mixed team relay at the 2024 Olympic Games. Career From the German stat ...

, she won the gold medal ahead of the USA and Great Britain teams. It was the country's first Olympic medal in triathlon for 16 years. In February 2025, she finished in third place behind her compatriots

and Nina Eim at World Triathlon's first sprint distance series race in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lindemann, Laura 1996 births Living people German female triathletes Olympic triathletes for Germany Sportspeople from Berlin Triathletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics Triathletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics Triathletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in triathlon 21st-century German sportswomen