Loretta "Loz" Harrop (born 17 July 1975, in

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, Queensland) is an Australian

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. As a teenager she attended Cavendish Road State High School along with her siblings and as of 2007 has a house named after her. Harrop house which will go by the colour red. Harrop competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the

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. She placed fifth with a total time of 2:01:42.82. Her split times were 19:37.98 for the swim, 1:05:40.70 for the cycling, and 0:36:24.14 for the run. Four years later, Harrop competed in the

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. She was even more successful this time, winning a

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with the time of 2:04:50.17. The splits for that run were 18:37.00 for the swim, 1:09:05.00 for the cycling, and 37:08.00 for the run. Harrop is married to Brad Jones who was a talented Australian rules player in the AFLQ (Queensland) competition. Her son Hayden and daughter Emerson are both professional tennis players.

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1975 births Living people Australian female triathletes Olympic triathletes for Australia Olympic medalists in triathlon Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Triathletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics Triathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportswomen from Queensland Triathletes from Brisbane Olympic silver medalists for Australia 21st-century Australian sportswomen {{Australia-triathlon-bio-stub