Paula Findlay
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Paula Findlay (born May 26, 1989) is a Canadian
triathlete A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of swimming, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each segment sequentially with the time transitioning between the ...
from
Edmonton Edmonton is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Central Alberta ...
,
Alberta Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...
.


Early career

On September 9, 2009, Findlay competed at the Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Grand Final in Gold Coast, Australia. She placed third in the under 23 women race. In April 2010, Findlay won the 2010 Monterrey ITU Triathlon World Cup Elite Women's race. She also had a victory at the June 26th Coteau-du-Lac ITU Triathlon Pan American Cup. On July 24, Findlay won the ITU World Championship Series event held in
London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...
. She then won the ITU Triathlon World Championships Series event in
Kitzbühel Kitzbühel (, also: ; ) is a town rights, medieval town situated in the Kitzbühel Alps along the river Kitzbüheler Ache in Tyrol (state), Tyrol, Austria, about east of the state capital Innsbruck and is the administrative centre of the Kitzbüh ...
on August 14, making Findlay the only female triathlete to win consecutive ITU World Championship Series events in 2010. Another victory for Findlay was achieved on August 20, 2010 at the Kelowna ITU Triathlon Premium Pan American Cup. Paula Findlay won the first three ITU World Championship Series events of the 2011 season in Sydney, Madrid, and Kitzbühel. At that time, she was ranked 1st in the world by the
International Triathlon Union World Triathlon, previously known as the International Triathlon Union (ITU), is the international governing body for the multi-sport disciplines of triathlon, duathlon, aquathlon and other nonstandard variations. It is recognised as the inte ...
. Due to a hip injury, Findlay had not competed since the IT World Championship Grand Final in Beijing, China on September 9, 2011.


2012 London Olympics

Because of her rising success, Triathlon Canada used discretionary selections to nominate Findlay to the
2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
. However, in the year leading up to the Olympic Games Findlay struggled with a hip injury. According to Canadian triathlete
Simon Whitfield Simon St. Quentin Whitfield (born 16 May 1975) is a Canadian retired Olympic triathlon champion. Whitfield won ten consecutive Canadian Triathlon Championships titles and carried the Canadian national flag during the 2000 Summer Olympics clo ...
, Findlay's recovery leading up to the games was mismanaged. That mismanagement, along with
iron-deficiency anemia Iron-deficiency anemia is anemia caused by a iron deficiency, lack of iron. Anemia is defined as a decrease in the number of red blood cells or the amount of hemoglobin in the blood. When onset is slow, symptoms are often vague such as Fatigue ( ...
, caused her to finish in 52nd place, the final athlete to complete the race.


Recent success

Findlay re-emerged in triathlon in 2018 when she won the 2018 Ironman 70.3 North American Championships. The next year, she won the 2019 70.3 Ironman at Indian Wells and the 2019 Challenge Daytona (1 mile/37.5 miles/8.2 miles). In 2020 she won Challenge Daytona (2 km/80 km/18 km), for which she was awarded a $100,000 USD prize, the most lucrative victory of her career. In 2021, Findlay won Ironman 70.3 Oceanside but spent much of the rest of the year injured. In 2022, Findlay came in second at both Ironman 70.3 Chattanooga and the 2022 Ironman 70.3 World Championships. But she surprised the cycling world with a win 2022 Canadian Road Championships in the time trial. Findlay ended the season with a win at Ironman 70.3 Indian Wells. To start the 2023 season Findlay took first place at both St Anthony's Triathlon in St Petersburg, Florida and Ironman 70.3 Chattanooga. She won her second consecutive time trial title at the 2023 Canadian Road Championship. She went on to represent Canada in the Women's Time Trial at the
2023 UCI Cycling World Championships The 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships was the inaugural edition of the UCI Cycling World Championships organised by the (UCI), held between 3 and 13 August 2023 in Glasgow. The UCI Cycling World Championships, to be held every four years in ...
, finishing in 25th place. In 2024, Findlay won the Canadian Road Championship time trial for the third consecutive time and followed it up by winning Ironman 70.3 Mont-Tremblant two days later. Also in 2024, Findlay took part in the PTO's
T100 Triathlon T100 Triathlon (also known as the T100 Triathlon World Tour) is a series of professional and amateur triathlon races operated by the Professional Triathletes Organisation, Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO). The first year of thT100 Tria ...
series. Findlay won the 2025 Ironman 70.3 Oceanside in April 2025.


Personal life

Findlay lives in Bend, Oregon with her partner, Eric Lagerstrom and their dog Flynn. Together, Eric & Paula founde
That Triathlon Life
a popular triathlon lifestyle brand and media company, which includes
You Tube channel
an
podcast
As of 2023, she is sponsored by On Running, Deboer Wetsuits, Specialized, and Castelli Cycling.


References


External links

*
Paula Findlay personal blog

Triathlete Live: Paula Findlay Talks Staying Healthy, Triathlon Life, and The Future
* https://thattriathlonlife.com/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Findlay, Paula 1989 births Living people Canadian female triathletes Olympic triathletes for Canada Sportspeople from Edmonton Triathletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics Triathletes at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Canada 21st-century Canadian sportswomen