Sally Pilbeam (1978) is an arm amputee Australian

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. In 2014, she won a gold medal at the 2014 World Triathlon Series Final in

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. Pilbeam was born in 1978 and lives in

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. She is married and has two sons. In 2002, she lost her right arm at the shoulder due to cancer. She rides a modified bike in the cycling leg of paratriathlon events. In 2014, she is classified as a PT3 paratriathlete. Pilbeam, first competed at the Australian Paratriathlon Championships in 2013. At the

2013 ITU World Triathlon Series The 2013 ITU World Triathlon Series was a series of eight World Championship Triathlon events that led up to a Grand Final held in London in September 2013. The Series was organised under the auspices of the world governing body of triathlon, the ...

Final in

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, she finished eighth in the Women’s TRI-4. In 2014, she won Oceania Paratriathlon Championships, ITU World Paratriathlon Event in

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, Australia and ITU World Paratriathlon Event in

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, Japan in Women’s PT3 events. In August 2014, she won her first world championship by winning the Women's PT3 at the

2014 ITU World Triathlon Series The 2014 ITU World Triathlon Series was a series of eight World Championship Triathlon events that lead up to a Grand Final held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The Series was organised under the auspices of the world governing body of triathlon, t ...

Final in

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. In January 2015, Pilbeam won the Oceania Paratriathlon Championships PT3 event at

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. At the 2015 World Championships Final in

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, she won the gold medal in the Women's PT3. She won silver medals at the 2016, 2017 and 2018 ITU World Championships Series Finals. At the 2019 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final in Lausanne, she finished fifth in the Women's PTS5. Her coach is Andrew Budge.

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