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Mon Jul 26, 2021, 10:46 PM Jul 2021

2 DC-area women triathletes!

Katie Zaferes (née Hursey) is an American professional triathlete from Hampstead, Maryland. She earned the bronze medal for America in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic triathlon held in 2021.[2] She is also the 2019 ITU World Triathlon Series women's champion. She has placed second overall in the 2018 ITU World Triathlon Series and third in the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Series.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Zaferes


Taylor Knibb is an American triathlete who is competing in the triathlon at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The 23-year-old Knibb is a first-time Olympian, joining Summer Rappaport and Katie Zaferes in the women’s race. She is the youngest woman to ever earn a spot on the women’s U.S. Olympic Triathlon Team.

Knibb, who grew up in Washington D.C. and graduated from the Sidwell Friends School, was a swimmer and cross country runner at Cornell University. She is the daughter of Leslie and Robert Knibb and she has one brother, Jack, according to her biography on the Cornell Big Red website.

https://heavy.com/sports/olympics/taylor-knibb-family/

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