THORPE Ainsley

World Triathlon Series - Overview

Year	Event	Standings	Three best ranks per season
2019	Individual Ranking	38th	1 x 12th, 1 x 19th, 1 x 30th

World Triathlon Series - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
12	2019	Sprint	World Triathlon Series	Edmonton, AB, CAN	1:02:23
19	2019	Sprint	World Triathlon Series	Abu Dhabi, UAE	57:31
30	2019	Sprint	World Triathlon Series	Hamburg, GER	1:01:46

World Championships Mixed Relay

Year	Location	Relay X
2019	Hamburg, GER	4

Oceania Championships

Year	Location	Individual
2021	Port Douglas, QLD, AUS	4
2019	Redcliffe, QLD, AUS	12

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Sprint
2020	1 x 9th
2019	1 x 3rd, 1 x 16th, 1 x 19th
2018	1 x 18th, 1 x 19th, 1 x 21st

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
3	2019	Sprint	World Cup	Antwerp, BEL	1:06:08
9	2020	Sprint	World Cup	Mooloolaba, QLD, AUS	58:42
16	2019	Sprint	World Cup	Huatulco, MEX	1:02:16
18	2018	Sprint	World Cup	Salinas, ECU	59:23
19	2019	Sprint	World Cup	New Plymouth, NZL	1:05:36
19	2018	Sprint	World Cup	Mooloolaba, QLD, AUS	1:02:54
21	2018	Sprint	World Cup	Sarasota, FL, USA	56:04
22	2018	Sprint	World Cup	Antwerp, BEL	1:04:42

World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2019	Relay	World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series	Edmonton, AB, CAN	1:20:14
3	2019	Relay	World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series	Abu Dhabi, UAE	1:24:31
7	2019	Relay	World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series	Tokyo, JPN	1:28:19
7	2019	Relay	World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series	Nottingham, GBR	1:24:55
12	2018	Relay	World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series	Nottingham, GBR	1:23:04

Legend
X - Mixed, IP - In Progress, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Ainz (Instagram profile, 29 Jun 2021)

Spending time with her nieces and her friends. (triathlon.kiwi, 01 Jun 2020)

Athlete

Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

English

Her older brother Trent has also represented New Zealand in triathlon. He competed at the 2021 Oceania Cup event in Port Douglas, QLD, Australia, and won silver at the 2019 Oceania Championships in Redcliffe, QLD, Australia. (SportsDeskOnline, 29 Jun 2021; sportnz.org.nz, 01 Jan 2019)

She began the sport at age 16. (triathlon.kiwi, 01 Jun 2020)

She swam and ran as a child before she was scouted for triathlon. "I always swam from a young age and enjoyed running growing up through school and athletics. I was talent scouted when I was 15 through my swimming and running ability alongside my older brother. I never did any training for running as my swimming fitness, due to 16 hours of training a week, did most of the hard yards for me. I was teamed up with a coach when I was 16 and started cycling and running and did my first triathlon." (triathlon.kiwi, 01 Jun 2020)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to win medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, and the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (triathlon.kiwi, 01 Jun 2020; time-to-run.com, 17 May 2021)

"A typical training week is around 25 kilometres of swimming, 250 kilometres of cycling and 55 kilometres of running, plus three one-hour gym sessions." (triathlon.kiwi, 01 Jun 2020)

Her grandparents. (triathlon.kiwi, 01 Jun 2020)