Sara Gross
Sara Gross (born March 26, 1976 in Sarnia, Ontario) is a triathlete, who was born in Canada but competed for Great Britain. She grew up in Kitchener, Ontario and Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In 2005 she won the ITU European Long Distance Triathlon (4 km swimming, 120 km road cycling, 30 km running) in Säter, Sweden. In 2014 she won two Ironman Triathlon events; Ironman Brazil and Ironman Mont-Tremblant.
Gross attended Dollar Academy in Scotland for high school. She went on to attend Queen's University in Ontario, Canada where she obtained her bachelor's and master's degree. In June 2006, she graduated from University of Edinburgh earning a PhD in ancient history and religion with her dissertation focusing on women's history. It was during this time in Edinburgh that she took up the sport of triathlon.[1]
In 2014 Gross, co-founded TriEqual, a NGO whose mission is to promote fairness, development and equality for women in the sport of triathlon[2]
Gross also co-founded Mercury Rising Triathlon, with Carrie Matsumoto. MRT is a performance-based club in Victoria, British Columbia.[3] She presently works as a triathlon coach.
Gross is a member of the Bahrain Endurance Team,[4] a professional triathlon team sponsored by His Highness Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad al Khalif.[5]
Gross is also a regular contributor to the Women in Sports: The Global Women's Sports network where she works as a blogger and vlogger[6]
References
- ↑ Crawford, Jim (23 February 2004). "Iron woman proves mettle". Khaleej Times. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
- ↑ "TriEqual".
- ↑ "Mercury Rising Triathlon".
- ↑ "Bahrain 13".
- ↑ "Bahrain Endurance".
- ↑ "WISP".