11 Facts About Anna Kiesenhofer

Anna Kiesenhofer studied mathematics at the Vienna University of Technology, completing her Master's degree at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

Anna Kiesenhofer earned her PhD at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia with her thesis on Integrable systems on b-symplectic manifolds in 2016.

From 2017 to 2021 Anna Kiesenhofer was a postdoctoral researcher at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne and was part of a group researching nonlinear partial differential equations which arise in mathematical physics.

Anna Kiesenhofer participated in triathlon and duathlon from 2011 to 2013.

Anna Kiesenhofer failed to recover and after several difficult stages decided to withdraw.

Anna Kiesenhofer won the stage by almost four minutes over Flavia Oliveira and she took the lead in the overall standings.

Anna Kiesenhofer kept her second place in the overall standings until the end of the race.

Anna Kiesenhofer trained for the event without a coach or a professional team, and was not viewed as a contender to win a medal.

Many in the peloton, including silver medalist Van Vleuten who celebrated mistakenly thinking she had won the gold, finished the race unaware that Anna Kiesenhofer was still in front of them.

Anna Kiesenhofer later said she "couldn't believe" she won adding that she would have been happy with a top 25 finish.

Anna Kiesenhofer was awarded the Niki prize as Sportlerin des Jahres 2021 by Sports Media Austria, an association of sports journalists.