1. Dame Flora Jane Duffy was born on 30 September 1987 and is a Bermudian professional triathlete.
16 Facts About Flora Duffy
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Flora Duffy won a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Bermuda's first gold medal.
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Flora Duffy competed in the Beijing, London, and Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
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Flora Duffy won gold in the same event at the XXII Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in 2022.
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Flora Duffy competed for Bermuda at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where she won gold.
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Flora Duffy's medal made Bermuda the smallest country in the world to have won a gold medal at the Summer Olympics.
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Flora Duffy won the women's sprint triathlon by a 43-second lead, becoming Bermuda's first female Commonwealth gold medalist.
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Flora Duffy was scheduled to compete in the women's cross-country mountain bike at the Commonwealth Games, but did not start the event.
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Flora Duffy is the only person to win three triathlon world titles in the same year in 2016, claiming the WTS, ITU Cross Triathlon, and Xterra titles in close succession.
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Flora Duffy is the only triathlete in WTS history to post the fastest swim, bike, and run portions in the same race.
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Flora Duffy holds the record for the largest winning margin in both Olympic and Sprint distance races in a WTS event.
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Flora Duffy was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2018 Birthday Honours and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2022 New Year Honours, both for services to sport in Bermuda.
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Flora Duffy competed in the women's triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
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Flora Duffy is of English parentage: her father is from Barrow-in-Furness, and her mother is from Burnley; therefore, she was eligible to represent Great Britain but opted to represent Bermuda, where she grew up.
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Flora Duffy was privately educated at the independent Warwick Academy, then abroad at the independent Kelly College in England and the University of Colorado Boulder, where she graduated with a BA degree in Sociology.
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In December 2017, Flora Duffy married South African triathlete Dan Hugo in Stellenbosch, Hugo's native town, where the couple reside when not training in Boulder.