Katie Zaferes is an American professional triathlete from Hampstead, Maryland.
24 Facts About Katie Zaferes
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Katie Zaferes earned a silver and bronze medal for the United States in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic triathlon held in 2021.
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Katie Zaferes is the 2019 ITU World Triathlon Series women's champion.
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Katie Zaferes has placed second overall in the 2018 ITU World Triathlon Series and third in the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Series.
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Katie Zaferes finished in 3rd position in the series in 2021.
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Katie Zaferes was six-time Carroll County Player of the Year among many other awards.
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Katie Zaferes was recruited to Syracuse University, where she was a member of the cross country and track and field teams from 2007 to 2012.
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Katie Zaferes holds the school record in the outdoor 3,000m steeplechase and indoor 5,000m run.
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Katie Zaferes earned her first podium in the World Triathlon Series with a silver medal in Abu Dhabi on March 7,2015, and following 6 podium finishes at World Triathlon Series over the course of 2015 won her first WTS race in Hamburg on the 16th of July.
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Outside World Triathlon competition, Katie Zaferes competes in Super League Triathlon.
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Katie Zaferes won both the 2018 and 2019 Super League Triathlon Championship Series, and finished third, behind Georgia Taylor-Brown and Jess Learmonth of the United Kingdom, in 2021.
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Katie Zaferes contested her first races as an elite athlete in the 2013 season, taking gold in the Palamos and Tiszaujvaros World Cup races.
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In 2015, Katie Zaferes' had a break-out year, taking silver in five World Triathlon Series races plus bronze in Gold Coast.
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Katie Zaferes finished on the podium in Edmonton, taking bronze behind Summer Rappaport and Sarah True.
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Katie Zaferes completed the 2016 World Triathlon Series ranked fourth overall.
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Katie Zaferes was 1 second over second-place Canadian Joanna Brown and 2 seconds over Belgian Claire Michel.
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Katie Zaferes finished the season 3rd in the World Triathlon Series rankings, beating out Kirsten Kasper in 4th place.
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Katie Zaferes crashed hard within the tunnel section and was unable to continue, registering a DNF.
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At the grand final in Gold Coast, Katie Zaferes came into the race needing to finish ahead of her rival Vicky Holland to take the series and the title of World Triathlon Champion.
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Katie Zaferes finished the 2018 season in 2nd place overall in the World Triathlon Series rankings.
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Katie Zaferes won two medals in the triathlon at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Katie Zaferes became the first Syracuse athlete since the 1928 Games to win 2 medals in the Olympics.
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Katie Zaferes was born in June 1989 to Bill and Mary Lynn Hursey.
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In July 2022, Katie Zaferes gave birth to a son named Kimble.