1. At the age of four Leanda Cave's parents migrated to Queensland, Australia, where she went to school.
13 Facts About Leanda Cave
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Leanda Cave entered her first triathlon at the encouragement of her sister, who already participated in them.
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Leanda Cave won another silver medal at the European Championships, then had greater success when she took the gold and the World title in Cancun, Mexico in November 2002.
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Leanda Cave won her second world title in 2007 at the ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships in Lorient, France.
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On 28 March 2008, at the Ford Ironman 70.3 California triathlon, Leanda Cave came in third place behind Erika Csomor and Mirinda Carfrae.
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On 30 April 2011, Leanda Cave won the Wildflower Long Course triathlon held at Lake San Antonio, California.
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Leanda Cave has won the Escape from Alcatraz triathlon in San Francisco, most recently on 10 June 2012.
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On 9 September 2012, at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship, Leanda Cave came in first place.
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On 13 October 2012, at the Ironman World Championship, Leanda Cave came in first place.
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About 3 miles from the finish, Leanda Cave overtook Switzerland's Caroline Steffen who had held the lead in the run from the start and then went on to win the race.
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Leanda Cave struggled with injury in 2013 and though she made the start line in both events, she finished 12th in both the 70.3 and Ironman World Championships.
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In 2014, Leanda Cave started the year focusing on short course triathlons in a bid to make the Team Wales Commonwealth Games Squad, which despite a series of good results in qualifying competitions, including a win at Valparaiso ITU World Cup on 30 March 2014, ended with her non-selection for the games.
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Leanda Cave won Ironman Sweden 2014, finishing with the fastest times in all three disciplines.