Elizabeth Nicola "Liz" Holst May (born 27 July 1983 in

Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...

) is a female athlete from

, who competed in

triathlon A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of Swimming (sport), swimming, Cycle sport, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each segment sequentially with the t ...

from 2000 to 2013. May is a 2011

Aquathlon An aquathlon is a multisport race consisting of continuous run and swim elements. Competitors complete a swim immediately followed by a run over various distances. Athletes compete for fastest overall course completion, including the time trans ...

World Champion and is a 2009 European Championship silver medalist. May competed at the Olympic triathlon at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

and

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

.* She finished in seventeenth place in Athens with a total time of 2:08:29.22. May is of Danish descent. She was educated at the

European School A European School ( la, Schola Europaea) is a type of international school emphasising a multilingual and multicultural pedagogical approach to the teaching of nursery, primary and secondary students, leading to the European Baccalaureate as th ...

(ESL) in

Luxembourg City Luxembourg ( lb, Lëtzebuerg; french: Luxembourg; german: Luxemburg), also known as Luxembourg City ( lb, Stad Lëtzebuerg, link=no or ; french: Ville de Luxembourg, link=no; german: Stadt Luxemburg, link=no or ), is the capital city of the Lu ...

and has a Master of Laws from the University of Copenhagen.

Notable results

*2011: 13th at the ITU World Cup, Yokohama JAP *2010: 11th at the ITU World Cup, Madrid ESP *2009: 4th at the ITU World Cup, London GBR *2009: 7th at the ITU World Cup, Yokohama JAP *2008: 5th at the ITU World Cup, Lorient FRA *2008: 5th at the ITU World Cup, Kitzbühl AUT *2008: 6th at the ITU World Cup, Madrid ESP *2008: 11th at the ITU World Cup, Richards Bay RSA *2008: 14th at the Triathlon World Championships, Vancouver CAN *2008: 41st at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games *2007: 9th at the ITU World Cup, Beijing CHN *2007: 15th at the Triathlon World Championships, Hamburg GER *2007: 5th at the ITU World Cup, Vancouver CAN *2007: 5th at the ITU World Cup, Madrid ESP *2007: 4th at the ITU World Cup, Richards Bay RSA *2006: 3rd at the ITU World Cup, Beijing CHN *2006: 14th at the ITU World Cup, Hamburg GER *2006: 15th at the Triathlon World Championships, Lausanne SWR

References

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External links

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Liz May official website
1983 births Living people Alumni of the European Schools Luxembourgian people of Danish descent Luxembourgian female triathletes Olympic triathletes for Luxembourg Triathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics Triathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Luxembourg City {{triathlon-bio-stub