Jenny Rose (born 1964) is a former international triathlete from New Zealand. In 1994 she won three of the 10 races that made up the
ITU Triathlon World Cup The World Triathlon Cup is an annual series of triathlon races staged around the world. The series is organised by the World Triathlon, the world governing body of the sport. Inaugurated in 1991, the World Cup began as an attempt to create a regular ...
, and in 1995 she was the world long-distance champion.
Biography
Rose was born and raised in
Tākaka
Tākaka is a small town situated at the southeastern end of Golden Bay, at the northern end of New Zealand's South Island, located on the lower reaches of the Tākaka River. State Highway 60 runs through Takaka and follows the river valley b ...
, Golden Bay on a dairy farm. The fifth of the seven children of Pat and Fran Rose. During her athletic career she was based in
Christchurch, as well as, Paris during the NZ winter months. In 1993 she won the first of four ITU Triathlon World Cup events with a win in Embrun. In 1994 she won the ITU World Cup series with wins in three events- Ixtapa, San Sebastian and Gerardmer.
In 1995, she won the ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championship in Nice.
References
New Zealand female triathletes
1964 births
Living people
People from Tākaka
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