Sharon Donnelly (born July 29, 1967 in

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) is an athlete from

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, who competed in

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(1.5-km swim, 40-km cycle, 10-km run). Donnelly graduated from the

Royal Military College of Canada '') , established = 1876 , type = Military academy , chancellor = Anita Anand ('' la, ex officio, label=none'' as Defence Minister) , principal = Harry Kowal , head_label ...

in 1990, (17324) with a B.A. (Commerce), and served as an Army Logistics Officer for 5 years. She won the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in

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. To pursue a spot on the 2000 Olympic team, Donnelly transferred to the Reserves in 1995 and competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the

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. She took thirty-eighth place with a total time of 2:14:35.59. She continued racing with an aim of making a second Olympic team in 2004 but missed inclusion by 22 seconds. She was a Team Alternate for Athens 2004 Olympics. In the fall of 2004, Donnelly retired from the sport and the Reserves. She was Race Director for the inaugural Canadian Forces Base triathlon in

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in May 2004. She taught

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at Saint Lawrence College, and coached local junior, age group triathletes. Since moving to Colorado Springs in 2006, Donnelly has worked at the

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Olympic Training Centre as assistant National Triathlon Team coach.

External links

SharonDonnelly.com

{{DEFAULTSORT:Donnelly, Sharon 1967 births Living people Canadian female triathletes Sportspeople from Toronto Triathletes at the 1999 Pan American Games Triathletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics Triathlon people from Ontario Triathletes at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in triathlon Olympic triathletes for Canada Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games 21st-century Canadian women