Susan Rene Bartholomew-Williams (born June 17, 1969 in
Long Beach, California
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Incorporate ...
) is a
triathlete
A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of swimming, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each segment sequentially with the time transitioning between the d ...
from the
United States
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.
She competed at the second 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), ...
. She was the first U.S. triathlete to win an Olympic medal by taking the bronze in 2004 in Athens. She placed third with a total time of 2:05:08.92. Her split times were 19:02 for the swim, 1:08:58 for the cycling, and 0:37:08 for the run.
Williams obtained a
Master of Science
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in Aerospace Engineering Sciences
and was working toward becoming an astronaut when her success at triathlon convinced her to give it a try.
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Triathlon at the Summer Olympics
Triathlon had its Summer Olympics debut at the 2000 Games, in Sydney, when men's and women's individual events were first held, and has been contested since then. In 2021, at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics a mixed team relay event was held for ...
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List of Olympic medalists in triathlon
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USA Triathlon
1969 births
Living people
American female triathletes
Triathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic triathletes for the United States
Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in triathlon
Sportspeople from Long Beach, California
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
21st-century American women
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