AusTriathlon (formerly Triathlon Australia) is the governing body responsible for the management of sports such as

duathlon Duathlon is an athletic event that consists of a running leg, followed by a cycling leg and then another running leg in a format similar to triathlons. The International Triathlon Union governs the sport internationally. Distance and format ...

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 ...

and

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 ...

within Australia.

History

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 ...

came to Australia in the early 1980s but the first state Associations arrived 4 year later. In 1986, the Triathlon Federation of Australia (what is now known as Triathlon Australia) was founded with the support of Dr. Jim Hazel from Sydney and Geoff Frost from

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. In 1991, the name was changed to what is now known as Triathlon Australia. In 1989, the first International Triathlon Union's Triathlon World Championships was (or

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for short) held there in Australia. The distances for the short course triathlon was also selected that year. The distances for the short distance are (1.5 km swim 40 km cycle and 10 km run.)

Success

*In 1990, just one year after the first World Triathlon Series,

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(born 1964) had won the Elite Male World Championship for Triathlon in

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. The race was also called the Grand Slam Australian Triathlon Honor roll *Just following

's success came

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's success the following year again in the

. He had won gold and just 2 seconds faster than Rick Wells, another Australian Triathlete. 1991 ITU Championship *Australia's first women success came again 1 year after in the women race. During the

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Michellie Jones Michellie Yvonne Jones ( ; born 6 September 1969) is an Australian triathlete. She has won two ITU Triathlon World Championships, an Olympic silver medal, and the 2006 Ironman World Championship. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Paraly ...

had won gold. She won gold again one year later in 1993.Michellie Jones
/ref> As of March 2014, Australia is the current leading nation in the sport of

. The nation currently has 19 senior World Champion Titles.Australia's success
/ref> In September 2023, Triathlon Australia rebranded as AusTriathlon, announced as a renewed focus on growing and celebrating triathlon in Australia.

State and Territory Triathlon Associations (STTA)

The national body has eight state and territory triathlon associations which act as voting members. As of 2022, five of the eight STTA's adopted the national bodies Future Operating Model, which serves to bring the operation of all entities closer together under a shared operational model. These five states are Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Northern Territory. Western Australia, New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory remain actively engaged with the aim to continue their close working association with the national and state bodies.
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References

{{Sports governing bodies in Australia Sports governing bodies in Australia Triathlon in Australia National members of the Oceania Triathlon Union