Espérance cycliste Sartrouville Triathlon or ECS Triathlon is a French sports club based in the suburbs of Paris, commune of Sartrouville. The club's specialization is triathlon for elite level athletes, especially Olympians. Team members have won a total of eight Olympic medals, including the gold medals in male and female triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics,[1] and gold, silver, and bronze medals in male triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2]

Espérance cycliste Sartrouville Triathlon
Full nameEspérance cycliste Sartrouville Triathlon
Founded1993 (1993)
LocationSartrouville, France
Chairman
Denis Veron
Coloursgreen
Websitewww.sartrouville-triathlon.com
Sartrouville's stars Alistair (left) and Jonathan (right) Brownlee and Javier Gómez Noya with Diemunsch and Ospaly in Nice, 2011.

History edit

Espérance cycliste Sartrouville Triathlon was founded in 1993 by Pierre Veron as a section of the cycling club Espérance cycliste Sartrouville. Veron led the team until his death in 2009, after which leadership passed to his son, Denis Veron.

A female team was created in 2000. In 2016, 18 team members participated in Triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3][unreliable source?]

Green team edit

The elite level team is known as The Green Team, because of their green colored uniforms.[citation needed]

2016 green team
Males[4][unreliable source?] Nationality Females[5][unreliable source?] Nationality
Alistair Brownlee   Great Britain Gwen Jorgensen[6][unreliable source?][7][8]   United States
Jonathan Brownlee   Great Britain Kirsten Sweetland   Canada
Javier Gómez   Spain Anneke Jenkins   New Zealand
Mario Mola   Spain Lucy Hall   Great Britain
Fernando Alarza   Spain Maaike Caelers   Netherlands
Kristian Blummenfelt   Norway Emmie Charayron[9][unreliable source?]   France
Filip Ospalý   Czech Republic Non Stanford[10]   Great Britain
Crisanto Grajales   Mexico Laura Lindermann   Germany
Vicente Hernandez   Spain Jolanda Annen   Switzerland
Andrea Salvisberg   Switzerland Lisa Norden   Sweden
Gabor Faldum[11][unreliable source?][12][unreliable source?]   Hungary

Former members :

References edit

  1. ^ Le Parisien 18/08/2016 Sartrouville au sommet du Triathlon
  2. ^ Le Monde 18/10/2012 Sartrouville usine à Champion
  3. ^ "Sartrouville Triathlon réécrire l'histoire". Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  4. ^ "Sartrouville Triathlon les athlètes masculins Elite". Archived from the original on 2018-09-17. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  5. ^ "Sartrouville Triathlon les athlètes féminins Elite". Archived from the original on 2016-10-28. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  6. ^ "Satrouville Triathon Gwen Jorgensen rejoint le dream team". Archived from the original on 2016-08-27. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  7. ^ Le Telegramme Jorgensen marche sur l'eau
  8. ^ Le Parisien Triathlon/Sartrouville Les jeunes françaises me poussent à me sublimer
  9. ^ Sartrouville triathlon Emmie c'est oui pour Rio 2016
  10. ^ Le Parisien 03/08/2016 Sartrouville vise encore l'or en triathlon
  11. ^ "Triathlon Sartrouville, réécrire l'histoire". Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  12. ^ "La green team version olympique". Archived from the original on 2016-06-16. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  13. ^ La Voix Du Nord, David Hauss au nom du frère et du simple esprit
  14. ^ "Triathlon Sartrouville, réécrire l'histoire". Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2016-09-14.