Athlete Profile: Kirsten Kasper

Kirsten Kasper

United States
Born: 1991

Rankings
ITU World Ranking	16
World Triathlon Series Ranking	58
ITU Individual Olympic Qualification Ranking	25
Continental Ranking	5

Starts

53

Podiums

14

Wins

2 Biography

The USA’s Kirsten Kasper took up triathlon in June 2014 and since then has rapidly ascended the ranks to finish the 2016 season at number 11 in the world thanks to four top-10 World Series finishes.

Prior to 2014, Kirsten was a member of Georgetown University’s Cross Country and Track and Field team for five years. In 2011, she was a scoring member of the NCAA Cross Country National Championship team. At Georgetown, she completed her Undergraduate in Marketing and Management and went on to complete a Masters in Sports Industry Management.

In 2017, Kasper continued to raise the bar, scoring her first WTS podium with bronze in Yokohama, one of eight top-10 finishes that season at the top level that included fourth place at the Grand Final in Rotterdam. Starting 2018 in style with victory in the New Plymouth World Cup, she then rose three more places to finish the WTS season fourth in the overall rankings, thanks to superb performances in Abu Dhabi, Bermuda and Hamburg.

Kasper is also a key member of the USA Mixed Triathlon squad, having helped the team to the 2016 World title and silver and bronze in 2017 and 2018 respectively.

Recent Highlights:

- 5th place 2018 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Gold Coast
- 5th place 2018 ITU World Triathlon Hamburg
- 4th place 2018 ITU World Triathlon Bermuda
- 4th place 2018 ITU World Triathlon Abu Dhabi
- 1st place at the 2018 ITU Triathlon World Cup New Plymouth

- 2016 Mixed Relay World Champion (USA)

Latest Athlete Results

14	2019 Tokyo ITU World Triathlon Olympic Qualification Event 15 Aug, 2019 - Elite Women - 01:42:40
18	2019 Hamburg Wasser World Triathlon 06 Jul, 2019 - Elite Women - 01:01:02
DNS	2019 Groupe Copley World Triathlon Montreal 29 Jun, 2019 - Elite Women - DNS
7	2019 Huatulco ITU Triathlon World Cup 09 Jun, 2019 - Elite Women - 01:01:37
2	2018 Sarasota-Bradenton ITU Triathlon World Cup 13 Oct, 2018 - Elite Women - 00:54:35
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18	2019 Hamburg Wasser World Triathlon 2019-07-06 - Elite Women - 01:01:02
DNS	2019 Groupe Copley World Triathlon Montreal 2019-06-28 - Elite Women - DNS
5	2018 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Gold Coast 2018-09-12 - Elite Women - 01:53:15
18	2018 ITU World Triathlon Montreal 2018-08-25 - Elite Women - 02:05:58
13	2018 ITU World Triathlon Edmonton 2018-07-27 - Elite Women - 00:58:05
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World Cup tour lands in Huatulco, Mexico, for the next stage of racing

06 Jun, 2019
Kasper executes the perfect race to win in New Plymouth

25 Mar, 2018
Jeffcoat crowned with Mooloolaba gold in front of a home crowd

10 Mar, 2018
Sprint racing continues at the Cagliari World Cup
For only the second time in ITU history, the World Cup circuit heads to the Italian island of Sardegna for the 2017 Cagliari ITU Triathlon World Cup.
31 May, 2017
Kasper and Castro capture first World Cup wins
It was a day of firsts at the 2016 Salinas ITU World Cup as USA's Kirsten Kasper and Spainard David Castro Fajardo captured their very first World Cup titles in the debut event in Ecuador on Sunday.
25 Sep, 2016

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Athlete Fact Sheet

Given Name	Kirsten
Family Name	Kasper
Representing	USA
Year of Birth	1991
Residence	Scottsdale, United States
Website	http://www.kirstenkaspertri.com
Twitter	@Kirstenkasper