Athlete Profile: Carol Montgomery

Carol Montgomery

Canada
Born: 1965

Starts

70

Podiums

39

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20 Biography

Carol Montgomery (born August 24, 1965) is an Olympic athlete from Canada who competed in both Triathlon and Athletics. She won a bronze medal in Triathlon at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, and a bronze and a silver at the 1995 Mar del Plata Pan American Games in the 5000m and 10000m respectively. She was the ITU World Duathlon Champion in 1993, and claimed Commonwealth Gold in the 2002 Manchester Games (which she has often referred to this race as the highlight of her career).

However, Montgomery always considered her triathlon career as ‘a full-time job’, and thus competed in very athletics few track races. She attended Simon Fraser University in the mid 80’s where she honed her running capabilities before embarking on her triathlon career.

Montgomery competed in the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics as one of the favourites, but did not finish the competition due to a crash on the bike leg. She had also been selected to compete for Canada in the 10,000 meters on the track at the same Olympics, but had to withdraw due to injury sustained in the crash. Four years later, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Montgomery did finish the race with a time of 2:15:25.62 earning her thirty-fifth place.

DNF	2005 New Plymouth ITU Triathlon World Cup 13 Nov, 2005 - Elite Women - DNF
DNF	2005 Honolulu ITU Triathlon World Cup 16 Apr, 2005 - Elite Women - DNF
10	2004 Rio de Janeiro ITU Triathlon World Cup 07 Nov, 2004 - Elite Women - 02:02:48
7	2004 Cancun ITU Triathlon World Cup 31 Oct, 2004 - Elite Women - 02:07:22
7	2004 Hamburg ITU Triathlon World Cup 04 Sep, 2004 - Elite Women - 02:02:54
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35	Athens 2004 Olympic Games 2004-08-25 - Elite Women - 02:15:25
DNF	Sydney 2000 Olympic Games 2000-09-16 - Elite Women - DNF
3	1999 Winnipeg Pan American Games 1999-07-24 - Elite Women - 02:00:13
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ITU announces 2016 Hall of Fame inductees
ITU today announced four inductees for the third Hall of Fame. These athletes were inducted into the ITU Hall of Fame at a gala held as a part of the ITU Congress in Madrid on December 10.
10 Dec, 2016
20 years of ITU World Cups: Q&A with Carol Montgomery
Exactly 20 years ago today Carol Montgomery made history as the first women's World Cup winner in ITU history. Recently ITU caught with the legendary Canadian triathlete to relive memories…
04 May, 2011
Press Release - 2003 ITU Rio World Cup - Elite Women

09 Nov, 2003
Press Release - 2003 ITU Salford World Cup

27 Jul, 2003