ECS Triathlon

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

History

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]

Green team

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

2016 green team
Males[4] Nationality Females[5] Nationality
Alistair Brownlee Great BritainGwen Jorgensen[6][7][8] United States
Jonathan Brownlee Great BritainKirsten Sweetland Canada
Javier Gómez SpainAnneke Jenkins New Zealand
Mario Mola SpainLucy Hall Great Britain
Fernando Alarza SpainMaaike Caelers Netherlands
Kristian Blummenfelt NorwayEmmie Charayron[9] France
Filip Ospalý Czech RepublicNon Stanford[10] Great Britain
Crisanto Grajales MexicoLaura Lindermann Germany
Vicente Hernandez SpainJolanda Annen Switzerland
Andrea Salvisberg SwitzerlandLisa Norden Sweden
Gabor Faldum[11][12] Hungary

Former members :

References
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  2. Le Monde 18/10/2012 Sartrouville usine à Champion
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  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
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  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
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