Aileen Morrison Explained

Aileen Reid (née Morrison; born 15 June 1982 in Derry, Northern Ireland) is a professional triathlete from Northern Ireland who represented Ireland at the London 2012 & Rio 2016 Olympics.

Reid represents the North West Triathlon Club and competes for French team Poissy.

Also an accomplished runner and swimmer, Reid is a former NI Cross country champion, and won a medal at the World University Cross Country championships with Team Ireland.

Aileen trained as a physical education teacher prior to beginning her triathlon career.

She competed in the Women's triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she finished in a disappointing 43rd place, almost 10 minutes behind winner Nicola Spirig.[1] Reid suffered a crash on the first lap of the bike course as a result of wet roads.[2]

She married in October 2012, and raced under her married name thereafter.

She finished the 2013 season ranked 8th in the World, with a silver medal at the ITU World Triathlon Series Grand Final in London. She has had two other World triathlon series podiums with a silver medal in Madrid in June 2012, and Hamburg in July 2010.

Reid competed in the Women's triathlon at the Rio 2016 Olympics and finished in 21st place.[3]

She retired in July 2017.

The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the Athlete's Profile Page.[4] The following events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and belong to the Elite category.

Date Competition Place Rank
  2008-05-18   European Cup Brno6
  2008-06-27   University Triathlon Championship Erdek13
  2008-07-12   European Cup Athlone6
  2008-08-03   European Cup Egirdir7
  2008-08-30   European Cup Split3
  2008-09-13   European Cup Vienna12
  2008-09-27   BG World Cup Lorient22
  2009-04-05   European Cup Quarteira6
  2009-05-02   Dextro Energy World Championship Series Tongeyong22
  2009-06-21   Dextro Energy World Championship Series Washington DC25
  2009-07-02   European Championships Holten13
  2009-07-18   European Cup Athlone2
  2009-08-15   Dextro Energy World Championship Series LondonDNF
  2010-05-22   European Cup Senec6
  2010-06-05   Dextro Energy World Championship Series Madrid23
  2010-06-12   Elite Cup Hy-Vee27
  2010-07-03   European Championships Athlone5
  2010-07-17   Dextro Energy World Championship Series Hamburg3
  2010-08-14   Dextro Energy World Championship Series Kitzbühel16
  2010-09-08   Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final Budapest17
  2010-10-16   World Cup Tongyeong4
  2010-10-23   Asian Cup Hong Kong1
  2011-04-03   European Cup Antalya1
  2011-04-17   World Cup Ishigaki2

BG = the sponsor British Gas · DNF = did not finish

Notes and References

  1. Aileen Morrison . https://web.archive.org/web/20181015153343/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/aileen-morrison-1.html . dead . 2018-10-15 . 2012-08-05.
  2. Web site: Irish triathlon: Morrison struggles to 43rd at Hyde Park . bbc.co.uk .
  3. Web site: Reid finishes 21st at Rio triathlon . ITV.com . 20 August 2016 . 23 August 2016.
  4. Web site: Triathlon.org - Results Page . Archive.triathlon.org . 23 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225618/http://archive.triathlon.org/zpg/zresults-ath-dtl.php?id=MTcyNTU= . 3 March 2016 . dead.