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Line 1: {{~~short~~Short description\|Bermudian triathlete (born 1987)}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson Line 13: \| height = 1.625 m \| weight = 55 kg \| website = {{URL\|theflorafund.com}} \| country = {{flagcountry\|Bermuda}} \| sport = Triathlon Line 28: {{MedalCountry \| {{BER}} }} {{MedalCompetition \| [[Olympic Games]] }} {{MedalGold \| [[2020 ~~Olympic~~Summer ~~Games~~Olympics\|2020 Tokyo]] \| [[Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's\|Individual]] }} {{MedalCompetition\|[[ITU Triathlon World Championships]]}} {{MedalGold\| [[~~2021 ITU~~2022 World Triathlon Championship Series\|~~2021~~2022]] \| Elite}} {{MedalGold\| [[2021 World Triathlon Championship Series\|2021]] \| Elite}} {{MedalGold\| [[2017 ITU World Triathlon Series\|2017]] \| Elite}} {{MedalGold\| [[2016 ITU World Triathlon Series\|2016]] \| Elite}} Line 48 ⟶ 49: {{MedalBronze\| 2013\| Elite}} {{MedalCompetition\|[[Commonwealth Games]]}} {{MedalGold\| [[Gold Coast 2018\|2018 Gold Coast]]\|[[Triathlon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's\|Women's]]}} {{MedalGold\| [[Birmingham 2022\|2022 Birmingham]]\|[[Triathlon at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's\|Women's]]}} {{MedalCompetition\|[[Pan American Games]]}} {{MedalBronze\|[[2015 Pan American Games\|2015 Toronto]]\|[[Triathlon at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's\|Women's]]}} Line 56 ⟶ 57: }} '''Dame Flora Jane Duffy''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|DBE}} (born 30 September 1987) is a [[Bermuda\|Bermudian]] professional triathlete. She won a gold medal at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] in [[Tokyo]], Bermuda's first gold medal. She also competed in the ~~Olympics in~~ Beijing, London, and Rio de Janeiro Olympics. In 2018, she won gold in the women's triathlon at the XXI Commonwealth Games in Australia. She also won gold in the same event at the XXII Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in 2022. == Athletic career == Duffy is the [[2016 ITU World Triathlon Series\|2016]] and [[2017 ITU World Triathlon Series]] World Champion,<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://wts.triathlon.org/rankings/2016 \|title=2016 Rankings \|access-date=31 October 2016 \|publisher=[[International Triathlon Union]] \|archive-date=10 October 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010054351/https://wts.triathlon.org/rankings/2016 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.triathlon.org/news/article/duffy_dominates_her_way_to_a_world_title \|title=Duffy dominates her way to a world title \|website=[[International Triathlon Union]] \|date=18 September 2016 \|access-date=19 September 2016 \|archive-date=7 November 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107085122/https://www.triathlon.org/news/article/duffy_dominates_her_way_to_a_world_title \|url-status=live }}</ref> the 2015 and 2016 ITU Cross Triathlon World Champion, and a six-time winner (2014-2017, 2019, 2021) of the [[Xterra Triathlon\|XTERRA World Championships]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.xterraplanet.com/2021/12/wilde-duffy-win-2021-xterra-world-championship \|title=Wilde, Duffy win the 2021 XTERRA World Championship \|date=5 December 2021 \|access-date=2022-01-07 \|publisher=Xterra }}</ref> She [[Bermuda at the 2008 Summer Olympics\|competed for Bermuda]] at the [[Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's\|2008 Summer Olympics]] in Beijing, the [[Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's\|2012 Summer Olympics]] in London, the [[Triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's\|2016 Summer Olympics]] in Rio de Janeiro, and the [[Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's\|2020 Summer Olympics]] in Tokyo, where she won gold. It was Duffy's first Olympic medal, ~~as well as~~and Bermuda's first gold medal.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite Sports-Reference \|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/du/flora-duffy-1.html \|title=Flora Duffy \|accessdate=5 August 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121218161737/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/du/flora-duffy-1.html \|archivedate=18 December 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last1=Ostlere \|first1=Lawrence \|title=Flora Duffy wins Bermuda's first Olympic gold as GB's Georgia Taylor-Brown takes silver \|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/flora-duffy-bermuda-triathlon-georgia-taylorbrown-tokyo-b1891052.html \|work=The Independent \|date=26 July 2021 \|language=en \|access-date=26 July 2021 \|archive-date=26 July 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726235025/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/flora-duffy-bermuda-triathlon-georgia-taylorbrown-tokyo-b1891052.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> Duffy's medal also made Bermuda the smallest country in the world to have won a gold medal at the Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite web\|date=2021-07-27\|title=Bermuda becomes smallest country to win gold as Flora Duffy claims triathlon\|url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jul/27/olympic-triathlon-flora-duffy-bermuda-first-gold-georgia-taylor-brown-puncture\|access-date=2021-07-28\|website=The Guardian\|language=en\|archive-date=28 July 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728113755/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jul/27/olympic-triathlon-flora-duffy-bermuda-first-gold-georgia-taylor-brown-puncture\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|title=Bermuda celebrates first Olympic gold\|language=en-GB\|publisher=BBC Sport\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/57964362\|access-date=2021-07-28\|archive-date=28 July 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728135608/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/57964362\|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2018, Duffy won the first gold medal of the [[2018 Commonwealth Games\|XXI Commonwealth Games]] in Gold Coast, Australia.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.wlns.com/ap-top-news/flora-duffy-of-bermuda-wins-1st-commonwealth-games-gold/1102179228\|title=Flora Duffy of Bermuda wins 1st Commonwealth Games gold\|last=Writer\|first=DENNIS PASSA, AP Sports\|date=2018-04-05\|work=WLNS\|access-date=2018-04-05\|language=en-US\|archive-date=5 April 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405154625/http://www.wlns.com/ap-top-news/flora-duffy-of-bermuda-wins-1st-commonwealth-games-gold/1102179228\|url-status=dead}}</ref> Duffy won the women's sprint triathlon by a 43-second lead, becoming [[Bermuda at the 2018 Commonwealth Games\|Bermuda's]] first female Commonwealth gold medalist.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.macon.com/sports/other-sports/article207986664.html\|title=Flora Duffy of Bermuda wins 1st Commonwealth Games gold\|work=macon\|access-date=2018-04-05\|language=en\|archive-date=5 April 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405153050/http://www.macon.com/sports/other-sports/article207986664.html\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43650292\|title=Commonwealth Games: England's Jessica Learmonth wins triathlon silver\|date=2018-04-05\|publisher=BBC Sport\|access-date=2018-04-05\|language=en-GB\|archive-date=5 April 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405012138/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43650292\|url-status=live}}</ref> She was also scheduled to compete in the [[Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's cross-country\|women's cross-country mountain bike]] at the Commonwealth Games, but did not start the event.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/cycling-mountain-bike/results-women-s-cross-country-fnl-000100-.htm\|title=Results - Women's Cross-country\|work=Gold Coast 2018\|access-date=13 April 2018\|archive-date=14 August 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814201447/https://results.gc2018.com/en/cycling-mountain-bike/results-women-s-cross-country-fnl-000100-.htm\|url-status=live}}</ref> Line 67 ⟶ 68: Duffy is the only person to win three triathlon world titles in the same year in 2016, claiming the WTS, ITU Cross Triathlon, and Xterra titles in close succession. Duffy is the only triathlete in WTS history to post the fastest swim, bike, and run portions in the same race.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://triathlonworld.com//news/duffy-blasts-bermuda-144829\|title=Two-minute ticker {{!}} Duffy blasts in Bermuda\|website=TriathlonWorld.com - go further. race better. know more.\|language=en\|access-date=2019-05-08\|archive-date=8 May 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508030650/http://triathlonworld.com//news/duffy-blasts-bermuda-144829\|url-status=dead}}</ref> Duffy holds the record for the largest winning margin in both Olympic<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.tri247.com/triathlon-news/elite/flora-duffy-wins-yokohama-2017\|title=Flora Duffy dominates World Triathlon Yokohama {{!}} Elite News\|date=2017-05-13\|website=Tri247.com\|language=en-GB\|access-date=2019-05-08\|archive-date=8 May 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508030641/https://www.tri247.com/triathlon-news/elite/flora-duffy-wins-yokohama-2017\|url-status=live}}</ref> and Sprint<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.tri247.com/triathlon-news/elite/wts-edmonton-flora-duffy-domination\|title=WTS Edmonton: four in a row for Flora Duffy {{!}} Elite News\|date=2017-07-29\|website=Tri247.com\|language=en-GB\|access-date=2019-05-08\|archive-date=8 May 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508030640/https://www.tri247.com/triathlon-news/elite/wts-edmonton-flora-duffy-domination\|url-status=live}}</ref> distance races in a [[ITU World Triathlon Series\|WTS]] event. Duffy was appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[2018 Birthday Honours]]<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=62310\|supp=y\|page=B23\|date=9 June 2018}}</ref> and [[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (DBE) in the [[2022 New Year Honours]],<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=63571\|supp=y\|page=N26\|date=1 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://bernews.com/2018/11/flora-duffy-received-order-british-empire/\|title=Flora Duffy Receives Order of the British Empire\|date=2018-11-18\|website=Bernews\|access-date=2019-05-08\|archive-date=8 May 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508030638/http://bernews.com/2018/11/flora-duffy-received-order-british-empire/\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/59828368 \|title=New Year Honours 2022: Jason Kenny receives a knighthood and Laura Kenny made a dame \|work=[[BBC Sport]] \|date=1 January 2022 \|access-date=2022-01-01 \|archive-date=31 December 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231224231/https://www.bbc.com/sport/59828368 \|url-status=live }}</ref> both for services to sport in Bermuda. After beating Georgia Taylor-Brown, she was crowned as the ITU Triathlon World Champion on November 25, 2022 in Abu Dhabi. She competed in the [[Triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's\|women's triathlon]] at the [[2024 Summer Olympics]] in Paris, France.<ref name="women_triathlon_results_summer_olympics_2024">{{Cite web \|title=Women's Triathlon Results \|url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/TRI/OG2024_TRI_C73A_TRIWOLYMPIC-----------FNL-000100--.pdf \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816055620/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/TRI/OG2024_TRI_C73A_TRIWOLYMPIC-----------FNL-000100--.pdf \|archive-date=16 August 2024 \|access-date=28 August 2024 \|website=2024 Summer Olympics}}</ref> ==Legacy== The Dame Flora Duffy National Sports Centre (including the Flora Duffy South Field Stadium) in [[Devonshire Parish]] is named for her. ==Personal life== Duffy is of English parentage: her father is from [[Barrow-in-Furness]], and her mother is from [[Burnley]],; therefore, she was eligible to represent Great Britain. but opted to represent Bermuda, where she grew up.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/19470686.triathlete-flora-duffy-whose-mother-burnley-wins-olympic-gold-bermuda/ \|title=Triathlete Flora Duffy, whose mother is from Burnley, wins Olympic gold for Bermuda \|last=Beaney \|first=Abigail \|date=27 July 2021 \|website=[[LancashireTelegraph.co.uk]] \|access-date=14 August 2021 \|archive-date=14 August 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814154943/https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/19470686.triathlete-flora-duffy-whose-mother-burnley-wins-olympic-gold-bermuda/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> Duffy was privately educated at the independent [[Warwick Academy]],<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.warwick.bm/news/265-alumni-flora-duffy-wins-xterra-race-in-philippines\|title=Alumni, Flora Duffy Wins XTERRA Race in Philippines\|date=9 February 2015\|website=[[Warwick Academy]]\|access-date=25 April 2015\|archive-date=22 July 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722123339/https://www.warwick.bm/news/265-alumni-flora-duffy-wins-xterra-race-in-philippines\|url-status=live}}</ref> then abroad at the independent [[Kelly College]] in [[England]] and the [[University of Colorado Boulder]], where she graduated with a [[Bachelor of Arts\|BA]] degree in Sociology.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20130920/SPORT/130929933&template=mobileart \|title=Duffy relieved to escape Boulder floods \|date=25 April 2015 \|website=[[The Royal Gazette (Bermuda)\|The Royal Gazette]] \|access-date=25 April 2015 \|archive-date=22 July 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722123325/http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20130920/SPORT/130929933%26template%3Dmobileart \|url-status=live }}</ref> Duffy launched The Flora Fund days after winning the inaugural WTS Bermuda in April 2018.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.olympics.bm/news/236-duffy-launches-flora-fund-for-athletes\|title=Duffy launches 'Flora Fund' for athletes - Bermuda Olympic Association\|website=olympics.bm\|access-date=2019-05-08\|archive-date=8 May 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508030640/http://www.olympics.bm/news/236-duffy-launches-flora-fund-for-athletes\|url-status=live}}</ref> Through the fund, Duffy hopes to enable youth in Bermuda to pursue their potential, ultimately contributing to a healthier, more ambitious community. In December 2017, Duffy married [[South Africa]]n triathlete [[Dan Hugo]] in [[Stellenbosch]], Hugo's native town, where the couple reside when not training in [[Boulder, Colorado\|Boulder]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://bernews.com/2017/12/flora-duffy-marries-dan-hugo/\|title=Photos: Flora Duffy Marries Triathlete Dan Hugo - Bernews\|date=2017-12-21\|work=Bernews\|access-date=2018-04-05\|language=en-US\|archive-date=5 April 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405152854/http://bernews.com/2017/12/flora-duffy-marries-dan-hugo/\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.royalgazette.com/runningtriathlon/article/20171123/wedding-is-next-top-priority-for-duffy\|title=Wedding is the next top priority for Duffy {{!}} The Royal Gazette:Bermuda Running/Triathlon\|work=The Royal Gazette\|access-date=2018-04-05\|language=en-US\|archive-date=5 April 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405152926/http://www.royalgazette.com/runningtriathlon/article/20171123/wedding-is-next-top-priority-for-duffy\|url-status=live}}</ref>{{noteslist}} Duffy hopes that one day she is able to travel to space.{{Citation needed\|date=July 2024}} ==References== Line 81 ⟶ 89: ==External links== * {{ITU}} * {{~~IOC~~Olympics.com profile\|flora-duffy}} [https://theflorafund.com/ The Flora Fund - Duffy's foundation] {{cite web \|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/fanguide/athlete?id=16530 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103021032/http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/fanguide/athlete?id=16530 \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=3 January 2013 \|title=Flora Duffy \|year=2008 \|work=Beijing 2008 \|publisher=[[ESPN]] \|access-date=24 May 2012}} {{cite web \|url=http://triathlon.competitor.com/2012/05/news/flora-duffy-simon-de-cuyper-win-in-huatulco_53056 \|title=Flora Duffy, Simon De Cuyper Win in Huatulco \|date=7 May 2012 \|publisher=Triathlete \|access-date=24 May 2012 \|archive-date=18 May 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518080608/http://triathlon.competitor.com/2012/05/news/flora-duffy-simon-de-cuyper-win-in-huatulco_53056 \|url-status=dead }} {{cite web \|url=http://bernews.com/2012/05/flora-duffy-qualifies-for-2012-olympics/ \|title=Flora Duffy Qualifies for 2012 Olympics \|date=13 May 2012 \|publisher=Bernews \|access-date=24 May 2012}} {{Footer Olympic Champions Triathlon Women}} {{Footer World Champions Triathlon Women~~\|state=expanded~~}} {{Footer Xterra Triathlon World Champions women\|othersexlink=no~~\|state=uncollapsed~~}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Duffy, Flora}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Bermudian female triathletes]] [[Category:Female taekwondo practitioners]] [[Category:Triathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Triathletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Triathletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Olympic triathletes offor Bermuda]] [[Category:1987 births]] [[Category:People from Paget Parish]] [[Category:British female triathletes]] [[Category:University of Colorado Boulder alumni]] [[Category:Triathletes at the 2014 Commonwealth Games]] Line 117 ⟶ 127: [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Bermuda]] [[Category:Olympic medalists in triathlon]] [[Category:Bermudian people of ~~European~~English descent]] [[Category:Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:~~Sporting~~Sportspeople ~~dames~~awarded damehoods]] [[Category:Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games]] [[Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games]] [[Category:Triathletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics]]