Julie Derron
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| Nationality | Swiss | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 September 1996 Zurich, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Triathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Julie Derron (born 10 September 1996) is a Swiss triathlete. She was a silver medalist at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
She won the 2021 European Triathlon Championships. She was a bronze medalist in the mixed relay at the 2022 European Triathlon Championships, and a silver medalist in 2024 and a bronze medalist in 2023 at the World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships.
Career
[edit]She won the Alpe d'Huez Triathlon in 2017.[1] She won the Europe Triathlon Sprint Championships in 2019 in Kazan.[2]
She won the 2021 European Triathlon Championships in Valencia, Spain.[3] She won a bronze medal in the mixed relay at the 2022 European Triathlon Championships in Munich, Germany.[4]
In 2023, she was a bronze medalist at the World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships in the mixed relay in Hamburg.[5]
In 2024, she won victory at the Chengdu World Cup.[6] In June 2024, she improved the course record at the Challenge Walchsee-Kaiserwinkl.[7] In July 2024, she was a silver medalist at the World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships.[8]
Competing at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, she won the silver medal in the women's triathlon on 31 July 2024.[9][10] Derron was one of the flag-bearers for Switzerland at the closing ceremony alongside swimmer Roman Mityukov.[11]
Personal life
[edit]From Zurich, her grandfather was a Swiss champion swimmer. Her sisters Nina and Michelle also compete in triathlon.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "2017 Alpe d'Huez Short Distance Triathlon". Endurapix.com. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Results: 2019 Kazan ETU Sprint Triathlon European Championships". World Triathlon. 27 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "JULIE DERRON WINS EUROPEAN TITLE OVER OLYMPIC DISTANCE IN VALENCIA". swisstriathlon. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Schweizer Mixed-Triathlon-Team holt EM-Bronze". swissinfo.ch. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "4xMixed Relay : Results". International Triathlon Union". 16 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "JULIE DERRON SECURES SOLID VICTORY AT THE CHENGDU WORLD CUP!". Swisstriathlon. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ Leitner, Stefan (24 June 2024). "Feuersinger bei Challenge Walchsee von technischem Defekt gebremst". trinews. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Team Germany defends Mixed Relay world title to deliver Olympic warning shot to rivals". Triathlon.org. 14 July 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ Barratt, Liz (9 July 2024). "Which triathletes have qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games?". 220 Triathlon. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Bronze for Beth Potter as France's Cassandre Beaugrand takes Olympic gold". Shropshire Star. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "Derron and Mityukov carry the Swiss flag". Blue News. Swisscom. 11 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ Renggli, Thomas (21 May 2017). "The sportiest shared flat in Switzerland: The three Derron sisters have big plans in triathlon". bzbasel.ch. Retrieved 14 July 2024.