Ashleigh Gentle
{{short description|Australian triathlete}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox triathlete
| name = Ashleigh Gentle
| image = Ashleigh Gentle.jpg
| headercolor = green
| textcolor = yellow
| caption = Ashleigh Gentle at the ITU World Triathlon Series in Edmonton in 2015
| country = {{flag|Australia}}
| residence = Gold Coast, Australia
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|02|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = South Brisbane, Australia
| height = {{convert|170|cm|ftin}}
| weight = {{convert|56|kg|stlb}}
| coach = Josh Amberger
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's triathlon}}
{{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver| 2017 | Elite}}
{{MedalGold| 2017 Hamburg|Mixed team relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalGold| 2018 Gold Coast | Mixed team relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|Ironman 70.3 World Championship}}
{{MedalBronze|2024 Taupō | Individual}}
}}
Ashleigh Gentle (born 25 February 1991) is an Australian triathlete who was selected as part of the team for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She took second overall in the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Series, her career best to date.{{cite web|url=http://www.slowtwitch.com/News/Duffy_dominates_Grand_Final_repeats_WTS_World_title_6569.html|title=Duffy dominates Grand Final, repeats WTS World title|last=Carlson|first=Timothy|date=16 September 2017|accessdate=20 September 2017|publisher=Slowtwitch.com}}
Biography
Gentle was born in South Brisbane, Queensland, on 25 February 1991, but now lives on the Gold Coast.{{cite web |url=http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/ashleigh-gentle |title=Ashleigh Gentle – AUS Team – Rio 2016 |publisher=Australian Olympic Committee |accessdate=28 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613104247/http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/ashleigh-gentle |archive-date=13 June 2016 |url-status=dead }} She has two brothers.{{cite web |url=http://www.triathlon.org.au/Assets/Triathlon+Australia+Digital+Assets/Resources/High+Performance/6542+ITU+MEDIA+GUIDE+WC+10-12.pdf |title=Australian Team Media Guide – Barfoot and Thompson World Triathlon – Auckland 14–22 October 2012 |publisher=Triathlon Australia |accessdate=28 May 2016}} She attended St Vincent's Primary School and All Saints Anglican School.{{cite web |last1=Boswell |first1=Tom |title=Ashleigh Gentle opens up about the beginning of her Olympic Games dream ahead of Rio |url=https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/sport/local-sport/ashleigh-gentle-opens-up-about-the-beginning-of-her-olympic-games-dream-ahead-of-rio/news-story/d268a5b422eb2b8fc431569ade2017a8 |publisher=Gold Coast Bulletin |date=4 August 2016}} In 2009, she entered Griffith University, where {{as of|2016|lc=y}}, she is studying for a Bachelor of Public Health degree in nutrition. She has trained with the Australian Institute of Sport and the Queensland Academy of Sport. Her husband is long distance triathlete Josh Amberger.
At school, Gentle participated in many different sports, including touch football, netball, athletics and cross country running. In 2004, a family friend persuaded her to take up triathlon. Initially this was to improve her running times, but she soon found that she enjoyed the swimming and cycling too. She won silver at the Junior World Championships in Hamburg in 2007 and Vancouver in 2008 before winning in Budapest in 2010.
In 2011, she ran in her first ITU World Triathlon Series (WTS) event, and was placed ninth. She finished in 130th position in the 2010 ITU World Championship Series.{{Cite web|url=https://wts.triathlon.org/rankings/archive/2010|title=2010|first=International Triathlon|last=Union|website=ITU World Triathlon Series}} In 2012 and 2013, she ran in ten WTS events, and was placed in the top ten in all of them. In years 2011—2014 Gentle placed in the final ITU series rankings at 24th, 15th, 7th, and 34th place.{{Cite web|url=https://wts.triathlon.org/rankings/archive/2011|title=2011|first=International Triathlon|last=Union|website=ITU World Triathlon Series}}{{Cite web|url=https://wts.triathlon.org/rankings/archive/2012|title=2012|first=International Triathlon|last=Union|website=ITU World Triathlon Series}}{{Cite web|url=https://wts.triathlon.org/rankings/archive/2013|title=2013|first=International Triathlon|last=Union|website=ITU World Triathlon Series}}{{Cite web|url=https://wts.triathlon.org/rankings/archive/2014|title=2014|first=International Triathlon|last=Union|website=ITU World Triathlon Series}}
In 2015, Gentle finished the year in 12th position in that year's ITU series{{Cite web|url=https://wts.triathlon.org/rankings/archive/2015|title=2015|first=International Triathlon|last=Union|website=ITU World Triathlon Series}} while also placing first in the Escape from Alcatraz triathlon, a non-standard distance triathlon starting on Alcatraz island.{{Cite web|url=https://www.escapealcatraztri.com/results/2015|title=2015|website=Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon}} In 2015 and 2016 she placed second at the ITU races in Yokohama in 2015 and 2016, as well as at the ITU race in Abu Dhabi in 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.subaru.com.au/active/ambassador/ashleigh-gentle |title=Ashleigh Gentle: Professional Triathlete |publisher=Subaru |accessdate=28 May 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414113322/http://www.subaru.com.au/active/ambassador/ashleigh-gentle |archivedate=14 April 2016 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite news |url=http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/sport/afl/triathlete-ashleigh-gentle-tops-off-her-push-for-rio-olympic-games-with-silver-in-yokohama/news-story/b3ac096b30912361bf551fe094ac7e6e |title=Triathlete Ashleigh Gentle tops off her push for Rio Olympic Games with silver in Yokohama |newspaper=Gold Coast Bulletin |date=16 May 2016 |first=Tom |last=Boswell |accessdate=28 May 2016}} By May 2016, she was ranked third in the world which helped solidify the Australian Olympic Committee's selection of Gentle as one of three female triathletes who would represent Australia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, her first Olympics.{{cite web |url=http://www.triathlon.org/athletes/profile/ashleigh_gentle |title=Athlete profile – Ashleigh Gentle |publisher=International Triathlon Union |accessdate=28 May 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/news/six-triathletes-selected-for-the-rio-olympic-challenge |title=Six triathletes selected for the Rio Olympic challenge |date=23 May 2016 |publisher=Australian Olympic Committee |accessdate=28 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704061920/http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/news/six-triathletes-selected-for-the-rio-olympic-challenge |archive-date=4 July 2016 |url-status=dead }} Gentle would place 26th overall in the Olympic event.{{cite web | url=https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/T/R/TRW001101_OfficialResults_2016_08_20_07795d3a_ebcc_4f1a_8a02_1a93b4f53e51.pdf | title=Triathlon – Women Official results | publisher=Rio 2016 | accessdate=20 August 2016 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920190506/https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/T/R/TRW001101_OfficialResults_2016_08_20_07795d3a_ebcc_4f1a_8a02_1a93b4f53e51.pdf | archivedate=20 September 2016 | df=dmy-all }} Gentle would then finish out the 2016 ITU World Triathlon Series with and overall series ranking of 10th place.{{Cite web|url=https://wts.triathlon.org/rankings/archive/2016|title=2016|first=International Triathlon|last=Union|website=ITU World Triathlon Series}}
Gentle had her highest ITU series finish, placing year in 2nd overall in the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Series.{{Cite web|url=https://wts.triathlon.org/rankings/2017|title=ITU World Triathlon Series|first=International Triathlon|last=Union|website=ITU World Triathlon Series}} The next year, at the final race of the 2018 season in Gold Coast, Gentle managed to distance her rivals Vicky Holland and Katie Zaferes on the run to finish first, with Holland winning the subsequent sprint with Zaferes for second place to take the 2018 ITU World Triathlon Series Grand Finale race. She finished the season in 6th position.{{Cite web|url=https://wts.triathlon.org/rankings/2018|title=ITU World Triathlon Series|first=International Triathlon|last=Union|website=ITU World Triathlon Series}}
In 2019, Gentle took gold for the second time of competing in the Escape from Alcatraz triathlon, a non-standard distance triathlon starting on Alcatraz island.{{Cite web|url=https://www.escapealcatraztri.com/results/2019|title=2019|website=Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon}}
Notable performances
| class="wikitable " | ||||
| scope=col|Year
!scope=col|Competition !scope=col|Country !Scope=col|Position !Scope=col|Time !Scope=col|Source | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row; align=center rowspan="2"|2016
||WTS Yokohama||{{JAP}}||align=center| 15x ||{{heure|1|57|20}} || {{Cite web |url=http://www.triathlon.org/athletes/results/15744/ashleigh_gentle |title=Athlete results – Ashleigh Gentle |publisher=International Triathlon Union |accessdate=28 May 2016}} | ||||
| |WTS Abu Dhabi | {{UAE}} | align=center| 15x | {{heure|1|56|18}} | |
| scope=row; align=center rowspan="2"|2015
||WTS Yokohama||{{JAP}}||align=center| 15x||{{heure|1|58|33}} || | ||||
| |Noosa Triathlon | {{AUS}} | align=center| 15x | {{heure|1|59|18}} | |
| scope=row; align=center rowspan="2" |2014
||5150 Philippines||{{PHI}}||align=center| 15x ||{{heure|2|2|0}} || | ||||
| |Noosa Triathlon | {{AUS}} | align=center| 15x | {{heure|1|59|10}} | |
| scope=row; align=center|2013 | ||||
| scope=row; align=center rowspan="2"|2012
||OTU Triathlon Oceania Championships||{{AUS}}||align=center| 15x ||{{heure|1|57|26}} || | ||||
| |ITU Triathlon World Cup – Tiszaújváros | {{HUN}} | align=center| 15x | {{heure|0|58|39}} | |
| scope=row; align=center rowspan="3"|2011
||OTU Triathlon Oceania Championships||{{NZL}}||align=center|15x ||{{heure|2|6|5}} || | ||||
| |ITU Triathlon World Cup – Edmonton | {{CAN}} | align=center| 15x | {{heure|2|0|14}} | |
| |Oceania Cup Mooloolaba | {{AUS}} | align=center| 15x | {{heure|2|3|25}} | |
| scope=row; align=center|2009
|Asian Cup in Singapore ||{{SIN}}||align=center| 15x ||{{heure|1|54|31}} || |
Notes
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External links
{{Commons category|Ashleigh Gentle}}
- {{cite web |url=http://ashleighgentle.blogspot.com.au/ |title=Ashleigh Gentle |publisher=Personal blog |accessdate=28 May 2016 }}
- {{World Triathlon}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|ashleigh-gentle}}
- {{AOC profile|ashleigh-gentle}}
- {{SR/Olympics|ge/ashleigh-gentle-1}}
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