ECS Triathlon
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{{Infobox athletics club
| name = Espérance cycliste Sartrouville Triathlon
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| fullname = Espérance cycliste Sartrouville Triathlon
| short name = ECS Triathlon
| founded = {{Start date|1993|df=y}}
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| location = Sartrouville, France
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| leader_title = Chairman
| leader_name = Denis Veron
| colours = green
| website = {{URL|www.sartrouville-triathlon.com}}
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File:Triathlon de Nice Sartrouville 2011.jpg
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,[http://www.leparisien.fr/sartrouville-78500/sartrouville-au-sommet-du-triathlon-olympique-18-08-2016-6051327.php Le Parisien 18/08/2016 Sartrouville au sommet du Triathlon] and gold, silver, and bronze medals in male triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[http://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2012/10/18/sartrouville-l-usine-a-champions_1777747_3242.html Le Monde 18/10/2012 Sartrouville usine à Champion]
History
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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.{{Cite web |url=http://sartrouville-triathlon.com/reescrever-a-historia-reecrire-lhistoire/ |title=Sartrouville Triathlon réécrire l'histoire |access-date=2016-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822022706/http://sartrouville-triathlon.com/reescrever-a-historia-reecrire-lhistoire/ |archive-date=2016-08-22 |url-status=dead }}{{Unreliable source?|date=September 2016}}
Green team
The elite level team is known as The Green Team, because of their green colored uniforms.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}
Former members :
- David Hauss {{FRA}} [http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/triathlon-david-hauss-au-nom-du-frere-et-du-simple-esprit-ia35b0n3234973 La Voix Du Nord, David Hauss au nom du frère et du simple esprit]
- Alessia Orla {{ITA}}
- Richard Murray {{ZAF}} , participating to Rio 2016 olympics{{Cite web |url=http://sartrouville-triathlon.com/reescrever-a-historia-reecrire-lhistoire/ |title=Triathlon Sartrouville, réécrire l'histoire |access-date=2016-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822022706/http://sartrouville-triathlon.com/reescrever-a-historia-reecrire-lhistoire/ |archive-date=2016-08-22 |url-status=dead }}{{Unreliable source?|date=September 2016}}