Loretta Harrop

{{Short description|Australian triathlete}}

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{{MedalSport | Women's triathlon }}

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{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalSilver | 2004 Athens | Individual}}

{{MedalCompetition | ITU World Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 1999 Montreal | Elite women's race }}

{{MedalSilver | 2004 Madeira | Elite women's race }}

{{MedalCompetition | ITU Triathlon World Cup }}

{{MedalGold | 1999 | Overall World Cup }}

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Loretta "Loz" Harrop (born 17 July 1975, in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian triathlete.

As a teenager she attended Cavendish Road State High School along with her siblings and as of 2007 has a house named after her. Harrop house which will go by the colour red.

Harrop competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She placed fifth with a total time of 2:01:42.82. Her split times were 19:37.98 for the swim, 1:05:40.70 for the cycling, and 0:36:24.14 for the run.{{cite book |title=The Compendium: Official Australian Olympic Statistics 1896–2002 |year=2003 |publisher=Australian Olympic Committee | isbn=0-7022-3425-7 |pages=203}}

Four years later, Harrop competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She was even more successful this time, winning a silver medal with the time of 2:04:50.17. The splits for that run were 18:37.00 for the swim, 1:09:05.00 for the cycling, and 37:08.00 for the run.

Harrop is married to Brad Jones who was a talented Australian rules player in the AFLQ (Queensland) competition. Her son Hayden and daughter Emerson are both professional tennis players.