Sally Pilbeam

Sally Pilbeam
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1978-04-14) 14 April 1978
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Women's paratriathlon
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 EdmontonPT3
Gold medal – first place2015 ChicagoPT3
Silver medal – second place2016 RotterdamPT3
Silver medal – second place2017 RotterdamPTS4
Silver medal – second place2018 Gold CoastPTS3
Bronze medal – third place2023 PonteverdePTS4
Bronze medal – third place2024 TorremolinosPTS4
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 PenrithPT3
Gold medal – first place2015 PenrithPT3
Gold medal – first place2016 DevonportPT3
Gold medal – first place2018 St. KildaPTS4
Gold medal – first place2019 NewcastlePTS4
Gold medal – first place2020 NewcastlePTS4
Silver medal – second place2024 StocktonPTS4
Women's para-duathlon
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2015 AdelaidePT3

Sally Pilbeam (born 14 April 1978)[1] is an arm amputee Australian paratriathlete. In 2014 and 2015, she won gold medals at the World Triathlon Series Finals.[1] She competed at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.[2]

Personal

Pilbeam was born on 14 April 1978[1] and lives in Perth, Western Australia. She is married and has two sons.[3] In 2002, she lost her right arm at the shoulder due to cancer.[3]In 2025, she was appointed Western Australian Institute of Sport Para Unit Athlete Wellbeing and Engagement Advisor.[4]

Paratriathlon

She rides a modified bike in the cycling leg of paratriathlon events.[5] In 2014, she was classified as a PTS3 paratriathlete.

Pilbeam, first competed at the Australian Paratriathlon Championships in 2013.[3] At the 2013 ITU World Triathlon Series Final in London, England, she finished eighth in the Women's TRI-4. In 2014, she won Oceania Paratriathlon Championships, ITU World Paratriathlon Event in Melbourne, Australia and ITU World Paratriathlon Event in Yokohama, Japan in Women's PT3 events.[1] In August 2014, she won her first world championship by winning the Women's PT3 at the 2014 ITU World Triathlon Series Final in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[6]

In January 2015, Pilbeam won the Oceania Paratriathlon Championships PT3 event at Penrith, New South Wales.[7] At the 2015 World Championships Final in Chicago, she won the gold medal in the Women's PT3.[8]

She won silver medals at the 2016, 2017 and 2018 ITU World Championships Series Finals.[9][10] At the 2019 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final in Lausanne, she finished fifth in the Women's PTS5.[11] In 2017, she was transferred to PTS4 events. In July 2020, she announced her retirement from elite triathlon to spend more time with her family.[12] She returned to competition in July 2022, as her event was included on the 2024 Paris Paralympics program. Pilbeam goes into the Paris Games ranked seventh in the Women's PTS4.[2] She finished seventh at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[13]

At the 2025 World Triathlon Para Championships in Wollongong, she finished fourth in the Women's PTS4.[14]

Her coach is Andrew Budge.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sally Pilbeam". ITU Website. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Paralympics Australia Announces Powerful Triathlon Team For Paris 2024 | Paralympics Australia". paralympic.org.au. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Perth mum Sally Pilbeam a wins World Paratriathlon gold". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 2 September 2014. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "WAIS Para Unit: All systems go". WAIS. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  5. ↑ "Approved Paratriathlon Impairment Adaptations on Bicycles" (PDF). ITU Website. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Women's PT3 Results". ITU Results 2014 Edmonton. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "brave rain swept Neapean to Conquer Oceania Championships". Triathlon Australia News, 13 January 2013. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  8. ↑ White, Chelsea (18 September 2015). "Australia awesome at Paratriathlon World Championships". International Triathlon Union News. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  9. ↑ "Golden day for Aussie paratriathletes in Rotterdam". Triathlon Australia website. Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  10. ↑ "Tapp turned on full bore as Emily strokes World Championship gold". Triathlon Australia website. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  11. ↑ "Parker crowned World Champion in Lausanne". Triathlon Australia. 2 September 2019. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  12. ↑ "Three-time World Champion Paratriathlete Sally Pilbeam has announced her retirement". Trizone. 20 September 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  13. ↑ "Mission Complete For Seine-sational Parker | Paralympics Australia". paralympic.org.au. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  14. ↑ Silk, Olivia (18 October 2025). "Aussies Set Podium Alight At World Triathlon World Championships on Super Saturday". AusTriathlon. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.