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Sara Svensk
Sweden
World Rank
184
Height
1.70m
Age
33
DOB
04/12/89
62%Swim70%Bike68%Run69%Overall
Athletes are measured as a percentage (for each discipline and overall) based on a relative comparison to the #1 ranked athlete who's rated at 100%.
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Sara Svensk

It is one of the most select lists in triathlon, and Sara Svensk is now part of it.

The fastest female iron-distance athletes of all-time are Chrissie Wellington, Daniela Ryf, Anne Haug (all three of them Kona winners), Lucy Charles-Barclay (when winning Challenge Roth) and Sara Svensk.

The Swede is there thanks to her 8:34:10 at IRONMAN Barcelona in 2019, a result which catapulted her into the limelight. She won by more than 15 minutes in a course-record time to qualify for Kona.

It rounded off a breakthrough season which had earlier seen her first major 70.3 win. That had come at St. Pölten when she overcame a 4:43 deficit after the swim.

Sara then finished 10th (with the fastest run split) at the 70.3 World Championship in Nice.

All of the above was achieved while working as a part-time doctor.

"I now do two days per week at the hospital, but I like working as a medical doctor and try to do my recovery when I'm there. It's working at the moment, and gives you a sense of perspective."

Svensk was relatively late into the sport, and all three of its components.

It was only when she joined a running club in her 20s that she started to get competitive. And the cycling came next after a running injury saw her buy a bike so that she could maintain her fitness.

Her first triathlon was in 2014 when she was 25, and Sara was Swedish champion the following year.

By 2018, she was on the podium at the 70.3 European Championship, fifth at the IRONMAN North America Championship, and sixth at IRONMAN Austria before that landmark 2019 campaign.

Now Kona is the big target, which is why she lined up in Barcelona. And the 8:34 that day underlines just what a future threat she could be in Hawaii.

Current PTO World Ranking Points
184
2022 Ironman 70.3 Gdynia
58.98*
2022 Challenge Vansbro
50.62*
Sum / 3
36.53

* Recalculated values from 2022 based on new ranking system.

Ranking History
#3#88#173#258#34320162017201820192020202120222023*2016Overall101.66 pts#194Swim49.86 pts#339Bike108.44 pts#224Run148.07 pts#752017Overall48.61 pts#147Swim32.94 pts#297Bike62.01 pts#174Run74.03 pts#772018Overall69.00 pts#78Swim51.17 pts#173Bike85.59 pts#58Run70.78 pts#752019Overall90.83 pts#29Swim60.76 pts#108Bike94.56 pts#31Run98.31 pts#162020Overall272.49 pts#22Swim136.13 pts#72Bike188.89 pts#25Run196.61 pts#82021Overall81.79 pts#27Swim71.94 pts#75Bike88.58 pts#27Run89.89 pts#232022Overall48.38 pts#104Swim64.37 pts#143Bike75.51 pts#69Run80.49 pts#562023Overall36.53 pts#184Swim23.51 pts#240Bike38.03 pts#187Run36.06 pts#187

* New PTO World Ranking System implemented.

Results
24 Races4
1
2
2
3
3
2022
Points: NaN
DatePlaceRace
Swim
Bike
Run
OverallSOFPoints
6 Oct
DNF
Ironman Hawaii
--:--
--:--
--:--
--:--
87.07-
7 Aug
2
Ironman 70.3 Gdynia
27:25
2:17:40
1:19:04
4:09:58
58.98
52.8658.98
3 Jul
2
Challenge Vansbro
27:45
2:14:06
1:23:42
4:07:48
50.62
36.7150.62
2021
Points: NaN
DatePlaceRace
Swim
Bike
Run
OverallAITPoints
21 Nov
1
Ironman Cozumel
47:00
4:33:09
2:58:01
8:22:40
94.8545
08:18:4994.85
16 Oct
DNF
Ironman Mallorca
--:--
--:--
--:--
--:--
08:47:10-
12 Mar
3
Ironman 70.3 Dubai
29:17
2:09:31
1:21:21
4:05:16
72.4994
03:55:3372.50
2020
Points: NaN
DatePlaceRace
Swim
Bike
Run
OverallAITPoints
6 Dec
8
Challenge Daytona
26:51
1:54:09
1:11:05
3:34:59
78.0038
03:28:0778.00
2019
Points: NaN
DatePlaceRace
Swim
Bike
Run
OverallAITPoints
6 Oct
1
Ironman Barcelona
56:14
4:36:50
2:56:09
8:34:10
101.359
08:35:13101.36
7 Sep
10
Ironman 70.3 World Championship
29:23
2:44:12
1:17:18
4:35:23
83.9686
04:28:5583.97
11 Aug
DNF
Ironman 70.3 Gdynia
--:--
--:--
--:--
--:--
04:04:43-
23 Jun
5
Ironman 70.3 Elsinore
28:42
2:17:12
1:21:04
4:12:34
73.088
04:02:4673.09
8 Jun
1
Challenge Denmark Half
27:50
2:15:23
1:22:32
4:10:28
87.1586
04:05:4487.16
26 May
1
Ironman 70.3 Austria
31:58
2:25:31
1:23:15
4:26:05
62.2766
04:11:5062.28
2018
Points: NaN
DatePlaceRace
Swim
Bike
Run
OverallAITPoints
13 Oct
DNF
Ironman Hawaii
--:--
--:--
--:--
--:--
08:47:39-
29 Jul
DNF
Ironman Switzerland
--:--
--:--
--:--
--:--
09:00:23-
1 Jul
6
Ironman Austria
55:46
5:06:23
3:18:46
9:26:26
64.6361
08:57:5464.64
17 Jun
3
Ironman 70.3 Elsinore
29:21
2:18:08
1:24:20
4:17:11
60.0705
04:02:3960.07
28 Apr
5
Ironman Texas
59:33
4:32:33
3:09:53
8:46:49
82.2892
08:33:1182.29
2017
Points: NaN
DatePlaceRace
Swim
Bike
Run
OverallAITPoints
30 Sep
DNF
Ironman Barcelona
--:--
--:--
--:--
--:--
08:42:19-
10 Sep
3
Ironman 70.3 Ruegen
31:25
2:20:28
1:28:45
4:25:59
44.1804
04:05:2644.18
10 Jun
DNF
Challenge Denmark Half
--:--
--:--
--:--
--:--
04:05:25-
13 May
DNF
Ironman 70.3 Mallorca
--:--
--:--
--:--
--:--
04:15:51-
2016
Points: NaN
DatePlaceRace
Swim
Bike
Run
OverallAITPoints
24 Sep
4
Ironman Mallorca
1:00:35
5:13:53
3:09:00
9:28:58
59.9855
08:56:4559.99
22 May
5
Ironman 70.3 Austria
32:58
2:35:04
1:21:34
4:34:31
41.6788
04:12:2641.68
Ranking per Season
Overall
Year
Points
Position
2023
36
184
2022
48
104
2021
81
27
2020
272
22
2019
90
29
2018
68
78
2017
48
147
2016
101
194
Swim
Year
Points
Position
2023
23
240
2022
64
143
2021
71
75
2020
136
72
2019
60
108
2018
51
173
2017
32
297
2016
49
339
Bike
Year
Points
Position
2023
38
187
2022
75
69
2021
88
27
2020
188
25
2019
94
31
2018
85
58
2017
62
174
2016
108
224
Run
Year
Points
Position
2023
36
187
2022
80
56
2021
89
23
2020
196
8
2019
98
16
2018
70
75
2017
74
77
2016
148
75
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