Barbara Lindquist

Barbara Lindquist
Medal record
Women's Triathlon
Representing the  United States
ITU World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2002 Cancún Elite
ITU World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2003 Overall

Barbara ("Barb") Metz Lindquist (born July 1, 1969, in Wilmington, Delaware) is a swimmer and triathlete from the United States.[1][2]

She competed as a swimmer at Stanford University, and was on the swimmers' U.S. National Team, leaving the U.S. team in 1991.[2]

She became a professional triathlete in 1996.[2]

From February 2003 through 2004, she was ranked first in the world as a triathlete.[2]

Lindquist competed at the Olympic triathlon in 2004,[3] placing ninth.[2]

She was on the U.S. world championship triathlon team ten times.[3]

Lindquist retired as a triathlete in 2005.[2] She later served as the coach of the Under-23 National [Triathlon] Team and as the USAT Collegiate Recruitment Program Coordinator.[2]

Recognition

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On Feb. 13, 2010, Lindquist was inducted into the USA Triathlon Hall of Fame.[2]

She was number ten on the publication Inside Triathlon's 10 Most Influential People For 2012.[3]

In 2017 she was inducted into the International Triathlon Union Hall of Fame.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ "Barbara Lindquist - Athlete Profile". Triathlon.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Hall of Fame". www.usatriathlon.org.
  3. ^ a b c "Inside Triathlon's 10 Most Influential People For 2012: #10 Barb Lindquist". Triathlete. December 10, 2012.
  4. ^ Flynn, Sarah Wassner (March 31, 2022). "Recalled: The Great Equalizer". Triathlete.