Taylor Spivey (born April 13, 1991) is an American professional triathlete. At the conclusion of the 2019 season she placed fourth in the ITU World Triathlon Series behind Katie Zaferes, Jess Learmonth, and Georgia Taylor-Brown. This followed up an 8th place series finish in 2018, 12th in 2017 and 50th in 2016. Spivey competes at Elite pro level in the ITU Triathlon World Cup, ITU World Triathlon Series, Grand Prix de Triathlon, American Triathlon Confederation (CAMTRI) and Super League Triathlon competitions.
Career Spivey is the daughter of Marc Spivey and Bonnie Spivey. In interviews she has credited her parents with her introduction to triathlon, with her mother having a former career as a professional long course (Ironman) triathlete and her father also competing at Ironman distance as an age-group athlete. Her mother competed in an Ironman event while with Spivey. Born in Southern California, her background is in surf lifesaving, she won several national titles as an LA County Lifeguard. She swam for the Cal Poly Mustangs, competing in distance freestyle events. She took up short course (sprint and standard distance) triathlon in college.
Spivey attended Mira Costa High School, and went on to study Architecture at California Polytechnic State University, graduating with a BA Architecture (cum laude).
Spivey competes at Elite pro level in the ITU Triathlon World Cup, ITU World Triathlon Series, Grand Prix de Triathlon, American Triathlon Confederation (CAMTRI) and Super League Triathlon competitions. All of these competitions are short course (sprint and standard distance triathlon at world cup and ITU World Triathlon Series level) although in interviews she has expressed an interest in competing in middle distance (half-iron distance) triathlons in the future.
Spivey trains with The Triathlon Squad, a training group headed by lead coach Paulo Sousa and composed of a mix of American and international athletes. She is also a member of Poissy Triathlon, a professional triathlon team which competes as part of the French Triathlon Grand Prix.
Spivey has enjoyed a successful start to her 2022 Super League Triathlon Season with podium finishes at the first four races of the season, including taking the top spot at her home race, at SLT Malibu 2022. She finished fourth in the final event of the series, in NEOM Saudi Arabia, a performance which secured 2nd place in the series overall.
She competed in the women's triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
ITU World Triathlon Series competitions Spivey's ITU World Triathlon Series race results are:
Results list Date Competition Place Rank 2019-08-31 World Triathlon Series Grand Final Lausanne 09 2019-08-15 World Triathlon Series Tokyo Olympic Qualification Event 08 2019-07-20 World Triathlon Series Edmonton 05 2019-07-07 World Triathlon Series Mixed Relay Series Hamburg 09 2019-07-06 World Triathlon Series Hamburg 06 2019-06-09 World Triathlon Series Leeds 04 2019-05-18 World Triathlon Series Yokohama 03 2019-04-27 World Triathlon Series Bermuda 06 2019-03-08 World Triathlon Series Abu Dhabi 02 2018-09-15 World Triathlon Series Grand Final Gold Coast 07 2018-08-25 World Triathlon Series Montreal 07 2018-07-28 World Triathlon Series Mixed Relay Series Edmonton 02 2018-07-27 World Triathlon Series Edmonton 10 2018-07-14 World Triathlon Series Hamburg 09 2018-06-10 World Triathlon Series Leeds 07 2018-05-12 World Triathlon Series Yokohama 24 2018-04-28 World Triathlon Series Bermuda 9 2018-03-02 World Triathlon Series Abu Dhabi 19 2017-09-16 World Triathlon Series Grand Final Rotterdam 16 2017-08-26 World Triathlon Series Stockholm 11 2017-07-28 World Triathlon Series Edmonton 11 2017-07-15 World Triathlon Series Hamburg 13 2017-06-10 World Triathlon Series Leeds 2 2017-04-08 World Triathlon Series Gold Coast 13 2016-09-03 World Triathlon Series Edmonton 11
ITU Triathlon World Cup competitions Spivey's ITU Triathlon World Cup Series race results are:
Results list Date Competition Place Rank 2018-10-13 World Cup Sarasota-Bradenton 07 2018-09-22 World Cup Weihai 01 2018-06-02 World Cup Cagliari 02 2018-03-25 World Cup New Plymouth 4 2017-11-04 World Cup Miyazaki 2 2017-10-28 World Cup Tongyeong 8 2017-10-08 World Cup Sarasota 5 2017-06-28 World Cup Madrid 2 2017-06-28 World Cup New Plymouth 4 2016-09-25 World Cup Salinas 8 2016-08-07 World Cup Montreal 9
American Triathlon Confederation competitions Spivey's American Triathlon Confederation (CAMTRI) race results are:
Results list Date Competition Place Rank 2018-10-14 CAMTRI American Championships Mixed Relay Sarasota-Bradenton 01
Super League Triathlon competitions Spivey's Super League Triathlon race results are:
Results list Date Competition Place Rank 2019-11 Superleague Mallorca Equalizer & Eliminator 01 2019-10 Superleague Malta Triple Mix & Sprint Enduro 04 2022-09 Superleague London Triple Mix 02 2022-09 Superleague Munich Enduro 03 2022-09 Superleague Malibu Eliminator 01 2022-10 Superleague Toulouse Triple Mix 02 2022-10 Superleague NEOM Enduro 04
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