{"id":19726,"date":"2022-12-07T12:08:50","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T11:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.220triathlon.com\/?p=124355"},"modified":"2022-12-07T13:21:56","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T12:21:56","slug":"india-lee-background-career-highlights-quotes","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/rss_feed\/india-lee-background-career-highlights-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"India Lee: Background, career highlights, quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Nige Tassell\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 07 December 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Already a double European champion, India Lee\u2019s career entered another dimension when the Brit stepped up to middle-distance racing. The medals continued to flow\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Who is India Lee?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Over the last 10 years of so, India Lee has proved herself to be one of the more versatile British women in multisport, eminently competitive whatever the distance or format.<\/p>\n

Originally from Winchester but now based in Bath, she started out in duathlon, being crowned an age-group champion at the 2013 European championships.<\/p>\n

Her first triathlon podium arrived a couple of years later, followed the following season by a maiden World Cup win in Sardinia.<\/p>\n

That month \u2013 May 2016 \u2013 was a particularly notable one. After Cagliari, Lee travelled to Lisbon for the European Champs, returning with two golds after the most productive weekend of her career, which saw her take both individual and mixed relay titles.<\/p>\n

Despite this success, Lee never left much of a visible mark in the World Triathlon Series and changed tack accordingly. And her first Ironman 70.3 race brought immediate success in foul conditions in Weymouth.<\/p>\n

Further 70.3 successes (in Finland and Weymouth again), coupled with a handful of medals in the Challenge series, proved that focusing on middle-distance racing had revitalised her career.<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen whether her imminent conversion to Ironman will provide yet another successful chapter in her notable career.<\/p>\n

How old is India Lee?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

India Lee was born on 31 May 1988, making her 34 years of age.<\/p>\n

India Lee\u2019s career highlights<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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India Lee, right, racing with Germany\u2019s Laura Lindemann at the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow. (Credit: Bryn Lennon\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

April 2013: A maiden European crown<\/strong><\/h3>\n

At the European duathlon championships in the Netherlands, Lee takes an age-group victory, comfortably winning after posting the fastest times on both runs.<\/p>\n

May 2015: Lee claims her first triathlon podium<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In a European Cup race in Antalya in Turkey, Lee finds herself among the medals when she takes bronze, beating reigning British champion Emma Pallant-Brown<\/strong><\/a>e into the bargain.<\/p>\n

March 2016: Another bronze, this time Stateside<\/strong><\/h3>\n

At the CAMTRI American Sprint Championships in Sarasota, Florida, Lee comes home third, held from silver by just-turned-18 future 70.3 world champion Taylor Knibb<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

May 2016: Lee tastes Sardinian gold<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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India Lee winning the 2016 ITU Cagliari World Cup. (Credit: ITU\/Janos Schmidt)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

On the island of Sardinia, Lee breaks the tape in the World Cup race<\/strong><\/a> in the capital Cagliari \u2013 her first international triathlon triumph.<\/p>\n

May 2016: Double dose of golden glory<\/strong><\/h3>\n

At the European Championships in Lisbon, Lee is the star of the show<\/strong><\/a>. Thanks to the day\u2019s fastest bike leg, she takes gold before, 24 hours later, repeating the trick as part of GB\u2019s dominant mixed relay champions.<\/p>\n

September 2018: Half-Iron victory at first attempt<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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India Lee celebrates winning her first Ironman 70.3 on debut, in Weymouth, 2018. (Credit: Charlie Crowhurst\/Getty Images for Ironman)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Still not making a splash on the World Triathlon Series circuit (her highest-place finish being 17th in Leeds in 2017), Lee\u2019s last race of 2018 is her middle-distance debut.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s a significant debut, one that will divert her career in a different direction, taking the win in cold and wet conditions at Ironman 70.3 Weymouth by almost three clear minutes.<\/p>\n

June 2019: More 70.3 gold<\/strong><\/h3>\n

After taking bronze at Ironman 70.3 Pays d\u2019Aix (making it a GB 1-2-3 alongside Emma Pallant-Browne and Nikki Bartlett), Lee returns to the top step of the podium at Ironman 70.3 Finland, leading home yet more promising middle-distance Brits in the shape of Kat Matthews<\/strong><\/a> and Lucy Buckingham<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

September 2019: Lee retains her Weymouth title<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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India Lee collapses with relief and elation having just won the 2019 Ironman 70.3 Weymouth. (Credit: Pablo Blazquez Dominguez\/Getty Images for Ironman)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

A fortnight after just missing a top-10 finish at the Ironman 70.3 world champs in Nice, Lee swaps the south of France for the south coast of England where she defends her crown at Weymouth, taking more than nine minutes out of her winning time of 12 months earlier.<\/p>\n

May 2021: Up for the Challenge<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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L-R: Lena Berlinger (2nd), Nicola Spirig (1st) and India Lee (3rd) celebrate on the podium at Ironman 70.3 Nice, 2021. (Credit: Alexander Koerner\/Getty Images for Ironman)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Lee opens her season with a silver at Challenge Riccione on Italy\u2019s shimmering Adriatic Coast. Further medals this season come courtesy of third-place Ironman 70.3 finishes in both Nice and Lanzarote.<\/p>\n

April 2022: Lee runs her way into the medals<\/strong><\/h3>\n

At Challenge Salou in north-eastern Spain, Lee recovers from a disappointing bike leg to post the fastest run split and take bronze.<\/p>\n

June 2022: European 70.3 bronze comes Lee\u2019s way<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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L-R: Ashleigh Gentle (2nd), Emma Pallant-Browne (1st) and India Lee (3rd) on the podium of Ironman 70.3 Elsinore, 2022. (Credit; Alexander Koerner\/Getty Images for Ironman)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Two months later, bronze is again the colour as Lee earns herself a medal at the Ironman 70.3 European championships in Elsinore in Denmark behind compatriot Emma Pallant-Browne and Australia\u2019s Ashleigh Gentle<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

July 2022: Gold completes Lee\u2019s set of Challenge medals<\/strong><\/h3>\n

After silvers and bronzes, Lee finally wins a Challenge race. In Vansbro in Sweden, she dominates right from the off with a swim that\u2019s more than two and a half minutes quicker than the rest of the field.<\/p>\n

India Lee in quotes<\/strong><\/h2>\n

On maintaining perspective: \u201cThe sport can seem pretty important when you\u2019re in it, but in the grand scheme of things, we\u2019re just trying to get from A to B as quick as we can. It\u2019s not really changing the world. But it can change your world, so make the most of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

On finding her bike\u2019s thru-axle sheared in half after an Easyjet flight to Alicante: \u201cI unzipped the bag and just stood there staring at it with my hands on my knees. The more I looked at it, the more I saw how bad it was.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the future: \u201cMy ambition over the next few years is to step up to Ironman and be competitive over that distance in championship races. I need to build on the consistency I\u2019ve achieved and to be patient. I believe it\u2019s possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

What\u2019s next for India Lee?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Aside from those Ironman ambitions, Lee still has unfinished business at 70.3 distance. Having previously won European bronze and finished outside the top 10 at the 2022 world champs, it\u2019s unlikely she\u2019ll abandon middle-distance racing without having another crack at a major title.<\/p>\n

Top image credit:<\/strong> Pablo Blazquez Dominguez\/Getty Images for Ironman<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n

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