Kelly Elmlinger

TRIATHLON

PTS4

2024 Outlook: The PTS4 classification didn’t race in the Tokyo Games, so Elmlinger had to compete in the more difficult PTS5 field. Given that context, her 7th-place finish was a triumph. She came back to finish 2nd at the 2022 Worlds and then won all six of her 2023 races, including a dominant showing in the World Championships, where she beat the field by more than three minutes. The Paris Games include a separate PTS4 event, and Elmlinger hasn’t missed a podium in her own classification in more than five years.

Need to know:
One-time Paralympian (2020)
Was an Army nurse, with the rank of Captain

Personal:
Age: 44
Residence: San Antonio
Limb difference: Left below-knee

Read more:
Team USA page
World Triathlon page
Sports Illustrated: “Kelly Elmlinger’s Fateful Journey”
Stars and Stripes: “Former Army Captain Sets Sights on Gold

Kelly Elmlinger

TRIATHLON
PTS4

2024 Outlook: The PTS4 classification didn’t race in the Tokyo Games, so Elmlinger had to compete in the more difficult PTS5 field. Given that context, her 7th-place finish was a triumph. She came back to finish 2nd at the 2022 Worlds and then won all six of her 2023 races, including a dominant showing in the World Championships, where she beat the field by more than three minutes. The Paris Games include a separate PTS4 event, and Elmlinger hasn’t missed a podium in her own classification in more than five years.

Need to know:
One-time Paralympian (2020)
Was an Army nurse, with the rank of Captain

Personal:
Age: 44
Residence: San Antonio
Limb difference: Left below-knee

Read more:
Team USA page
World Triathlon page
Sports Illustrated: “Kelly Elmlinger’s Fateful Journey”
Stars and Stripes: “Former Army Captain Sets Sights on Gold

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