Jill Savege

Jill Savege is a Canadian triathlete, born on 17 March 1974 in Toronto, Ontario, who later lived in Thousand Oaks, California. A graduate of Simon Fraser University, she was a swimmer as a student and turned to triathlon only after graduating. In 2003 she captured a number of world circuit titles and won gold at the Pan American Games, and she went into the 2004 Summer Olympics ranked fourth in the world and considered a medal contender. Early in the cycling stage of the Olympic triathlon she crashed and finished 39th in 2:18:10.99. A number of injuries had deprived her of top form before that. She is married to Jordan Rapp, the 2011 ITU Long Distance Triathlon world champion.