Loretta Harrop

Loretta Harrop, known as Loz, is an Australian triathlete born on 17 July 1975 in Brisbane, Queensland, who went to Cavendish Road State High School. In 1999 she won the elite women's race at the World Triathlon Championships in Montreal and took the overall World Cup series title that year. She competed in the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics, placing fifth, and four years later won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She retired from professional competition in 2007, coaches a high school triathlon programme and was inducted into the Australian Triathlon Hall of Fame in 2012. Her son and daughter are both professional tennis players.