Sara Gross

Sara Gross is a former professional triathlete, born on 26 March 1976 in Sarnia, Ontario, who was born in Canada but competed for Great Britain. She grew up in Kitchener, Ontario, and in Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates, attended Dollar Academy in Scotland, and earned a doctorate in ancient history and religion at the University of Edinburgh, where she took up triathlon. In 2005 she won the ITU European Long Distance Triathlon in Säter, Sweden, and in 2014 she won the Ironman events in Brazil and at Mont-Tremblant. She retired from professional racing in 2016. She co-founded the advocacy group TriEqual in 2014 to promote fairness for women in triathlon, and she also co-founded the Mercury Rising Triathlon club in Victoria, British Columbia.