World Triathlon

Australia’s Lauren Parker suffered a serious accident whilst out training for Ironman triathlon in April 2017. A damaged spinal cord made her turn to para-triathlon, and within months her determination to return to racing saw her take the Commonwealth Games bronze in the PTWC category just 11 months after her accident.. 18 months later Lauren became 2019 IRU Para World Champion in Lausanne, Switzerland and in 2021 defended this title and become 2x ITU Para world Champion.
Lauren also compete at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games and won a silver medal.

Career highlights:
- Paralympic Silver Medalist, Tokyo
- 2019, 2021 ITU Para World Champion
- Third place 2018 Commonwealth Games