Athlete Profile: Katie Zaferes

Katie Zaferes

United States
Born: 1989

Rankings
ITU World Ranking	1
World Triathlon Series Ranking	1
ITU Individual Olympic Qualification Ranking	1
Continental Ranking	1

Starts

59

Podiums

30

Wins

12 Biography

Katie Zaferes (nee Hursey) is an American professional triathlete from Hampstead, Maryland, USA. Attending University at Syracuse, she first ran track before moving into ITU triathlon competitions.

Competing in ITU events since 2013, Katie’s career has gone from strength to strength, reflected in her recent overall WTS rankings. Finishing the 2015 season in fifth place, her impressive consistency has seen Katie climb one ranking place every year since, winning the 2019 World Championships at the Lausanne Grand Final.

Highlights:

- 2019 ITU World Champion
- Winner 2019 WTS Abu Dhabi
- Winner 2019 WTS Bermuda
- Winner 2019 WTS Yokohama
- Winner 2019 WTS Montreal
- Winner 2019 Grand Final Lausanne

Latest Athlete Results

6	2020 Arzachena ITU Triathlon World Cup 10 Oct, 2020 - Elite Women - 01:02:18
11	2020 Karlovy Vary ITU Triathlon World Cup 13 Sep, 2020 - Elite Women - 02:09:16
2	2020 Hamburg ITU Triathlon Mixed Relay World Championships 06 Sep, 2020 - Mixed Relay - 00:20:18
5	2020 Hamburg Wasser World Triathlon 05 Sep, 2020 - Elite Women - 00:54:50
2	2019 Alhandra ETU Triathlon Mixed Relay Clubs European Championships 05 Oct, 2019 - Mixed Relay - 00:20:48
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1	2019 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Lausanne 2019-08-29 - Elite Women - 02:02:45
35	2019 Hamburg Wasser World Triathlon 2019-07-06 - Elite Women - 01:02:12
1	2019 Groupe Copley World Triathlon Montreal 2019-06-28 - Elite Women - 00:58:15
2	2019 AJ Bell World Triathlon Leeds 2019-06-08 - Elite Women - 01:55:57
1	2019 ITU World Triathlon Yokohama 2019-05-18 - Elite Women - 01:52:12
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18	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games 2016-08-18 - Elite Women - 02:00:55
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Racing heads to Italy for Arzachena World Cup

07 Oct, 2020
Training, teammates and Tokyo tactics - Katie Zaferes on the World Triathlon podcast

19 Aug, 2020
WTS Yokohama homage sees triathlon stars reliving the action on TriathlonLIVE

20 May, 2020
TriathlonLIVE to deliver Yokohama homage this weekend

14 May, 2020
Visualisation to Planking in Pyjamas: How Katie Zaferes is keeping her head out of water

14 Apr, 2020

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Athlete Fact Sheet

Given Name	Katie
Family Name	Zaferes
Representing	USA
Year of Birth	1989
Residence	Watsonville, United States
Coach	Joel Filliol
Sponsors	ROKA, 361, Specialized, NYAC
Hobbies	Traveling, journaling
Website	http://katiezaferes.com
Twitter	@kzaferes6
Facebook	Athlete Facebook