Kerry Lang at the French Grand Prix (Lyonnaise des Eaux) triathlon in Tours, 2011.
Kerry Lang at the World Championship Series triathlon in Kitzbühel, 2011.
Kerry Lang at the World Championship Series triathlon in Kitzbühel, 2010.

Kerry Lang (born 24 January 1976, in Glasgow, Scotland) is a British professional triathlete, Scottish Duathlon Champion and British Triathlon Vice Champion of the year 2009, and Scottish Road Race (Bike) Champion of the years 2007 and 2008. She has represented Great Britain in the World Championship Series since 2009 and she represented Great Britain in the Series' precursor, the BG World Cup, in 2007 and 2008.

Sports career

Kerry Lang started her ITU career in 2004, when she won her first European Cup medal. In the seven years from 2004 to 2010, Lang took part in 39 ITU competitions and achieved 8 top ten positions. In the World Championship Series Ranking2011, Lang fell back to the 63rd position (August 2011) because she did not finish two races.

Kerry Lang also takes part in non ITU events, in 2011, for instance, she won the 15th International Lanzarote Duathlon (22 January 2011).

In France, Lang has represented the club Poissy at the prestigious Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux since 2008. In 2010, she placed 12th and 14th in Beauvais and Paris respectively. In 2011, she took part in the Grand Prix triathlon at Tours (28 August 2011), for this race, however, there is no individual ranking.

Kerry Lang holds a degree from the University of Edinburgh Medical School (MBChB, 1998) and from the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS, Glasgow 2001). She works in the ear, nose and throat department of Glasgow's Southern General Hospital. Kerry Lang lives in Elderslie. Her coach is Marc Jenkins, the husband of the Welsh triathlete Helen Jenkins.

ITU Competitions

The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the ITU Athletes's Profile Page.[1] Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and refer to the Elite category.

DateCompetitionPlaceRank
  2004-03-06  Pan American CupRoatan 20
  2004-07-10  European CupEchternach 10
  2004-08-14  European CupLough Neagh 3
  2005-04-24  World CupMazatlan 9
  2005-05-15  World CupIshigaki 13
  2005-08-06  World CupHamburg DNF
  2005-08-14  World CupTiszaújváros 11
  2005-09-17  OSIM World CupBeijing 24
  2006-02-19  Oceania CupHobart DNF
  2006-03-18  Commonwealth GamesMelbourne 18
  2006-03-26  World CupMooloolaba 17
  2006-05-07  World CupMazatlan 17
  2007-07-01  Asian CupShichigahama 2
  2007-07-29  BG World CupSalford 22
  2007-08-11  BG World CupTiszaújváros DNF
  2007-08-30  BG World ChampionshipsHamburg 50
  2007-10-07  BG World CupRhodes 15
  2007-11-04  BG World CupCancun 8
  2007-12-01  BG World CupEilat DNF
  2008-02-23  African CupBloemfontein 2
  2008-03-30  BG World CupMooloolaba 17
  2008-04-06  BG World CupNew Plymouth 18
  2008-04-13  BG World CupIshigaki 11
  2008-05-04  BG World CupRichards Bay 25
  2008-05-10  European ChampionshipsLisbon 17
  2008-05-25  BG World CupMadrid 15
  2008-06-05  BG World ChampionshipsVancouver 30
  2008-09-27  BG World CupLorient DNS
  2009-05-02  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesTongyeong 33
  2009-06-21  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesWashington DC 21
  2009-06-27  Elite CupHy-Vee 22
  2009-07-11  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesKitzbühel 28
  2009-08-15  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesLondon 25
  2009-09-09  Dextro Energy World Championship Series: Grand FinalGold Coast 21
  2010-05-08  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesSeoul 26
  2010-06-05  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesMadrid 37
  2010-07-10  World CupHolten 7
  2010-08-14  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesKitzbühel 28
  2010-09-08  Dextro Energy World Championship Series: Grand FinalBudapest 33
  2010-10-10  World CupHuatulco 7
  2011-03-05  Sprint Pan American CupClermont 6
  2011-03-26  World CupMooloolaba 10
  2011-04-09  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesSydney 36
  2011-04-17  World CupIshigaki 37
  2011-06-18  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesKitzbühel DNF
  2011-07-09  Premium European CupHolten 3
  2011-07-16  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesHamburg DNF
  2011-07-31  Premium European CupBanyoles 8
  2011-08-06  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesLondon 52
  2011-08-14  World CupTiszaújváros 15

DNF = did not finish · DNS = did not start · BG = the sponsor British Gas

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