The World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships, is an annual team triathlon competition organized by World Triathlon. The competition is completed in teams of four, two men and two women, with each member doing a super-sprint distance triathlon.

History

The first relay event appeared in 2003 in Tiszaújváros, Hungary as the ITU Team Relay Championships, two races were run one for men's teams and one for women's teams every team would have three members who would each complete one leg and the teams combined time would be their total time. Despite being deemed a success the event would not return until 2006. The championship would return in 2006 and 2007 before once again lacking an annual competition in 2008. In 2009, World Triathlon (then known as the International Triathlon Union or ITU) went through a major reorganization of its top level competitions, the men's and women's relay championships where merged and the title would be contested as a mixed relay.[1] The event was initiated with the aim of getting more triathletes as well as the team triathlon discipline on the Olympic programme.[2][3]

The format appeared at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the 2014 Asian Games, which was considered a significant step towards adding team triathlon to the 2016 Summer Olympic programme.[4] In July 2013, the IOC executive board ruled that they would not add any new disciplines to the 2016 games for fear of putting additional financial pressure on Brazil. In June 2017 with the announcement of mixed gender events being added to the Olympic program the mixed team relay has gained Olympic status and will hold its inaugural Olympic event in the 2020 Olympics.[5] In 2018 it was decided that at three of the events of that years World Triathlon Series would also host a mixed relay event would be held alongside the men's and women's competition one of these would be the World Championship and all three events would grant points towards Olympic qualification and constitute the new mixed relay series. In 2019 the number of mixed relays in World Triathlon Series were increased to five and once again one of these would be the World Championship.[6]

In 2021 the Mixed Relay World Championships were awarded to Bermuda, with the intent of holding a combined World Triathlon Sprint & Mixed Relay Championships, which would also mark the return of a stand alone Sprint Championship after a ten-year hiatus. However, the Bermuda event was cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions, and the inaugural combined event was instead held as the Montréal leg of the 2022 World Triathlon Championship Series. The event doubled as the first qualifier for the 2024 Summer Olympics, and also included the first age-group mixed relay world championships.[7]

Results

4 x 4 Mixed relay

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2009[8]   Switzerland

Magali Messmer
Lukas Salvisberg
Daniela Ryf
Ruedi Wild

 Australia

Emma Moffatt
Courtney Atkinson
Emma Snowsill
Brad Kahlefeldt

 Canada

Lauren Campbell
Brent McMahon
Kathy Tremblay
Simon Whitfield

2010[9]   Switzerland

Nicola Spirig
Sven Riederer
Daniela Ryf
Ruedi Wild

 France

Jessica Harrison
Frédéric Belaubre
Carole Péon
David Hauss

 New Zealand

Kate Mcllroy
Tony Dodds
Nicky Samuels
Ryan Sissons

2011[10]  Great Britain

Jodie Stimpson
Jonathan Brownlee
Helen Jenkins
Alistair Brownlee

  Switzerland

Melanie Hauss
Ruedi Wild
Nicola Spirig
Sven Riederer

 Germany

Anja Dittmer
Maik Petzold
Svenja Balzen
Steffen Justus

2012[11]  Great Britain

Vicky Holland
William Clake
Non Stanford
Jonathan Brownlee

 France

Jessica Harrison
Tony Moulai
Carole Péon
Vincent Luis

 Russia

Irina Abysova
Dmitry Polyanskiy
Alexandra Razarenova
Alexander Bryukhankov

2013[12]  Germany

Anja Knapp
Jan Frodeno
Anne Haug
Franz Loeschke

 New Zealand

Andrea Hewitt
Tony Dodds
Kate McIlroy
Ryan Sissons

 United States

Sarah Groff
Ben Kanute
Gwen Jorgensen
Cameron Dye

2014[13]  Great Britain

Lucy Hall
Jonathan Brownlee
Vicky Holland
Alistair Brownlee

 France

Cassandre Beaugrand
Dorian Coninx
Audrey Merle
Vincent Luis

 Hungary

Zsófia Kovács
Tamás Tóth
Margit Vanek
Ákos Vanek

2015[14]  France

Jeanne Lehair
Dorian Coninx
Audrey Merle
Vincent Luis

 Australia

Gillian Backhouse
Aaron Royle
Emma Jackson
Ryan Baillie

 Great Britain

Vicky Holland
Gordon Benson
Non Stanford
Mark Buckingham

2016[15]  United States

Gwen Jorgensen
Ben Kanute
Kirsten Kasper
Joe Maloy

 Australia

Charlotte McShane
Jacob Birtwhistle
Emma Jackson
Ryan Bailie

 Germany

Laura Lindemann
Jonathan Zipf
Hanna Philippin
Gregor Buchholz

2017[16]  Australia

Charlotte McShane
Matthew Hausser
Ashleigh Gentle
Jacob Birtwhistle

 United States

Kirsten Kasper
Ben Kanute
Katie Zaferes
Matthew Mcelroy

 Netherlands

Maaike Caelers
Marco Van Der Stel
Rachel Klamer
Jorik Van Egdom

2018[17]  France

Léonie Périault
Dorian Coninx
Cassandre Beaugrand
Vincent Luis

 Australia

Natalie Van Coevorden
Aaron Royle
Ashleigh Gentle
Jacob Birtwhistle

 United States

Kirsten Kasper
Ben Kanute
Katie Zaferes
Kevin McDowell

2019[18]  France

Émilie Morier
Léo Bergère
Cassandre Beaugrand
Vincent Luis

 Germany

Laura Lindemann
Valentin Wernz
Nina Eim
Justus Nieschlag

 Australia

Natalie Van Coevorden
Aaron Royle
Emma Jeffcoat
Jacob Birtwhistle

2020[19]  France

Léonie Périault
Léo Bergère
Cassandre Beaugrand
Dorian Coninx

 United States

Taylor Spivey
Kevin McDowell
Katie Zaferes
Morgan Pearson

 Great Britain

Georgia Taylor-Brown
Barclay Izzard
Jessica Learmonth
Alex Yee

2021 not held
2022[20]  France

Pierre Le Corre
Emma Lombardi
Vincent Luis
Cassandre Beaugrand

 Great Britain

Alex Yee
Sophie Coldwell
Sam Dickinson
Georgia Taylor-Brown

 United States

Seth Rider
Taylor Spivey
Kevin McDowell
Summer Rappaport

2023[21]  Germany

Tim Hellwig
Annika Koch
Simon Henseleit
Laura Lindemann

 New Zealand

Hayden Wilde
Ainsley Thorpe
Tayler Reid
Nicole van der Kaay

  Switzerland

Max Studer
Julie Derron
Sylvain Fridelance
Cathia Schär

Team Relay Championships

Before the creation of the mixed team relay, single gendered relay races were held intermittently.

Men's championship

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2003[22]  Australia
Simon Thompson
Richie Cunningham
Brad Kahlefeldt
 Spain
Clemente Alonso McKernan
José María Merchán
Iván Raña
 Ukraine
Vladimir Turbayevskiy
Andriy Glushchenko
Maxim Kriat
2006[23]  United States
Brian Fleischmann
Andy Potts
Matt Reed
 Germany
Jan Frodeno
Maik Petzold
Daniel Unger
 Canada
Kyle Jones
Colin Jenkins
Paul Tichelaar
2007[24]  Russia  Germany  Spain

Women's championship

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2003[22]  Australia
Nikki Butterfield
Mirinda Carfrae
Pip Taylor
 Spain
Ainhoa Murúa
Pilar Hidalgo
Ana Burgos
 Italy
Beatrice Lanza
Silvia Gemignani
Nadia Cortassa
2006[23]  Italy
Daniela Chmet
Beatrice Lanza
Nadia Cortassa
 United States
Sarah True
Mary Beth Ellis
Michelle Lindsay
 Spain
Ana Burgos
Zuriñe Rodríguez
Ainhoa Murúa
2007[24]  Russia
Irina Abysova
Evgeniya Matveeva
Anastasiya Polyanskaya
 Ukraine
Inna Tutukina
Yuliya Yelistratova
Olesya Prystayko
 Italy
Daniela Chmet
Charlotte Bonin
Nadia Cortassa

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