Charlotte McShane

Charlotte McShane accompanying her team's last relay runner, Mariya Shorets, to the goal in Tours 2011.

Charlotte McShane (born 14 August 1990 in Wick, Scotland) is a professional Scottish born Australian triathlete and the 2008 Xterra U20 World Champion. McShane grew up in Helensburgh, Scotland, and in 2005 moved to a place near Bairnsdale, Victoria. Now she lives in Wollongong, New South Wales and her coach is the NSWIS Head Coach Jamie Turner.

Sports career

In 2001, Charlotte McShane watched her father Frank at Kona and from then on she knew triathlon would be her passion.^[1] She was a student at Glasgow School of Sport and in Scotland she won several national junior titles. In November 2005, her family moved to Australia and despite her young age Charlotte McShane started long distance triathlons and half ironmen.

In 2008, at the age of 18, Charlotte McShane became the U20 Xterra World Triathlon Champion and was 2nd Amateur Female overall (16th including pro's) (26 October 2008, Wailea Maui) and placed 4th at the Elite Female Yeppoon 70.3 Half Ironman, 4th at the Elite Female Canberra 70.3 Half Ironman, and 6th at the Elite Female Oceania Long Distance Championships in Huskisson.

In 2009, McShane still concentrated on the long distance and won the gold medals at the Elite Female Victorian Olympic Distance Triathlon Championships, at the Elite Female Murrayman South Australian Long Distance Championships, and at the Elite Female Northern Territory Long Distance Championships. She placed 3rd at the Elite Female Shepparton 70.3 Half Ironman, and 4th at the Elite Female Canberra 70.3 Half Ironman.

In 2010, McShane returned to the Olympic Distance (Elite category) and took part in several ITU races. At Geneva, she won the European Cup silver medal and at the Grand Final of the World Championship Series in Budapest she represented Australia in the U23 category, despite having crashed during the cycle and breaking her ribs. Late in 2011, McShane finished strong in the Buffalo Springs ITU USA Elite Championships in 4th position, and 2nd in Myrtle Beach ITU Pan American Cup.

In 2011, McShane also took part in the prestigious French Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux and represents TOCC (Tri Olympique Club Cessonais). At Dunkirk (22 May 2011) she finished 21st, but at Tours (28 August 2011) she and her relay team mate Zsófia Tóth earned the club the fifth place in the club ranking, by far TOCC's best position in this year.

Charlotte McShane also takes part in several non ITU events. In June 2011, for instance, she attended two Basque triathlons close to her training camp in Vitoria: the Donostia Sprint Triathlon (12 June 2011) and the Lekeitio Triathlon (18 June 2011), both of which she could easily win.

ITU Competitions

In the five years from 2006 to 2010, McShane took part in 15 ITU competitions and achieved 6 top ten positions.

The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the ITU Athletes's Profile Page.^[2] Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and refer to the Elite category.

Date	Competition	Place	Rank
2006-02-19	Oceania Cup (Junior)	Hobart	15
2009-02-22	Long Distance Oceania Championships	Huskisson	8
2009-10-21	Long Distance World Championships	Perth	13
2010-03-13	Oceania Championships (U23)	Wellington	7
2010-03-27	World Cup	Mooloolaba	DNF
2010-05-23	European Cup	Strathclyde	3
2010-05-30	African Cup	Larache	5
2010-06-12	Premium European Cup	Pontevedra	20
2010-06-27	Premium European Cup	Brasschaat	8
2010-07-10	World Cup	Holten	26
2010-08-08	World Cup	Tiszaújváros	22
2010-08-15	European Cup	Geneva	2
2010-09-08	Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final: U23 World Championships	Budapest	25
2010-09-25	Premium Pan American Cup	Tuscaloosa	DNF
2010-10-10	World Cup	Huatulco	20
2011-03-12	Oceania Championships	Wellington	5
2011-03-26	World Cup	Mooloolaba	DNF
2011-04-17	World Cup	Ishigaki	15
2011-05-08	World Cup	Monterrey	43
2011-05-29	Premium European Cup	Brasschaat	23
2011-07-10	World Cup	Edmonton	29
2011-07-24	European Cup	Geneva	7
2011-08-14	World Cup	Tiszaújváros	27

DNF = did not finish · DNS = did not start

External links

• Profile Page at DTR Sports Management

Notes

1. ^ See http://www.finishline-multisport.com/pro-insider/57-pros/138-charlotte-mcshane-qaa. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
2. ^ See http://archive.triathlon.org/zpg/zresults-ath-dtl.php?id=NDkyNA==#. Retrieved 2 September 2011.

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Name	McShane, Charlotte
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Date of birth	14 August 1990
Place of birth	Wick, Scotland
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