Loretta Harrop

Loretta Harrop

Medal record
Women's triathlon
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
	2004 Athens	Individual
ITU World Championships
	1999 Montreal	Elite women's race
	2004 Madeira	Elite women's race
ITU Triathlon World Cup
	1999	Overall World Cup

Loretta "Loz" Harrop (born 17 July 1975, in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian triathlete.

As a teenager she attended Cavendish Road State High School along with her siblings and as of 2007 has a house named after her. Harrop house which will go by the colour red.

Harrop competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She placed fifth with a total time of 2:01:42.82. Her split times were 19:37.98 for the swim, 1:05:40.70 for the cycling, and 0:36:24.14 for the run.[1]

Four years later, Harrop competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She was even more successful this time, winning a silver medal with the time of 2:04:50.17. The splits for that run were 18:37.00 for the swim, 1:09:05.00 for the cycling, and 37:08.00 for the run.

Harrop is married to Brad Jones who was a talented Australian rules player in the AFLQ (Queensland) competition. Her son Hayden and daughter Emerson are both professional tennis players.

References

1. The Compendium: Official Australian Olympic Statistics 1896–2002. Australian Olympic Committee. 2003. p. 203. ISBN 0-7022-3425-7.