Photo Credit: Australian Age Group World Championships Teams
Congratulations to our Queensland athletes on their amazing racing and achievements at the ITU Multisport World Championships in Fyn, Denmark earlier this month. Across the week, Queensland athletes won a total of four Gold medals, one Silver medal and one Bronze medal.
Some of the highlights include Rowland Cook who competed in four separate events across the week earning a gold medal in the Aquathlon and narrowly missing a bronze medal in the Aquabike.
Penny Palfrey, Marathon Swimmer turned triathlete won a gold medal, securing bragging rights over husband Chris who won a Silver medal in the Aquathlon. The Long Distance Triathlon saw Annabel Luxford finishing third in the world in the elite division, while Lucas Deer was named World Champion, finishing first in the 18-19 years division. Jonathan Hamwood, Queensland's oldest representative at this year's World Championships finished the week off by winning a Gold in the Aquabike event.
The Full List of results from Queensland athletes is below.
STANDARD DISTANCE DUATHLON
| Age Group | Place | Name |
| 35-39 | 21st | Tyson Burns (Ipswich Triathlon Club) |
| 40-44 | 32nd | Emmanuel Usman (South Bank Triathlon Club) |
| 50-54 | 32nd | Michael Wilson (South Bank Triathlon Club) |
| 60-64 | 25th | John Gillett (Toowoomba Triathlon Club) |
| 65-69 | 9th | Rowland Cook (Atlas Multisports) |
SPRINT DISTANCE DUATHLON
| Age Group | Place | Name |
| 35-39 | 15th | Suellen Vaughan (Toowoomba Triathlon Club) |
| 33rd | Ricky Kroesen (Surfers Paradise Triathlon Club) | |
| 18th | Tyson Burns (Ipswich Triathlon Club) | |
| 40-44 | 29th | Emmanuel Usman (South Bank Triathlon Club) |
| 15th | Stephen Kettley (Team T-Rex) | |
| 45-49 | 45th | Joel Hillier (Brisbane Triathlon Club) |
| 50-54 | 38th | David Schefe (Maranoa Triathlon & Multisports) |
| 65-69 | 12th | Rowland Cook (Atlas Multisports) |
| 26th | Greg Lebeter (Ipswich Triathlon Club) |
CROSS TRIATHLON
| Age Group | Place | Name |
| 40-44 | 19th | Warren Foster |
| 55-59 | 4th | Annkathrin Franzmann (Noosa Tri Club) |
AQUATHLON
| Age Group | Place | Name |
| 35-39 | 12th | Drew Moffrey |
| 20th | Denis Morton (Red Dog Triathlon Training) | |
| 40-44 | 12th | Tania Gover (Sunshine Coast Tri Academy) |
| 50-54 | 10th | Ana Oertel (South Bank Triathlon Club) |
| 8th | David Williams (Brisbane Triathlon Club) | |
| 55-59 | 16th | Fran Moroney (Western Suburbs - Gladstone) |
| 1st | Penny Palfrey (Bargara Tri Club) | |
| 13th | Michael Dixon (South Bank Triathlon Club) | |
| 60-64 | 2nd | Chris Palfrey (Bargara Tri Club) |
| 65-69 | 1st | Rowland Cook (Atlas Multisports) |
| 10th | Greg Lebeter (Ipswich Triathlon Club) | |
| Under 23 | 6th | Martta Kytomaki |
LONG DISTANCE TRIATHLON
| Age Group | Place | Name |
| Elite | 3rd | Annabel Luxford (Surfers Paradise Triathlon Club) |
| 18-19 | 1st | Lucas Deer (SBR Triathlon Club) |
| 25-29 | 28th | Byron Philp (Redcliffe Triathlon Club) |
| 35-39 | 17th | Rachael Hamblin (Red Dog Triathlon Training) |
| 40-44 | 17th | Stephen Kettley (Team T-Rex) |
| 45-49 | 27th | Amanda Attard (DGC Tweed Multisport) |
| 50-54 | 40th | Stuart Wilson (InTraining) |
| 55-59 | 25th | Jonathan Irons (UQ Triads) |
AQUABIKE
| Age Group | Place | Name |
| 50-54 | 6th | Ana Oertel (South Bank Triathlon Club) |
| 20th | Peter Benson (Mackay Triathlon Club) | |
| 55-59 | 12th | Angelika Hannon (DGC Tweed Multisport) |
| 13th | Jenny Scaysbrook (DGC Tweed Multisport) | |
| 5th | Michael Dixon (South Bank Triathlon Club) | |
| 29th | Brian Hannon (Noosa Tri Club) | |
| 8th | Basil MacReadie (Noosa Tri Club) | |
| 65-69 | 4th | Rowland Cook (Atlas Multisports) |
| 17th | Greg Lebeter (Ipswich Triathlon Club) | |
| 70-74 | 1st | Jonathan Hamwood |
